Beach
Ponta da Ferraria natural pool
Rocky sea inlet on the west tip of São Miguel where a thermal spring warms the ocean to around 40 °C near the spring at low tide; the nearby spa is listed as temporarily closed.
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Beach in Azores
Porto da Caloura
Small bathing area at the Caloura fishing harbour on the south coast, with first aid, changing rooms and toilets; 2026 season 6 Jun to 26 Sep, Blue Flag.
- Address
- Rua da Caloura, 9560-246 Caloura, Lagoa
Hard with kids
Supervised in the bathing season with a first-aid room (tourism portal), but you enter open sea from harbour steps and rock; the official bathing-water profile describes it as exposed to the sea. Confident swimmers, calm days.
The notes
What the sources say (research)
- A bathing area next to the fishing port below the village of Água de Pau, with public parking, a first-aid room, changing rooms and toilets; supervised during the bathing season. [turismo.azores.gov.pt, 10 Oct 2026]
- 2026 bathing season 6 June to 26 September; Blue Flag 2026. [Portaria 204-A/2026/1; ABAE 2026]
- The tourism portal lists the nearby Poças da Caloura (Cerco) rock pools separately; we haven’t checked them.
- AzoresBus line 315 lists stops at Água de Pau (Praça) in both directions on business days, Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays; the walk down to the harbour has not been checked. [AzoresBus, read 14 Oct 2026]
Open questions
From Porto da Caloura: Mosteiros: black-sand beach and natural pools (35 km), Ponta da Ferraria natural pool (35 km). Straight-line distances from the centre point, not driving times.
Beach
Mosteiros: black-sand beach and natural pools
Black-sand beach and lava-rock pools on São Miguel's west tip, facing the sea stacks; 2026 season 15 Jun to 13 Sep, Blue Flag on the south pools. Bus 206 serves the village; check the return stop/day.
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