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Today at Playa de El Sablón: Poor for kite foiling — 39/100 for expert level. Wind 2 kn SW · Waves 2.5 m, 13 s · Tide -1.1 to 0.3 m. Today's conditions at Playa de El Sablón: 1.4m waves with light cross-shore wind. Paddleboarding looks Good in the late morning, with Kayaking also worth considering. Water temperature is 14°C / 58°F.
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Playa de El Sablón faces W, 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-shore at 2 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 Playa de El Sablón 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 29 scored spots within reach today, Playa de El Sablón 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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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, semicircular 100 m cove of fine white sand wedged between cliffs at the town centre. Enclosing rocks and cliffs attenuate wave energy to near-flat water, making this a calm bathing beach rather than a surf, kite or wind-sports spot; currents are negligible. Dogs banned 1 June-30 September. Blue Flag certified, within a Natura 2000 designation. Daily lifeguard cover runs 11:30-19:00, 14 June-8 September.
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Wind at Playa de El Sablón today: 2 kn SW (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 Playa de El Sablón today: 2.5 m, 13 s period from NW, hollow character. 4Shor derives nearshore wave conditions from ECMWF IFS 9-km atmospheric data and the IBI regional ocean model, updated hourly.
For beginners, Playa de El Sablón 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.
Playa de El Sablón 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.
Playa de El Sablón is a coastal location near Llanes 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 El Sablón, 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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