It is always advisable to take the appropriate measures when connecting to a free public network and follow some recommendations such as not entering the bank or making bank transactions, entering our credit card details, etc.
How to consult information about the beaches
The Government of Spain has a specific web page through the page of the Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge. A page where we can find information on all the provinces with cost in Spain and where we can access filters to go province by province, choose the town and the specific beach. Once you choose the coastline that interests you and the beach in particular, we will find all the details: name, municipality, province, length and width, degree of occupation, degree of urbanization, composition and type of sand, nudism and bathing, physical and environmental aspects, nearby hospitals, security, transport, accesses, marina or services such as toilets or footbaths, trash cans, telephones or showers. We will see all this from the corresponding tab.
It is a fast and free option always updated and where we will find all the details as well as links to the tourist office or weather forecast. The bad thing about the website of the Ministry is that it does not have information about WiFi, so we will have to choose the one that interests us and delve into the Google search.
Search Engine with Beaches with WiFi: Playea
Although not all of them appear, it is likely that it will be updated with more details that will help us find beaches with WiFi. T-shirt is a web page or application that allows us two options: search for coasts in a city specify or use advanced search criteria to find the beach you need.
This allows us to choose the search criteria and mark “wi-fi” although not all the beaches that have wireless connection for mobiles and tablets appear. Within each tab you can also see the services offered by each UA and know if it has what we need beyond being able to connect to the Internet or not. The cards have all the information: if the chosen beach is nudist or not, what kind of atmosphere is there depending on whether you want to party, relax or enjoy with the family. You can also see score, photos, location, characteristics, accessibility, entertainment or services and some photographs and even opinions of other users who have already gone to it.
Beaches with WiFi
Although the list is not definitive and is renewed every year, there are already many beaches on the Spanish coast that allow us to save data and connect to the Internet. An ever-expanding list thanks to advances in technology and the best facilities in cities, in addition to the promises of politicians. Not only in cafes and restaurants but also from the hammock you can connect to the Internet in much of the Spanish coast, in many of its beaches …
In Andalucia
In Andalusia we can connect to the Internet in all provinces. In Huelva you can connect to the wireless network if you are on the beach of Punta Umbría. In Cadiz, the Cadiz coast also offers us a connection in Chiclana, in Puerto de Santa María, in La Barrosa, in Sancti Petri, in La Puntilla and in Valdelagrana.
On the coast of Malaga We can connect in Estepona on beaches like La Rada or in Cristo. Or closer to the capital in El Bajondillo or in Carihuela in Benalmádena and Torremolinos. Also, in the own capital of the Costa del Sol we can access free WiFi from the extensive beach of La Malagueta.
In the case of grenade We can do it from Motril or in Almería we can connect to the free WiFi from the beach in the towns of Adra and Vera.
In catalonia
If you are going to travel to Catalonia, some beaches also allow free internet access. For example, in Barcelona. In Barcelona we can connect to free WiFi on Barceloneta beach, Nova Icària Beach, Somorrostro and Bogatell.
Valencian Community and Murcia
One of the most frequent tourist destinations… The City Council of Cullera It has already announced wireless connection on the beach of San Antonio and the popular Benidorm also has a connection on some of its beaches: Levante, Poniente, Castell. In Gandía there are also almost twenty different WiFi hotspots in its Playa Nord and further north we can connect, in Castellon, from the town of Peñíscola.
Also in Alicante We can access free WiFi from other of the most popular coastal towns when summer arrives, such as Denia and Calpe.
Further south, in Murcia, the town of La Manga already has an Internet connection. In February 2021, the La Manga 365 Digital project was announced with an investment of more than two million euros to have WiFi points on the beaches. Also in San Javier we can connect from the mobile phone or tablet.
Canary and Balearic Islands
If you are going to travel to an island, you can also find some with WiFi connection. In Balearics You can find WiFi connection on the island of Ibiza in Playa d’en Bossa and in Santa Eulàlia. In Formentera you can connect with your mobile from Illetes and in Minorca There is free WiFi in Cala Galdana.
In the case of traveling to Canary Islands, all have a beach with WiFi … Lanzarote You can connect from Playa del Arrecife and Playa El Reducto.
Alternatives to WiFi on the beach
That the WiFi is open is something we like thanks to the fact that we save mobile data or we can connect from the tablet or even the electronic book. But not all are advantages and there are also many disadvantages when connecting to such a network. The main one is security: We run risks if we do not use a service such as a VPN that protects us from other users or possible hackers who are on the same coast as us and take advantage of open networks to access our devices. Therefore, there are some interesting alternatives to sail in summer without having to go looking for free wifi on the beach where you are going to spend the holidays.
Free gigs in summer
Many companies celebrate the summer by giving users free gigs during the months of July and August so they can surf without worrying about running out of Internet when they are not at home. The promotions Summer are common every year and are in all operators both in prepaid and contract customers. For example, in 2021 Vodafone increased the gigas of the rates of Vodafone Yu and Lowi, as usual, it gives 60 gigs for free in summer that must be activated from the application and that are usually valid from June 15 to August 15. In 2021, the party of free gigs for the holidays was also joined by Fi Network at the beginning of the season with a bonus of 66 or 99 GB available. Also others like Simyo, with 30 GB free to navigate in a month or Lebara multiplying by two the gigabytes to navigate until the end of September in their rates …
It is advisable before find free WiFi on beaches is that you look for the options offered by your operator because perhaps you have 50 GB free that you have not spent and you must activate from your customer account without having to connect to open networks.
Unlimited data and tethering
Another option is to bet on unlimited data in the many rates that are currently available and share it with the person close to you. You may not have one of these rates but your father, your mother, your brother or your partner do. In this case, we can create a WiFi Zone or access point where we can connect to that person’s WiFi temporarily without spending data or taking risks connecting to an open network that has no security.
We have to go to the phone settings and look for the option that allows us activate a portable hotspot or access point. Depending on the model of the terminal and the version of the system, we can find this option in one place or another or that has different names. Once activated, we can configure the WiFi of our phone indicating the access password, type of encryption, channel used, maximum connections allowed, etc.