It is located on the seaward face of Mount Carmel, near Stella Maris Monastery, inside an Israeli Navy base.

[3] The current location of the lighthouse is at the summer palace of Abdullah Pasha, the ruler of Acre from 1820 to 1831.

The house and lighthouse were built using masonry from the Carmelite monastery that stood there, and was destroyed by order of Abdullah Pasha.

In 1928, with a donation by the Spanish Honorary Consul, the current lighthouse was built.

In the Second World War the British Army rented the house from the Carmelites to serve in the preparation to the Nazi invasion to the area.