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Today at Playa de la Arena: Good for e-foiling — 73/100 for expert level. Wind 1 kn SW · Tide -0.6 to 0.3 m. Best window around 09:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Playa de la Arena: 2.0m waves with light cross-shore wind. Paddleboarding looks Good in the morning, with Kayaking also worth considering. Water temperature is 24°C / 76°F.
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Playa de la Arena faces NW, open to the prevailing swell and wind. For e-foiling 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 1 kn. Light enough that the surface should stay workable for e-foiling.
Over the published window Playa de la Arena clears 60/100 for e-foiling 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 26 scored spots within reach today, Playa de la Arena ranks 17th for e-foiling. 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 compact, sheltered black-sand volcanic beach tucked beneath cliffs on Tenerife's north coast, reached via a tunnel. Calm, clear water protected from strong currents suits snorkelling and diving rather than surf or wind sports. It sits within a protected coastal landscape and holds Blue Flag status. Cruz Roja lifeguards cover the bathing zone daily 10:00-19:00 from 15 June, with a rescue boat and jet ski on standby. Dogs and nudism are not permitted.
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Wind at Playa de la Arena today: 1 kn SW (gusting 12 kn). Wind direction relative to the shore affects e-foiling 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 de la Arena 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 de la Arena 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 de la Arena is a coastal location near Mesa del Mar 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 Arena, 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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