Sporting beaches: Surfing at the Playa de la Reya in Mazarron

A popular beach with surfers near the centre of Puerto de Mazarrón

The Playa de la Reya is a long, curving beach which adjoins Playa Bahía, Playa de la Pava and the Cabezo de Gavilanes viewing point in the built-up area of Puerto de Mazarrón. 

It is 1.9 kilometres from the town centre of Puerto de Mazarrón and is easily accessed from Avenida D.José Alarcón Palacios, which forms part of the long coastal road which heads towards Bolnuevo.

This area is lined with residential houses and apartments, with a number of small dead-end streets running off the main road down to the edge of the beach. These provide plenty of parking, although during the eight peak weeks of the summer when the population of the municipality swells from 30,000 to 150,000, space does become limited.

This beach is also sometimes referred to as Playa de Junta de Dos Mares.

The Playa de la Reya flies the Q for Quality flag, which indicates that it has been recognised by the Spanish Tourist Board for the quality of the services as well as its cleanliness and the quality of the bathing water.

It is classified as being high occupation as many of those in the residential blocks which lie on the other side of the main road walk across to this lovely sandy stretch of shoreline. However, it never really feels like a high occupancy beach due to the fact that it is 400 metres long and an average of 30 metres wide and has a spacious and open feel.

Facilities

There are bars and restaurants along the road behind the first line of accommodation, so there is no shortage of refreshments or facilities on offer within easy walking distance.

The beach has a drinking water tap, toilets for both able bodied and disabled bathers, rubbish collection and recycling bins, foot washes, a children’s play area, access ramps where necessary, and walkways down onto the beach.

The beach has fine, soft sand, with a pebbled fringe and is a popular family beach. During the peak summer months there are a number of facilities, including windsurf hire, and paddeloes, as well as the hire of small one man sailing boats, and other sporting equipment.

This is a popular beach for surfing, as on windy days the rollers tend to funnel into the Bahía bay, and you´ll often find surfers and bodyboarders here on "good wave days" although there are no lifeguards or Red Cross here during the winter. There is another popular surfing point  at the Playa del Mojón.

At the top part of the beach is the viewing point of the Punta de Gavilanes, which is an important archaeological site used by successive cultures, with remains dating back as far as the Argaric period, and 1900 BC.

For more local information go to the home page of Mazarrón Today, or click here for an overview of all 33 beaches in the municipality of Mazarrón.