Playa de Guadalmina
Source: Junta de Andalucía, Consejería de Sanidad, Presidencia y Emergencias, 2026-08-14
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Marbella's beaches
Marbella runs 27 kilometres of coast, Guadalmina to Cabopino. Every beach below carries the official Spanish bathing-water rating for the water in front of it, sourced and dated, and every one of the 43 chiringuitos in our census is linked to the beach it actually stands on.
Bathing-water ratings read from the Junta de Andalucía's fortnightly Málaga bulletin, published 14 August 2026 (samples taken 3 August 2026; the rating itself covers the four seasons 2022 to 2025). Checked 20 August 2026. Beach names and the west-to-east order follow Marbella city council's own beach catalogue.
Spain classifies bathing water by official zone, not by every named beach, so one rating can cover several beaches in a row. Where a beach has no zone of its own, that is noted below.
San Pedro de Alcántara & Guadalmina
Marbella's western edge, where the coast road meets San Pedro's paseo marítimo before the border with Estepona.
Restaurants in this area: guadalmina · san pedro de alcantara
Playa de San Pedro de Alcántara
Covers the full San Pedro paseo, including the Cortijo Blanco and Linda Vista stretches.
Source: Junta de Andalucía, Consejería de Sanidad, Presidencia y Emergencias, 2026-08-14
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Puerto Banús & Nueva Andalucía
The marina and the beach either side of it. Puerto Banús's own rating covers the water at the harbour mouth; Nueva Andalucía covers the sand to its east, sometimes marketed as Levante.
Restaurants in this area: puerto banus · nueva andalucia
Playa de Puerto Banús
Source: Junta de Andalucía, Consejería de Sanidad, Presidencia y Emergencias, 2026-08-14
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Playa Nueva Andalucía
Locally also called Levante, for the marina's eastern breakwater.
Source: Junta de Andalucía, Consejería de Sanidad, Presidencia y Emergencias, 2026-08-14
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The Golden Mile
Milla de Oro: the stretch between Puerto Banús and Marbella centro, backed by five-star hotels and beach clubs. The Junta's register rates only two zones on this stretch, Nueva Andalucía and Nagüeles; the beaches between them share whichever neighbour's water actually reaches them, with no zone of their own.
Restaurants in this area: golden mile
Playa de Río Verde
No zone of its own; the nearest classified water is the Nueva Andalucía zone, immediately west.
Source: Junta de Andalucía, Consejería de Sanidad, Presidencia y Emergencias, 2026-08-14
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Playa de Nagüeles
Includes the water in front of the Puente Romano resort.
Source: Junta de Andalucía, Consejería de Sanidad, Presidencia y Emergencias, 2026-08-14
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Playa de Santa Petronila
No zone of its own; the nearest classified water is the Nagüeles zone, immediately east.
Source: Junta de Andalucía, Consejería de Sanidad, Presidencia y Emergencias, 2026-08-14
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Playa Casablanca
No zone of its own; the nearest classified water is the La Fontanilla-Faro zone, immediately east.
Source: Junta de Andalucía, Consejería de Sanidad, Presidencia y Emergencias, 2026-08-14
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Marbella Centro
The town beach, either side of the old fishing harbour: La Fontanilla to the west of the port, El Faro and La Bajadilla to the east of it.
Restaurants in this area: marbella centro
Playa de la Fontanilla
Source: Junta de Andalucía, Consejería de Sanidad, Presidencia y Emergencias, 2026-08-14
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Playa del Faro
A separate zone from La Fontanilla-Faro above: the water right at the harbour breakwater is classified on its own.
Source: Junta de Andalucía, Consejería de Sanidad, Presidencia y Emergencias, 2026-08-14
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Playa de la Bajadilla
Source: Junta de Andalucía, Consejería de Sanidad, Presidencia y Emergencias, 2026-08-14
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El Cable to Los Monteros
East of the marina and the bullring, where Marbella centro gives way to Río Real and the golf-course coast beyond it.
Playa El Cable & Río Real
Source: Junta de Andalucía, Consejería de Sanidad, Presidencia y Emergencias, 2026-08-14
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Playa de Los Monteros
New to the Junta's register for the 2026 season: its sampling points changed this year, so there is not yet a four-season run of results to classify against. Every 2026 sample so far has passed inspection.
Source: Junta de Andalucía, Consejería de Sanidad, Presidencia y Emergencias, 2026-08-14
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El Rosario & Elviria
The Costa Bella and Elviria beachfront, east of Los Monteros and the Río Real golf coast. There is no separate Elviria or El Rosario zone in the Junta's register; this whole run of coast is rated as part of the wider Las Chapas zone.
Restaurants in this area: el rosario · elviria
El Rosario (Costa Bella)
Source: Junta de Andalucía, Consejería de Sanidad, Presidencia y Emergencias, 2026-08-14
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Playa de Elviria
Includes the Real de Zaragoza stretch, in front of the Urbanización Golden Beach.
Source: Junta de Andalucía, Consejería de Sanidad, Presidencia y Emergencias, 2026-08-14
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Cabopino
Marbella's eastern tip, at the marina and pine woods bordering Mijas.
Restaurants in this area: cabopino
Playa de Cabopino & Artola
Source: Junta de Andalucía, Consejería de Sanidad, Presidencia y Emergencias, 2026-08-14
Chiringuitos here
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The 100: the shortlist ·Málaga Airport to Marbella: every way in ·Marbella to Gibraltar: the day trip ·The full chiringuito census