Morazón, Rock and olive sand beach in Sada, Spain
Morazón is a 125-metre-long, 36-metre-wide beach on the Sada coast where dark olive-toned sand lies between rock outcrops and boulders. The sand and stone alternate along the waterline, so the surface changes with the tide. It sits on the Rías Altas shoreline of A Coruña province.
This beach forms part of the Costa de las Rías Altas, a Galician coastal section that experienced minimal development over centuries. The limited building and infrastructure kept the shoreline in its natural state.
The beach takes its name from the Morazón area of Sada, on the ría de Betanzos. Local families come down in the evening, when the tide is out, to walk the exposed rocks and look for shellfish in the pools. The olive-toned sand and stone slabs are what people point out first.
Access to the beach is via the AC-163 road connecting Mera to Sada, which leads directly to the shoreline. A nearby marina can serve as a helpful reference point when finding the location.
At low tide a rocky islet off Morazón becomes reachable on foot, exposing a stretch of seabed that is underwater the rest of the day. The Rías Altas tides here rise and fall by several metres, so the crossing is only open for a short window around the lowest water.
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