Amadores beach: calm water, sunbed prices and how to get there

By Terje Moy, editor · Published 25 October 2026

Amadores is a man-made beach of 488 m of white sand, sheltered by two breakwaters so the water stays calm. Sunbeds and parasols cost €5 each, or €15 for two beds and a parasol, according to the operator's own price list.

Amadores is a sheltered, man-made beach just beyond Puerto Rico, and it is the calmest swim on this stretch of Gran Canaria. Mogán council lists it at 488 metres long and 50 metres wide, with white sand, calm water, a lifeguard, toilets, showers, restaurants and sunbed hire. Two breakwaters cut off the Atlantic swell, so the bay behaves more like a lake than a beach.

It is not on the Arguineguín side of the coast, so plan on the bus or a taxi. The reward is shallow, still water and a promenade of restaurants right behind the sand. This page covers the beach itself; for the area around it, see Amadores.

Why the water is so calm

Amadores did not exist as a beach before it was built. Two sea walls close the bay on either side, which stops the swell and leaves flat, clear water. The regional tourism board describes a beach "created for resting in the sun". The sand is white and fine and was brought in, which is why it feels so different from the dark volcanic sand of the coast around Arguineguín.

The council classes the water as calm, but the same rule applies as everywhere on this coast: look at the flag. Beyond the mouth of the breakwaters the sea is open ocean again, so weaker swimmers and children should stay inside the bay.

Sunbed, parasol and toilet prices

Sunbeds and parasols are hired from a private operator, Explotación y Servicios Amadores, whose own website gives these prices (checked October 2026; the page does not show a year and was last updated in July 2025, so confirm on the sand):

The same operator rents water pedalos. The toilet charge is worth knowing: carry a few coins. Mogán council's page also promotes online booking of sunbeds. If you want a bed on a busy day, book or arrive early.

What is on the beach

• sunbed and parasol hire;
• toilets and foot showers, plus a lifeguard (season and hours are not published);
• nautical rental;
• restaurants and bars, mostly in a shopping centre right behind the sand;
• a webcam you can check before you set off;
• a pay car park, which fills early in high season.

The beach has its own rules, set out by the regional tourism board: no music and no ball games, so it is a place for sunbed and slow swimming rather than beach football. The council rates its crowding as medium.

Access and wheelchair users

The council's page for Amadores does not carry an accessibility icon. The regional tourism board, however, lists amphibious chairs, walkways, buoys and nets to help people with reduced mobility get into the water. What is out on a given day is not published, so ask the lifeguard on arrival. More on mats and chairs across the area is in accessible Arguineguín.

Getting to Amadores from Arguineguín

By bus. Global's line 39 (Playa del Inglés – Arguineguín – Patalavaca – Puerto Rico – Amadores – Playa del Cura) is the one that serves the beach. On weekdays it runs hourly, with the last departure from Playa del Inglés at 18:55 and the last one back from Playa del Cura at 19:45. Global's page shows no weekend service for line 39, so use line 91 or 33 to Puerto Rico at weekends and walk from there. Lines 91 and 33 call at Puerto Rico instead, a walk away. See buses in and from Arguineguín.

By boat. Líneas Salmón stops at Puerto Rico, not Amadores, so the boat gets you to the neighbouring harbour and you finish on foot (boats from Arguineguín).

By car or taxi. Puerto Rico is about 7 km from Arguineguín by road, and Amadores is just beyond it. The beach car park is a paid one. See taxis in Arguineguín and parking for the details.

On foot from Puerto Rico. A one-kilometre promenade runs along the coast between Puerto Rico and Amadores, according to the regional tourism board. That makes it easy to combine with Puerto Rico beach.

Amadores next to its neighbours

So Amadores is the longest of these four, and one of the two with calm water. Further afield, the coast is covered in Puerto de Mogán beach, Pasito Blanco and El Pajar.

Is it a Blue Flag beach?

For flags in general and jellyfish stings, see beach safety on the south coast. In an emergency call 112.