Thymus camphoratus (locally known as Tomilho do Mar) is a species of flowering plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae.

The leaves are 6–8 by 2–4.5 millimetres (1⁄4–5⁄16 by 1⁄16–3⁄16 in), ovate-triangular or rhomboidal, revolute in the upper half, acute or subobtuse, with whitish tomentose underside, with glabrescent or pubescent upper surface, densely covered with yellowish spheroidal glands.

Bracts are 7–9 by 5–8 mm (1⁄4–3⁄8 by 3⁄16–5⁄16 in), broadly ovate, often pale pinkish or reddish, hairy, with scattered spheroidal glands, glandular hairs and marked veins on the underside.

Flowers are 5–8 mm (3⁄16–5⁄16 in), pink or purple; lower lip with large, subequal lobes.

It inhabits heathlands and xerophilic scrub on stabilized dunes of limestone-based sands, always close to the coast.