- créneau
- Early morning in summer, before the breeze and the bathers. Warm water (to ~24°C) July–October; flagged beach with lifeguards — hunt only away from the swimming zone.
- marée
- Tide not critical; near high water there's less exposed pebble and the entry/exit is easier.
- abri
- Small south-facing basalt-pebble bay, sheltered to the west by Ponta da Oliveira, which cuts the dominant SW swell and west wind. Open to direct S/SE swell.
- danger
- The main one is the legal line: the beach sits RIGHT at the east edge of the Garajau Reserve (boundary at Ponta da Oliveira, 600 m west); hunting west of the headland is banned. Plus a busy beach — boats/SUP/swimmers and a surgy exit on round pebbles when there's swell.
- accès
- Paved road down into Caniço de Baixo to the Reis Magos promenade; parking by the beach, entry straight off the pebbles or the concrete platform.
The one shore entry of this town OUTSIDE the reserve where spearfishing is legal — but the boundary is right there and it's a flagged beach: confirm the reserve limit and stay east of the headland, clear of swimmers. Scout from land first.
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