Platgeta del Mal Pas, Golden sand beach in old town Benidorm, Spain.

Platgeta del Mal Pas is a sand beach in Benidorm bounded by the Punta Canfali to the north and the marina to the south. It measures 120 metres long and 75 metres wide, sits in an urban setting and is reached directly from the street.

The beach formed from sand trapped by the harbour mole completed in 1925, with the port breakwater and Punta Canfali holding the sediment in place. Before that, the spot was the Esgolador del Mal Pas, a steep and dangerous cliff slope some people used to reach Carrer de les Roques.

The beach's name, Mal Pas, means "bad passage" in Catalan, recalling the dangerous cliff slope that once led down to Carrer de les Roques before the sand built up. The cove took its present form only after the port mole was finished in 1925, when the breakwater and Punta Canfali began trapping sand.

The beach sits in an urban setting between Punta Canfali to the north and the marina to the south, reached directly from the street, with a marked parking area. It is a buoyed swimming zone holding the Blue Flag distinction. Its 120 m length and 75 m width make it compact.

The beach owes its existence to the port: sand accumulated after the breakwater was finished in 1925, trapped between the jetty and the Punta Canfali. Before that, the spot was the Esgolador del Mal Pas, a steep, dangerous slope in the cliff that some people used to reach Carrer de les Roques.