Best beaches in Gran Canaria: city, dunes and bays
Las Canteras, Maspalomas, Amadores and Puerto de Mogán: four different beach days to compare with today's wind and waves.
Las Canteras, Maspalomas, Amadores and Puerto de Mogán: four different beach days to compare with today's wind and waves.
Las Canteras: choose the section too
Las Canteras is the urban beach reference in Las Palmas. Identify the section and entrance you want: one beach name is too broad to describe a long shoreline. A walk, a swim and a surf session call for different locations and conditions.
Maspalomas: dune scenery
Consider Maspalomas when dune scenery is part of your holiday plans. On an extensive beach, plan your arrival point and return route. Use permitted access routes and respect the protected landscape: enjoying the setting does not necessarily require going into the water.
Amadores and Puerto de Mogán: compare the bays
For a day in a southwestern bay, compare Amadores and Puerto de Mogán; the latter also offers a walk around the harbour town. A bay's shape is not a promise of flat water: check each beach forecast, flags and crowding before deciding.
Beaches and locations mentioned
- Las Canteras · Gran Canaria
- Playa de Maspalomas · Gran Canaria
- Amadores · Gran Canaria
- Puerto de Mogán · Gran Canaria
Using this guide with today's conditions
A guide helps shortlist places to compare; conditions change throughout the day. Open the beach pages for your visiting hours, compare average wind and gusts with waves, and check access and local instructions. Forecasts do not override beach flags or current restrictions.
More guides
- Best beaches in the Canary Islands: choosing an island and coastline
- Canary Islands weather: choosing an island and beach with wind and sea forecasts
- Waves and calm seas in the Canary Islands: reading the forecast
- Sheltered beaches in Gran Canaria: bays and coastlines
- Windsurfing in Gran Canaria: Pozo, Vargas and choosing a spot
Sources and further reading
- Turismo Gran Canaria · Maspalomas
- Turismo Gran Canaria · Ruta de Mogán
- Turismo Gran Canaria · Amadores
Sources describe locations and sporting practice; they do not certify current permissions or conditions. Comparisons are editorial, not an official ranking.
Compare today's wind, waves and weather
A guide helps shortlist places to compare; conditions change throughout the day. Open the beach pages for your visiting hours, compare average wind and gusts with waves, and check access and local instructions. Forecasts do not override beach flags or current restrictions.
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