Playa de la Malagueta, Urban beach in Málaga, Spain

Playa de la Malagueta is an urban beach of dark sand on Málaga's eastern coast, between the port and La Caleta beach. It runs about 1,200 metres long and 45 metres wide, beside the port's eastern breakwater in the La Malagueta neighbourhood. The seafront promenade that now borders it began with the breakwater linking La Farola to El Morlaco.

The neighbourhood began in the 19th century with the settlement of marengos, seafarers who worked the sea. In 1886 the beach opened as a leisure spot with the merendero Antonio Martín, and in 1887 the Apolo and La Estrella bathhouses moved here from Cortina del Muelle, making it a summer meeting point for wealthy families. From the 1960s residential blocks replaced the marengos' houses along the shore.

The beach's name comes from the surrounding La Malagueta neighbourhood, whose first residents were marengos, workers of the sea. Since 1886 it has been used for recreation, and in 1887 the Apolo and La Estrella bathhouses moved here, making it a summer meeting point for wealthy families. Today visitors see chiringuitos and, in June, July and August, a free open-air cinema.

The beach has showers, toilets, rental sunbeds, and umbrellas available during summer months, with lifeguards on duty throughout the season. Shallow areas for children and nearby parking make it easy to spend a full day here.

The beach sits beside the Levante breakwater of Málaga's port, the spot where local fishermen traditionally hauled in their nets with the copo. In 2015 it was awarded the Blue Flag. In June, July and August, free open-air cinema screenings are held on the sand.