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Today at Playa del Arenal: Good for canoeing — 73/100 for expert level. Wind 13 kn E · Tide -0.6 to 0.3 m. Best window around 00:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Playa del Arenal: 1.8m waves with strong cross-shore wind. Kayaking looks Good in the midday, with Paddleboarding also worth considering. Water temperature is 24°C / 76°F.
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Playa del Arenal faces N. For canoeing how much swell and wind that aspect keeps out matters more than the open-water forecast.
Today's wind is cross-shore at 13 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 Playa del Arenal clears 60/100 for canoeing at Expert level — that is who this spot is for on this sport. Today, 0 of 11 daylight hours clear that line at Intermediate.
Among the 28 scored spots within reach today, Playa del Arenal ranks 19th for canoeing. The order changes by discipline: the same conditions that put a spot top for one sport can drop it down the list for another.
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 black-sand and cobblestone reef beach on Tenerife's north coast, backed by a steep cliff. It has multiple wave peaks, including a left-hander working best on northwest swell and offshore wind from southwest to southeast. The cobblestone bottom and shifting currents suit intermediate-to-advanced riders only. The coastal zone has been under an official landslide-risk access ban since February 2020, not confirmed lifted.
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Wind at Playa del Arenal today: 13 kn E (gusting 22 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.
For beginners, Playa del Arenal scores 15/100 today for e-foiling — Don't Bother. 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 del Arenal is scored for 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 del Arenal is a coastal location near Bajamar 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 del Arenal, 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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