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Today at Platja de s'Alqueria gran: Epic! for kite foiling — 92/100 for expert level. Wind 4 kn SE · Waves 1.4 m, 5 s · Tide -0.4 to -0.3 m. Best window around 06:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Platja de s'Alqueria gran: 1.3m waves with light cross-shore wind. Kite Foiling looks Epic! in the morning, with E-Foiling also worth considering. Water temperature is 21°C / 70°F.
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Platja de s'Alqueria gran faces E, 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-shore at 4 kn. Straight cross-shore is the classic kite foiling direction: it lets you hold a line along the beach rather than fighting to get back to it.
Over the published window Platja de s'Alqueria gran 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 s'Alqueria gran ranks 9th 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.
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 small pebble-and-rock cove in the Cap de Creus Natural Park, north of Cadaqués, with no facilities and clothing-optional access. Seabed is cobble, rock and gravel with no sand; water is clear with good snorkelling, sheltered from north and west winds though easterly swell brings chop. Suits snorkelling, kayaking, paddleboarding and swimming, not surfing. Park rules ban jet skis except for rescue and residents, with strict speed limits. No lifeguard.
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Wind at Platja de s'Alqueria gran today: 4 kn SE (gusting 14 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 s'Alqueria gran today: 1.4 m, 5 s period from SE, 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 kite foiling at Platja de s'Alqueria gran today is around 20:00 UTC, when conditions score 53/100 for intermediate level. Conditions can shift by the hour — the 4Shor app shows the full 24-hour score chart.
For beginners, Platja de s'Alqueria gran 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.
Platja de s'Alqueria gran 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 s'Alqueria gran is a coastal location near Portlligat 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 s'Alqueria gran, 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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