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Today at Plage de Saint-Cava: Good for canoeing — 77/100 for expert level. Wind 9 kn SE · Tide -1.5 to 0.7 m. Best window around 17:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Plage de Saint-Cava: 1.0m waves with light cross-shore wind. Kite Foiling looks Epic! in the morning, with Wing Foiling also worth considering. Water temperature is 16°C / 61°F.
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Plage de Saint-Cava faces SW, open to the prevailing swell and wind. For canoeing that is the hard direction: expect the surface to be workable only when the forecast genuinely drops, not on an average day.
Today's wind is cross-shore at 9 kn. At that strength expect a textured surface for canoeing, and the shelter of the bay to matter more than the forecast number.
Over the published window Plage de Saint-Cava clears 60/100 for canoeing at Advanced, Expert levels — that is who this spot is for on this sport. Today, 0 of 10 daylight hours clear that line at Intermediate.
Among the 31 scored spots within reach today, Plage de Saint-Cava is the best of them for canoeing — so if you are travelling for it, this is the one.
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 wild, largely unsupervised Atlantic beach with a gently sloping sandy bottom mixed with pebbles, concrete sections and rocks, facing an offshore island. Listed as a watersports area for surfing, kitesurfing and windsurfing, with no amenities; also used for naturism, dogs permitted, no-smoking. The sea recedes far at low tide, when the island can be reached on foot, but high tide is recommended for swimming and calmer water.
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Wind at Plage de Saint-Cava today: 9 kn SE (gusting 28 kn). Wind direction relative to the shore affects canoeing 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 Plage de Saint-Cava today: 1.1 m, 13 s period from NW, 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 canoeing at Plage de Saint-Cava today is around 10:00 UTC, when conditions score 49/100 for intermediate level. Conditions can shift by the hour — the 4Shor app shows the full 24-hour score chart.
For beginners, Plage de Saint-Cava scores 70/100 today for 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.
Plage de Saint-Cava 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.
Plage de Saint-Cava is a coastal location near Mechou Glaz in France. 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 Plage de Saint-Cava, 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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