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Today at Playa de Punta Larga: Good for kayaking — 79/100 for expert level. Wind 1 kn S · Tide -0.5 to 0.3 m. Best window around 00:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Playa de Punta Larga: 0.5m waves with light cross-shore wind. E-Foiling looks Excellent in the morning, with Paddleboarding also worth considering. Water temperature is 24°C / 76°F.
Forecast updated · ShorSense™
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Playa de Punta Larga 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 cross-shore at 1 kn. Light enough that the surface should stay workable for kayaking.
Over the published window Playa de Punta Larga clears 60/100 for kayaking at Intermediate, Advanced, Expert levels — that is who this spot is for on this sport. Today, 11 of 11 daylight hours clear that line at Intermediate.
Among the 28 scored spots within reach today, Playa de Punta Larga is level with 3 others at the top for kayaking — nothing nearby is scoring better, so pick on distance.
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 long, narrow, east-southeast-facing urban beach of dark volcanic sand mixed with gravel and rounded stones, on a promenade-lined stretch of coast. A 240 m breakwater keeps the water sheltered and calm almost year-round, making this a bathing and snorkelling beach rather than a surf or watersports venue; water shoes are recommended for the mixed bottom. Lifeguard provision is inconsistently reported, so check locally. Marked mooring areas lie offshore.
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Wind at Playa de Punta Larga today: 1 kn S (gusting 13 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.
The best window for kayaking at Playa de Punta Larga today is around 00:00 UTC, when conditions score 75/100 for intermediate level. Conditions can shift by the hour — the 4Shor app shows the full 24-hour score chart.
For beginners, Playa de Punta Larga scores 53/100 today for paddleboarding — 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.
Playa de Punta Larga 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 Punta Larga is a coastal location near Candelaria 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 Punta Larga, 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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