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El Puntal Beach

4.7★ · 686 Google ratings, Cantabria

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✓ Short walk
At a glance
Parking
Fills up early
Access
Open around the clock
Walk
20 m · under a minute
Length
2.6 km of shoreline
Sand
200 m from the water to the back
Crowds
Quietest Wed 3pm

How we know this

Map of El Puntal Beach
Aerial map of El Puntal Beach
Access point of a 2.6 km beach. Obra derivada de PNOA 2023 CC-BY 4.0 scne.es.
Guide

Good to know

Check for wave conditions
The bay-facing side is calm and sheltered while the seaward side has waves and stronger currents.
Time your visit around tides
At low tide the beach expands dramatically with shallow water.
Visit for long walks with dogs
A designated dog area near the ferry allows pets year-round, with off-peak hours elsewhere.
Ferry is your only access
The beach is reachable only by boat from Santander, costing about 5 euros return with service every 20 minutes.
Bring your own food and water
The single beach bar is expensive with poor service, and there are no public showers or drinking fountains.
Conditions

How it is right now

Air
20.5°C · partly cloudy
Wind
8 km/h from the ENE
Shelter
Offshore · wind blowing off the land
UV index
6 peak today

Last updated Sep 3, 11:04 PM.

Crowds

When it gets busy

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Plan your visit

📍 Calle el Puntal, 39140, Cantabria
🌊 Water 20 m away, under a minute walk
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Questions

Common questions

How far is the walk to the water at El Puntal Beach?
20 m in a straight line from the listing to the mapped shoreline, under a minute. Soft sand and dune make the real walk longer than the straight line.
Does El Puntal Beach have restrooms?
No restrooms are mapped within 600 m on OpenStreetMap. That means nobody has mapped any, which is not the same as there being none.
When is El Puntal Beach least busy?
Google visit patterns put the quietest hour at Wed 3pm and the busiest at Fri 8am.

Measured from OpenStreetMap, public aerial imagery and live conditions data, and counted from visitor reviews. Every source, in full.