Fuencaliente is the municipality with the longest coastline on La Palma, 29.18 km spread over the east, south and west sides. Its beaches are of black sand, pebbles and gravel, almost always small and hardly ever crowded: natural pools of crystal-clear water, fishermen’s huts and hidden corners of ethnographic interest. The water is between 19 and 24 degrees depending on the month, warmest from July to October.
On the west coast, the most accessible, are Puntalarga, with its recreational area and kiosk, and the two La Zamora beaches, Grande and Chica, inside the Marine Reserve and good for snorkelling. At the southern tip, the lighthouse beach, below the two lighthouses and next to the salt pans; Echentive, the youngest beach on the island, born from the Teneguía lava in 1971, with its pools at the foot of the cliff; and Malpique, with its forty underwater crosses. On the east coast, rougher and reached by track, Las Cabras, with its site of aboriginal rock bowls, and El Puertito, with its lupin-drying huts.
None of them has permanent lifeguards: check the state of the sea before bathing, keep away from the foot of cliffs, wear footwear for the pebbles and respect access closures.
The video Litoral y vida submarina also tours the beaches of the municipality.
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