Aigua Xelida, Shingle beach in Palafrugell, Spain.

Aigua Xelida is a small beach in Palafrugell along the Costa Brava, featuring golden sand mixed with pebbles and backed by residential areas. The compact shoreline is sheltered by surrounding rocks.

Until 1950, this beach was cut off from the neighboring Tamariu cove and connected only by a simple path through the coastal terrain. Better road access later made the area more approachable.

Aigua Xelida became a symbol of the free-life ideal of Palafrugell, and it was the first stop of a frustrated voyage by Josep Pla i Casadevall, who recounted his adventures with the fisherman Sebastià Puig Barceló, l'Hermós, aboard a small boat along the Empordà coast. A street in the area is named after Emili Gotas Curet, en Gotas (Begur, 1896 – Tamariu, 1949), one of the people who embodied the life of those who gathered here.

The nearest village, Tamariu, is about 1 km away, and the cove is reached on foot. Drive to the Aigua Xelida residential area and follow the streets to Carrer de l'Illa Blanca, where cars are parked; at the end of this street, steps on the right, at the Punta del Quart, lead down to the cove.

The beach serves as a diving spot where the clear Mediterranean water allows exploration of marine life below the surface. Divers find the cove appealing for its underwater features.