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Today at Playa de la Mena: Epic! for kite foiling — 95/100 for expert level. Wind 4 kn SW · Waves 0.5 m, 6 s · Tide -0.4 to -0.3 m. Best window around 14:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Playa de la Mena: 0.5m waves with light offshore wind. Kite Foiling looks Epic! in the afternoon, with E-Foiling also worth considering. Water temperature is 25°C / 76°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 quiet, unserviced beach of fine dark sand, 350 m long and 40 m wide, with low swell and generally calm, shallow water suited to swimming, paddleboarding or flat-water wind and kite sessions rather than surf. No Blue Flag certification and not wheelchair-accessible. No lifeguard service; the municipal seasonal plan covers four nearby beaches but not this one, with the nearest covered beach roughly 1.3 km north. Protected seagrass beds occur nearby.
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Playa de la Mena scores 38/100 today for surfing at intermediate level — Poor. Wind 4 kn SW · Waves 0.5 m, 6 s · Tide -0.4 to -0.3 m. Scores are updated hourly by 4Shor ShorSense™.
Wind at Playa de la Mena today: 4 kn SW (gusting 18 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 Mena today: 0.5 m, 6 s period from SE, peeling character. 4Shor derives nearshore wave conditions from ECMWF IFS 9-km atmospheric data and the IBI regional ocean model, updated hourly.
For beginners, Playa de la Mena scores 67/100 today for kite surfing — Good. 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 Mena 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 Mena is a coastal location near Ventanicas-El Cantal 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 Mena, 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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