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Playa de Sotavento, Fuerteventura, Spain
A changing coast
Even if you're among the lucky ones who've visited this out-of-the-way place, you might not recognise it from this aerial shot. That's because Playa de Sotavento is forever being transformed by tides. When the ocean is at its highest, the flat, sandy spits in the foreground disappear below the waves, but when the tide dips extra low, they 'grow' to form a beachy coast spanning roughly 10 kilometres. So while you'll always find expansive sands and shallow turquoise waters here at Fuerteventura's southwestern tip, you'll never see this Canary Islands landmark look the same way twice.
A changing coast
Even if you're among the lucky ones who've visited this out-of-the-way place, you might not recognise it from this aerial shot. That's because Playa de Sotavento is forever being transformed by tides. When the ocean is at its highest, the flat, sandy spits in the foreground disappear below the waves, but when the tide dips extra low, they 'grow' to form a beachy coast spanning roughly 10 kilometres. So while you'll always find expansive sands and shallow turquoise waters here at Fuerteventura's southwestern tip, you'll never see this Canary Islands landmark look the same way twice.
Though always beautiful, this beach is forever being transformed by tides.
© Reinhard Schmid / Huber / eStock Photo 2026-09-11 08:45:51 :