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Today at Playa de la Ballena: Epic! for surfing — 93/100 for beginner level. Wind 7 kn W · Waves 0.8 m, 13 s · Tide -0.9 to 0.2 m. Best window around 08:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Playa de la Ballena: 0.7m waves with light cross-shore wind. Surfing looks Excellent in the late morning, with Kite Foiling also worth considering. Water temperature is 22°C / 71°F.
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Satellite-derived bathymetry with 10 m pixels and 10 cm vertical resolution out to ~40 m depth. The shape of the seabed is what determines where and how waves break.
Most apps run a single global model at 9–25 km. We blend regional NWP from national meteorological offices at 1.3–2 km — UK Met Office UKV, Météo-France AROME HD, ItaliaMeteo ICON-2I — with ECMWF IFS for the 8-day horizon. Finer resolution means the sea breeze, cliff funnelling and bay shadowing that changes everything for a session.
A nearshore wave model propagates the spectrum across the bathymetric mesh — modelling refraction, shoaling, dissipation, focusing and breaking as it goes. Most apps stop at swell + wind. We go further.
10 sport models × 4 ability levels weight wave height, period, wind, tide and breaking conditions differently — calibrated against ridden sessions so the scores mean what they say.
A long, semi-wild Atlantic sandy beach backed by dunes and pine forest, with a variable-peak beach break, gentle in summer and spring, more powerful through autumn and winter. Westerly wind favours kite and windsurfing here. An extensive tidal flat is exposed at low tide, with mid-to-high tide preferable for entry. A sailing school operates on site; bathing is forbidden at its vessel channel. Lifeguards and SOS phones operate mid-June to mid-September.
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Playa de la Ballena scores 76/100 today for surfing at intermediate level — Good. Wind 7 kn W · Waves 0.8 m, 13 s · Tide -0.9 to 0.2 m. Best window around 08:00 UTC. Scores are updated hourly by 4Shor ShorSense™.
Wind at Playa de la Ballena today: 7 kn W (gusting 19 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 Playa de la Ballena today: 0.8 m, 13 s period from N, peeling 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 Playa de la Ballena today is around 08:00 UTC, when conditions score 76/100 for intermediate level. Conditions can shift by the hour — the 4Shor app shows the full 24-hour score chart.
For beginners, Playa de la Ballena scores 93/100 today for surfing — Epic!. 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.
Playa de la Ballena 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.
Playa de la Ballena is a coastal location near Costa Ballena 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 Playa de la Ballena, 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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