Beach Paal 31

Beach entrance Paal 31 on the Vuurtorenweg lies at the foot of the lighthouse, on the northernmost tip of Texel.

• Beach pavilion: Faro Beach serves Spanish bites such as paella, nachos and calamari, with a terrace looking straight out over the beach.
• Lighthouse: the Texel lighthouse from 1864 is 34.7 metres tall, was badly damaged in April 1945 during the Georgian uprising and can be climbed again.
• Note: there are no lifeguards here and swimming is discouraged because of strong currents; the beach is popular with kite buggies and kite fliers.
• Camping: Camping De Robbenjager lies close to the lighthouse.

Beach pavilion at Paal 31

At beach entrance Paal 31 you will find beach pavilion Faro Beach, so food and drinks are never far away.

• Faro Beach: right at this beach entrance.
• Kaap Noord: ±1,3 km further along, at beach entrance Paal 33.

Today at the sea

This is the current situation at the sea near beach entrance Paal 31, useful if you are heading to the beach today.

• Weather: 4,2°C, overcast; weather forecast.
• Wind: 3 Bft from the south.
• Sea water: about 9,0°C.
• Tides: high tide at 08:24 and 22:44; low tide at 04:46 and 16:34; all tides.
• Sun: sunrise 08:05, sunset 16:47.

Dogs on the beach

• On the guarded beaches on Texel are only leased dogs allowed during the period March 1 till September 1. More information on: the Dogmap of Texel
• Outside these abovementioned time periods are dogs (both free-running and leashed) allowed on the beaches of Texel.

Please read the information boards carefully, which are at each beach (entrance).

Horses on the beach

On Texel you may ride on the whole beach from 1 October to 1 May; from 1 May to 1 October only on the recreation and sports beaches, from sunrise to 10:00 and from 19:00 to sunset.