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Today at Platja de Canyelles Grosses: Okay for kite foiling — 54/100 for expert level. Wind 2 kn W · Waves 1.4 m, 7 s · Tide -0.4 to -0.3 m. Best window around 18:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Platja de Canyelles Grosses: 1.4m waves with light onshore wind. E-Foiling looks Excellent in the midday, with Paddleboarding also worth considering. Water temperature is 21°C / 69°F.
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Platja de Canyelles Grosses faces SW, open to the prevailing westerlies, so the wind arrives off the water rather than filtered through the land — the clean, steady flow kite foiling wants, and the reason gusts here are sea breezes rather than land turbulence.
Today's wind is cross-onshore at 2 kn. Leaning onshore, which is the forgiving side for kite foiling: you can hold a line along the beach and anything that goes wrong still drifts you in.
Over the published window Platja de Canyelles Grosses 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 31 scored spots within reach today, Platja de Canyelles Grosses ranks 20th 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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A 500 m semi-urban sandy bay at the southern edge of Cap de Creus Natural Park, sheltered from the Tramuntana wind, with fine-to-coarse sand and calm-to-moderate, windy water. It sits in the Gulf of Roses, known for consistent wind favouring kite and windsurf use. Lifeguarded in season with buoy-marked zones; dogs, nudism, camping, and fires are prohibited, windsurfboards and kayaks are excluded from the bathing zone, and anchoring in its channels is.
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Wind at Platja de Canyelles Grosses today: 2 kn W (gusting 11 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 Platja de Canyelles Grosses today: 1.4 m, 7 s period from SE, 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 Platja de Canyelles Grosses today is around 18:00 UTC, when conditions score 42/100 for intermediate level. Conditions can shift by the hour — the 4Shor app shows the full 24-hour score chart.
For beginners, Platja de Canyelles Grosses scores 50/100 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.
Platja de Canyelles Grosses 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.
Platja de Canyelles Grosses is a coastal location near Ciutat de vacances Cala Montjoi 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 Platja de Canyelles Grosses, 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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