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Today at Cala Esmeralda: Epic! for kite foiling — 95/100 for expert level. Wind 6 kn W · Waves 1.1 m, 5 s · Tide -0.4 to -0.3 m. Best window around 14:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Cala Esmeralda: 1.0m waves with light offshore wind. Kite Foiling looks Epic! in the afternoon, with E-Foiling also worth considering. Water temperature is 24°C / 76°F.
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Cala Esmeralda faces SE, so the prevailing westerly comes over the land before it reaches you. For kite foiling that usually means a gustier, less predictable flow than the raw wind speed suggests.
Today's wind is cross-offshore at 6 kn. Leaning offshore, so a failure drifts you away from the beach rather than back to it — rideable for kite foiling, but not the direction to push your luck in.
Over the published window Cala Esmeralda clears 60/100 for kite foiling at Advanced, Expert levels — that is who this spot is for on this sport. Today, 0 of 11 daylight hours clear that line at Intermediate.
Among the 30 scored spots within reach today, Cala Esmeralda ranks 29th for kite 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.
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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 very small, sheltered, SE-facing cove enclosed by low cliffs and pine trees, with fine pale sand at its centre and rocky ledges at the edges. Cliffs shelter it from swell, giving clear, calm, flat water with no surf break, suited to swimming and casual snorkelling along the rocks rather than any watersport. One source states plainly there is no lifeguard here. Ladder access runs along the rocks. Tidal range is negligible.
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Wind at Cala Esmeralda today: 6 kn W (gusting 18 kn). Wind direction relative to the shore affects kite foiling 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 Cala Esmeralda today: 1.1 m, 5 s period from E, 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 kite foiling at Cala Esmeralda today is around 10:00 UTC, when conditions score 58/100 for intermediate level. Conditions can shift by the hour — the 4Shor app shows the full 24-hour score chart.
For beginners, Cala Esmeralda scores 62/100 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.
Cala Esmeralda 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.
Cala Esmeralda is a coastal location near Cala d'Or 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 Cala Esmeralda, 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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