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Today at Praia do Mende: Excellent for e-foiling — 86/100 for advanced level. Wind 3 kn SE · Tide -1.0 to 0.2 m. Best window around 10:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Praia do Mende: flat with light cross-shore wind. E-Foiling looks Excellent in the late morning, with Paddleboarding also worth considering. Water temperature is 16°C / 60°F.
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Praia do Mende faces W, 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 3 kn. Light enough that the surface should stay workable for e-foiling.
Over the published window Praia do Mende clears 60/100 for e-foiling at every ability from Beginner to Expert — an unusually broad spot, which normally means a range of conditions rather than one narrow sweet spot. Today, 11 of 11 daylight hours clear that line at Intermediate.
Among the 31 scored spots within reach today, Praia do Mende ranks 3rd 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 small, secluded crescent cove (about 90 m by 20 m) sheltered within the Ria de Vigo, west-facing with a golden sandy bottom and calm, clear, low-swell water, suited to swimming and quiet visits rather than watersports. Dogs and nudism are not permitted; access is only moderately adapted for reduced mobility. Blue Flag certified. A lifeguard covers the beach 15 June-15 September, daily 12:00-20:00 in July/August. Stone and wooden ramps aid access.
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Wind at Praia do Mende today: 3 kn SE (gusting 17 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.
The best window for e-foiling at Praia do Mende today is around 10:00 UTC, when conditions score 86/100 for intermediate level. Conditions can shift by the hour — the 4Shor app shows the full 24-hour score chart.
For beginners, Praia do Mende scores 90/100 today for kite foiling — Epic!. 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.
Praia do Mende 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.
Praia do Mende is a coastal location near As Catro Pontes 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 Praia do Mende, 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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