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Praia das Pedras Brancas Beach

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1/6 Entrance to Praia das Pedras Brancas Beach.

2/6 Praia das Pedras Brancas Beach, walkways network on the dunes.

3/6 Access walkway to the sand at Praia das Pedras Brancas Beach.

4/6 Seafront at Praia das Pedras Brancas Beach.

5/6 Praia das Pedras Brancas Beach, walkway on the dune system.

6/6 South view of Praia das Pedras Brancas Beach.

Weather and Tide Table

Waxing Crescent Moon
Mostly Cloudy
44700
06h02
Sunrise
21h06
Sunset
Seg
13 - 20
Ter
12 - 23
Qua
14 - 22
Qui
14 - 22
Sex
16 - 22
16
ºC
Air Temperature
NNW
24
km/h
Wind Speed and Direction
83
%
Relative Humidity
1017
mbar
Atmospheric Pressure
73%
Ebb Tide
04h23
to Low Tide
73
22:51
Low Tide
16:52
High Tide
No Data
Water Temperature
No Data
Wave Direction
No Data
Wave Medium Height
No Data
Wave Medium Period

About the Beach

What is Praia das Pedras Brancas Beach?

It's an Oceanic Beach in the northern hemisphere bathed by the Atlantic Ocean, located on the coast of Portugal - Iberian Peninsula - in the municipality of Matosinhos.

Praia das Pedras Brancas Beach is located in the vicinity of football field and displays an extensive sand, free from rocks. Its thin dune string is protected by a network of wooden walkways.
This beach is quite appreciated by scuba diving and history lovers for nearby sunk a German submarine from World War II, the U-1277.
Access is done by Rua das Algas and Travessa das Algas2.

References

  1. Algas Street
  2. Algas Alleyway

Where is it?

Map of Praia das Pedras Brancas Beach

Coordinates
Decimal Degrees (Lat/Long WGS84)
Degrees, Decimal Minutes (Lat/Long WGS84)
Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (Lat/Long WGS84) 		Lat. 41.252569º
Lon. -8.723855º N 41º 15.15414'
W 8º 43.4313' N 41º 15' 9.25"
W 8º 43' 25.88"
Parish Lavra
County Matosinhos
District Porto
Region Douro Litoral
Country Portugal
Continent Europe
Ocean North Atlantic
Maritime Authority Capitania do Porto de Leixões
Protected Area
Bathing Water Pedras Brancas
Coastal Unit Cabo de Santo André - Foz do Douro (N)
Coastal Region Costa Verde

Awards

Award 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006
Water Quality
Blue Flag
Gold Flag
Handicapped-Accessible Beach
Zero Polution

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