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Today at Praia de Albufeira: Good for kayaking — 79/100 for expert level. Wind 5 kn W · Tide -0.9 to 0.3 m. Best window around 01:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Praia de Albufeira: 0.3m waves with light cross-shore wind. Kite Foiling looks Epic! in the midday, with Wing Foiling also worth considering. Water temperature is 19°C / 67°F.
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Praia de Albufeira faces S. For kayaking how much swell and wind that aspect keeps out matters more than the open-water forecast.
Today's wind is cross-shore at 5 kn. Light enough that the surface should stay workable for kayaking.
Over the published window Praia de Albufeira clears 60/100 for kayaking 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 de Albufeira ranks 6th 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.
A sheltered, fine-sand town beach facing south-southwest into the Atlantic. A gentle beach break favours left-hand waves, rideable at all tide stages, typically small or flat in summer. Water deepens quickly from shore. Blue Flag accredited, lifeguards on duty mid-May to mid-October. Jet skiing, surfing, and kitesurfing are restricted to designated beaches. Spring tides span 2-2.8m; high tide narrows the sand, low tide exposes a wide stretch.
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Wind at Praia de Albufeira today: 5 kn W (gusting 19 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 Praia de Albufeira today: 0.5 m, 13 s period from N, mushy 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 Praia de Albufeira today is around 10:00 UTC, when conditions score 77/100 for intermediate level. Conditions can shift by the hour — the 4Shor app shows the full 24-hour score chart.
For beginners, Praia de Albufeira scores 85/100 today for kite foiling — Excellent. 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 de Albufeira 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 de Albufeira is a coastal location near Albufeira in Portugal. 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 de Albufeira, 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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