Right now the Migjorn is blowing (S), moderate, at 17 km/h. The sea is very choppy.
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Today
Each dot is a cove; the ones in Ciutadella have a ring.
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- good (48)
- so-so (17)
- better not (29)
The next few days
Tap a day to see how the coves look.
Good today
The wind blows from the land, so it doesn't raise waves: flat water. Tap one to see it on the map.
Around the rest of the island (34)
North coast
Bays and narrow inlets
So-so (17)
The wind comes in from the side: you can swim, but it's churned up.
Better not (29)
The wind blows straight in: waves, sand and not much fun.
And where do I park?
- MacarellaNo access control
- Son SauraNo access control
- La VallNo access control
- Cala'n TurquetaNo access control
If it shows closed now, that doesn't mean it'll be closed all day. They reopen as cars leave, and late afternoon is usually a good time.
Checked at 02.01 h
The Consell puts attendants at the four unspoilt coves that have a car park and publishes their status. It's open or closed, not free spaces: it tells you whether you can still get in, not how many spaces are left. A person types it in, so before half past seven in the morning and at night there's no data — and no data doesn't mean there's room for you.
Source: Departament de Mobilitat del Consell Insular de Menorca. They're the only four in Menorca with a published status.
How to read it
In Menorca the good beach isn't always the same one: it depends on where the wind blows from. With tramuntana (north wind) the north coast is no good for swimming and the south is flat; with migjorn (south wind) it's exactly the other way round. A cove is sheltered when the wind comes from behind it, from the land out to sea, because then it doesn't raise any waves.
It's the sum everyone here does in their head before getting in the car. This page does it on its own every three hours, matching the wind direction from AEMET against the way each cove faces.
Not all of them are here. You'll find the coves that have a name and a direction that can be worked out; Menorca has lots of small, nameless ones that can't be measured. If one is missing, or you think one is in the wrong place, tell us: this is a calculation, and someone who has been there knows better than a calculation.
Source: forecast by AEMET for Ciutadella and the Balearic marine bulletin. It's a forecast, not a promise: if there's a red flag, the flag wins.