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No longer in forceRough seas at Benagil Caves - visitors and tourist craft advised to suspend operations
From 16 Oct 2026 1400 (local time) authorities report rough seas around the Benagil Caves on the south coast of continental Portugal. Special attention is required when navigating in the cave area and operations by motorised and non-motorised tourist platforms from beaches and from vessels are advised to be suspended. A wide berth is requested. Four positions defining the affected area are given.
Suspend operations of motorised and non-motorised tourist platforms from beaches and from vessels; give the area a wide berth and exercise caution.
- Type
- Navigational hazard · severity moderate
- Feed
- Wrecks, obstructions and drifting objectsAll warnings of this kind on the map (contributors), or as an API feed: /api/v2/feeds/hazards/
- Location
- Benagil Caves, Portugal south coast
- Validity
- From 16 Oct 2026, 14:00 UTC
16OCT26, FROM 1400 LOCAL TIME - Activity periods
- 16 Oct 2026, 14:00 UTC - ? (from 1400 local time; no end given)
- Hazards
- rough seas, hazardous navigation in caves
Coast stations for this area
- RCCMRSC HuelvaSpain74 NM from the area
- RCCMRSC CadizSpain110 NM from the area
- RCCMRCC AlmeriaSpain273 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station HuelvaMRSC HuelvaSpainMMSI 002241023VHF 35range 35 NM67 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station ChipionaMRCC TarifaSpainMMSI 002241023MF 150range 150 NM103 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station CadizMRSC CadizSpainMMSI 002241023VHF 35range 35 NM114 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station TarifaMRCC TarifaSpainMMSI 002241023VHF 35, MF 150range 150 NM154 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station Malaga CCRMRCC TarifaSpainMMSI 002241023VHF 35, MFrange 35 NM189 NM from the area
Generated automatically from the warning text on 16 Oct 2026, 16:37 UTC. It can be wrong: the original warning below is the authoritative text.
Keywords
- Weather Warningrough seas