Málaga - El Palo

About this spot

• air0-12 kt
• exploreTerral
• wavesChoppy
• signal_cellular_altBeginner
• calendar_monthBest: May–Oct

El Dedo beach (also called Chanquete) is a dark sandy area about 550 m long and 20 m wide in the El Palo neighbourhood, east of the coves with breakwaters and a short walk from El Candado marina. It has toilets and showers, parasol and sunbed hire, and chiringuitos on the promenade that hire out SUP boards; Hidropedales Camero, on this beach, has been hiring out kayaks and paddle surf boards for over 30 years. It is the straight section without breakwaters on the east coast: easy to enter and exit the water, with the beach in front and El Candado to the east as a reference. The water is open, with some chop when it's windy. Hazards and rules: the mouth and breakwater of the marina are to the east, with boats entering and leaving; with Terral the wind blows you away from the shore. In the buoyed swimming area, you cannot navigate with a board: use the marked channels. Forecasts are checked with ARPEGE, ECMWF and ICON. Photos: "El Palo Beach" by Daniel Capilla (CC BY-SA 4.0), via Wikimedia Commons; "Playa de El Palo, Málaga" by Tyk (CC BY-SA 3.0), via Wikimedia Commons.

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