Praia de São Torpes — Attraction in Sines

they're supposedly warm waters. not really. just a few warm waves in a small bathing area to the north, near the pipes. quite an interesting experience, but still much colder than expected and too cold to be worth bathing in it, if you're used to warm waters. 16 September 2017, still summer-ish, the majority of the water body was filled with cold water around 17C, i'd guess. perhaps the warm underwater waves were around nice 25C or so,...

Beautiful sea. Good waves for beginner/medium level surfers. North part has more sand, more people and warmer water. South part is wilder and has more rocks and almost no sand on high tide. The downside are big towers of the thermal power plant near the north part of the beach that may give a bad impression to the...

Good place to take the kids you have food for a long extension of water, small waves at least on that day, but seems the water is only warm when the plant is fully working, it was cold. Also not that sure about air quality whit the plant near and some cargo ships going by, but nothing I...