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Today at Barcarès: Good for kayaking — 77/100 for expert level. Wind 10 kn W · Tide -0.5 to -0.3 m. Best window around 01:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Barcarès: 1.1m waves with moderate offshore wind. Kite Foiling looks Epic! in the afternoon, with Wing Foiling also worth considering. Water temperature is 21°C / 70°F.
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Today plus the next two days are free for everyone — scored in 3-hour windows, just like the app. The full 8-day forecast lives in the 4Shor app.
Barcarès faces E, tucked away from the prevailing westerly swell — the aspect that gives kayaking the flat, sheltered water it needs more often than an exposed coast would.
Today's wind is offshore at 10 kn. Blowing off the land keeps the surface flatter near the beach for kayaking, but it also pushes you out — stay inside where you can comfortably get back.
Over the published window Barcarès clears 60/100 for kayaking 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, Barcarès ranks 9th for kayaking. 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.
An 8 km fine-sand beach with two sides: a shallow, sheltered lagoon offering flat water for freestyle kitesurfing and beginners, and an open sea-facing shore with wind-chop rather than a surf break. The site lies within a Natura 2000 area, with kitesurfing restricted to designated zones and dogs allowed only near a river estuary. Nine lifeguard posts operate daily in season. Tidal range is negligible; tramontane and marin winds drive conditions.
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Wind at Barcarès today: 10 kn W (gusting 25 kn). Wind direction relative to the shore affects kayaking 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 Barcarès today: 1.2 m, 7 s period from S, 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 kayaking at Barcarès today is around 02:00 UTC, when conditions score 51/100 for intermediate level. Conditions can shift by the hour — the 4Shor app shows the full 24-hour score chart.
For beginners, Barcarès scores 47/100 today for surfing — Okay. 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.
Barcarès 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.
Barcarès is a coastal location near Le Barcarès 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 Barcarès, 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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