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Today at Playa de la Malagueta: Epic! for kite foiling — 92/100 for expert level. Wind 5 kn NW · Waves 0.3 m, 4 s · Tide -0.5 to -0.3 m. Best window around 14:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Playa de la Malagueta: 0.3m waves with light offshore wind. Kite Foiling looks Epic! in the midday, with E-Foiling also worth considering. Water temperature is 22°C / 71°F.
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Playa de la Malagueta 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 offshore at 5 kn. Offshore is the one to be careful with for kite foiling — a failure blows you away from the beach, so it is a spot for a safety boat or a change of plan rather than a solo session.
Over the published window Playa de la Malagueta clears 60/100 for kite foiling 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, 4 of 11 daylight hours clear that line at Intermediate.
Among the 31 scored spots within reach today, Playa de la Malagueta ranks 11th 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 1.2 km dark-sand, SE-facing urban beach, partly sheltered by a port breakwater, with a gentle beach break producing A-frame peaks near the breakwater on SE swells and Levante winds - small to moderate, suited to beginner-intermediate surfing. Blue Flag certified; dogs not permitted in summer. Kitesurfers must stay within 200 m of shore, windsurfers within 500 m, life jackets required. Lifeguard service runs from 15 June. Tidal range is negligible.
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Wind at Playa de la Malagueta today: 5 kn NW (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 Playa de la Malagueta today: 0.3 m, 4 s period from E, 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 Playa de la Malagueta today is around 14:00 UTC, when conditions score 89/100 for intermediate level. Conditions can shift by the hour — the 4Shor app shows the full 24-hour score chart.
For beginners, Playa de la Malagueta scores 79/100 today for kite foiling — Good. 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 la Malagueta 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 la Malagueta is a coastal location near Málaga 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 la Malagueta, 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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