Punta del Moral, Coastal locality and beach in Province of Huelva, Spain

Punta del Moral is a fishing neighbourhood of Ayamonte, in the province of Huelva, one of the two population centres on Isla Canela together with the Barriada de Canela. It lies about 6 km by land from the edge of Ayamonte's town centre, across the Caño del Sur from the hotel and leisure complexes, and keeps its seafaring character. The Carreras estuary, barely 650 m wide at its broadest point, separates it from Isla Cristina.

Punta del Moral has no exact founding date; it probably grew from Catalan and Valencian emigrants who founded neighbouring Isla Cristina (then La Higuerita) around 1755. Separated from Isla Cristina only by the 650 m-wide mouth of the Carreras estuary and almost cut off from Ayamonte by poor roads, it kept a close-knit, self-sufficient fishing life. In early 2008 a ferry service linked it with Isla Cristina.

The neighbourhood keeps its seafaring character: the fishermen's association La Gaviota and the Hermandad de San Antonio organise the patron-saint festivities every June. Local fish and shellfish catches gave rise to a distinct local cuisine that first made the village known in the region. A particular dialect still marks the speech of its inhabitants.

The beach has lifeguards and marked swimming zones in summer, and most of the local facilities are within easy walking distance from the shore. Because the village is small, it is easy to get around on foot without needing any transport.

From the shore, the castle of Castro Marim on the Portuguese side of the Guadiana is visible to the naked eye, making this one of the few beaches where you can clearly see another country from the sand. The river itself marks the border, and small boats sometimes cross between the two banks.