Praia do Sul Beach
Car parking at Praia do Sul Beach.
Bay of Praia do Sul Beach. In the rear, the Hotel Vila Galé Ericeira.
Praia do Sul Beach, north perspective.
Rock boulders on the south part of the beach.
Praia do Sul Beach, rock slabs in the seafront.
South view at Praia do Sul Beach.
Beach bars on the foot of the cliff.
Salt water pool close to the Hotel Vila Galé Ericeira.
Panoramic perspective to Praia do Sul Beach.
Weather and Tide Table
Sunrise
Sunset
to High Tide
Low Tide
High Tide
68% | 1,2 m 3.9 ft | Low Tide | |
66% | 3,0 m 9.8 ft | High Tide | |
63% | 1,1 m 3.6 ft | Low Tide | |
61% | 2,6 m 8.5 ft | High Tide | |
59% | 1,3 m 4.3 ft | Low Tide | |
56% | 2,8 m 9.2 ft | High Tide | |
53% | 1,3 m 4.3 ft | Low Tide | |
51% | 2,6 m 8.5 ft | High Tide | |
49% | 1,4 m 4.6 ft | Low Tide | |
46% | 2,7 m 8.9 ft | High Tide | |
44% | 1,3 m 4.3 ft | Low Tide | |
41% | 2,5 m 8.2 ft | High Tide | |
39% | 1,5 m 4.9 ft | Low Tide | |
36% | 2,6 m 8.5 ft | High Tide | |
34% | 1,4 m 4.6 ft | Low Tide | |
32% | 2,6 m 8.5 ft | High Tide | |
30% | 1,5 m 4.9 ft | Low Tide | |
27% | 2,6 m 8.5 ft | High Tide | |
25% | 1,3 m 4.3 ft | Low Tide | |
23% | 2,7 m 8.9 ft | High Tide | |
21% | 1,4 m 4.6 ft | Low Tide | |
19% | 2,7 m 8.9 ft | High Tide | |
17% | 1,2 m 3.9 ft | Low Tide | |
15% | 2,8 m 9.2 ft | High Tide | |
13% | 1,3 m 4.3 ft | Low Tide | |
12% | 2,7 m 8.9 ft | High Tide | |
10% | 1,1 m 3.6 ft | Low Tide | |
9% | 2,9 m 9.5 ft | High Tide | |
7% | 1,1 m 3.6 ft | Low Tide | |
6% | 2,8 m 9.2 ft | High Tide | |
5% | 1,1 m 3.6 ft | Low Tide | |
4% | 3,0 m 9.8 ft | High Tide | |
3% | 1,0 m 3.3 ft | Low Tide | |
2% | 2,9 m 9.5 ft | High Tide | |
1% | 1,0 m 3.3 ft | Low Tide | |
1% | 3,2 m 10.5 ft | High Tide | |
0% | 0,9 m 3 ft | Low Tide | |
0% | 3,0 m 9.8 ft | High Tide | |
0% | 0,9 m 3 ft | Low Tide | |
0% | 3,3 m 10.8 ft | High Tide | |
0% | 0,8 m 2.6 ft | Low Tide | |
1% | 3,1 m 10.2 ft | High Tide | |
1% | 0,8 m 2.6 ft | Low Tide | |
About the Beach
What is Praia do Sul 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 Mafra.
Praia do Sul Beach is also known as Praia da Baleia Beach due to here have stranded a cetacean in 1872. It's situated in a bay at the sea front of Ericeira town.
In the north area there's a pool whose protections were carved by natural rocks.
At the center there's a pier splitting the sand into two and further south there is another one.
On the cliff top exist two support parking lots.
This beach is sheltered from winds coming from all directions, except west.
Where is it?
Map of Praia do Sul Beach
| Coordinates Decimal Degrees (Lat/Long WGS84) Degrees, Decimal Minutes (Lat/Long WGS84) Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (Lat/Long WGS84) |
Lat. 38.955477º Lon. -9.415723º N 38º 57.32862' W 9º 24.94338' N 38º 57' 19.72" W 9º 24' 56.6" |
| Parish | Ericeira |
| County | Mafra |
| District | Lisboa |
| Region | Estremadura |
| Country | Portugal |
| Continent | Europe |
| Ocean | North Atlantic |
| Maritime Authority | Capitania do Porto de Cascais |
| Protected Area | |
| Bathing Water | Baleia |
| Coastal Unit | Ponta da Lamporeira - Foz do Lizandro |
| Coastal Region | Costa Azul |
Awards
| Award | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 |
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| Water Quality | ||||||||||||
| Blue Flag | ||||||||||||
| Gold Flag | ||||||||||||
| Handicapped-Accessible Beach | ||||||||||||
| Zero Polution |