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Today at Playa S' Arenal Gran de Porto Colom: Good for canoeing — 77/100 for expert level. Wind 5 kn NW · Tide -0.4 to -0.3 m. Best window around 00:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Playa S' Arenal Gran de Porto Colom: 0.7m waves with light cross-shore wind. Kite Foiling looks Epic! in the afternoon, with E-Foiling also worth considering. Water temperature is 24°C / 76°F.
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Playa S' Arenal Gran de Porto Colom 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 5 kn. Light enough that the surface should stay workable for canoeing.
Over the published window Playa S' Arenal Gran de Porto Colom clears 60/100 for canoeing at Advanced, Expert levels — that is who this spot is for on this sport. Today, 0 of 11 daylight hours clear that line at Intermediate.
Among the 31 scored spots within reach today, Playa S' Arenal Gran de Porto Colom ranks 18th 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.
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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 sheltered, semi-urban cove beside a harbour inlet, 150 m long, 40 m wide, with fine golden sand and shallow, calm water. Sandy bottom reaches about 4 m depth 200 m offshore; better snorkelling near the eastern headland. The SW-facing, sheltered position keeps swell down, suiting swimming, paddleboarding and snorkelling over surfing or kitesurfing. A rescue team is present, though season and hours aren't confirmed. Tidal range here is negligible.
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Wind at Playa S' Arenal Gran de Porto Colom today: 5 kn NW (gusting 17 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 Playa S' Arenal Gran de Porto Colom today: 0.8 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.
The best window for canoeing at Playa S' Arenal Gran de Porto Colom today is around 05:00 UTC, when conditions score 57/100 for intermediate level. Conditions can shift by the hour — the 4Shor app shows the full 24-hour score chart.
For beginners, Playa S' Arenal Gran de Porto Colom scores 65/100 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.
Playa S' Arenal Gran de Porto Colom 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 S' Arenal Gran de Porto Colom is a coastal location near Cala Marçal 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 S' Arenal Gran de Porto Colom, 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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