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Today at Cruz Roja: Epic! for kite foiling — 96/100 for expert level. Wind 7 kn NE · Waves 1.2 m, 9 s · Tide -1.2 to 0.8 m. Best window around 21:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Cruz Roja: 0.9m waves with light offshore wind. Kite Foiling looks Epic! in the midday, with E-Foiling also worth considering. Water temperature is 23°C / 74°F.
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A sand-bottomed beach break on a peninsula's southeast tip, with a shifting sandbank producing right-hand waves. Best November-April on south/southeast swell with northwesterly offshore wind; summer is typically flat for surfing but suits windsurfing and kitesurfing in trade winds. Low-to-mid tide is best, with rip currents and undertow in the curved sections. Five lifeguard towers cover the beach. An adjacent salt-marsh lagoon is a protected area.
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Cruz Roja scores 92/100 today for surfing at intermediate level — Epic!. Wind 7 kn NE · Waves 1.2 m, 9 s · Tide -1.2 to 0.8 m. Best window around 01:00 UTC. Scores are updated hourly by 4Shor ShorSense™.
Wind at Cruz Roja today: 7 kn NE (gusting 15 kn). Wind direction relative to the shore affects surfing conditions significantly — offshore winds produce cleaner, glassier surfaces while onshore winds add chop. These are daily averages; the 4Shor app shows hourly detail.
Waves at Cruz Roja today: 1.2 m, 9 s period from W, reforming character. 4Shor derives nearshore wave conditions from ECMWF IFS 9-km atmospheric data and the IBI regional ocean model, updated hourly.
The best window for surfing at Cruz Roja today is around 01:00 UTC, when conditions score 92/100 for intermediate level. Conditions can shift by the hour — the 4Shor app shows the full 24-hour score chart.
For beginners, Cruz Roja scores 88/100 today for surfing — Excellent. A score of 65–79 is Good for a beginner; 80+ is Excellent (90+ is Epic!); below 45 the session is usually not worth it. 4Shor scores every location across Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced and Expert levels.
Cruz Roja is scored for Surfing, Windsurfing, Kite Surfing, Kite Foiling, Wing Foiling, E-Foiling, Paddleboarding, Swimming, Kayaking, Canoeing in the 4Shor forecast system. Conditions are rated Beginner through Expert for each sport, updated every hour, so you always know whether the session is worth the drive.
Cruz Roja is a coastal location near Solana Matorral in Spain. It is one of more than 2,500 European water-sport locations scored daily by 4Shor.
4Shor's ShorSense™ system combines satellite-derived seafloor mapping, nearshore wave models, wind and tide data to generate a hyper-local forecast. At Cruz Roja, conditions are scored hourly on a 0–100 scale for each sport and ability level. A score of 80+ means Excellent (90+ Epic!); 65–79 is Good; below 45 the session is usually not worth the drive.
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