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Today at Plage de Caméros: Good for kite surfing — 72/100 for beginner level. Wind 4 kn SE · Waves 0.4 m, 13 s · Tide -1.3 to 0.4 m. Best window around 14:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Plage de Caméros: 0.2m waves with light cross-shore wind. E-Foiling looks Good in the afternoon, with Paddleboarding also worth considering. Water temperature is 16°C / 60°F.
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Plage de Caméros 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 surfing wants, and the reason gusts here are sea breezes rather than land turbulence.
Today's wind is cross-shore at 4 kn. Straight cross-shore is the classic kite surfing direction: it lets you hold a line along the beach rather than fighting to get back to it.
Over the published window Plage de Caméros clears 60/100 for kite surfing 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, 0 of 10 daylight hours clear that line at Intermediate.
Among the 30 scored spots within reach today, Plage de Caméros ranks 24th for kite surfing. 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.
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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.
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A compact (around 270 m) cove at the foot of cliffs, sheltered from south, east and north winds by rocky outcrops — calm water suited to swimming and kitesurfing, not exposed surf. The substrate is mixed sand, pebbles and rock, with algae at low tide. Zoning separates a swimming basin from a kitesurf area. Low tide expands the usable area, exposing rock pools and firm ground for sand yachting. Access is difficult. Unsupervised; dogs are permitted.
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Wind at Plage de Caméros today: 4 kn SE (gusting 14 kn). Wind direction relative to the shore affects kite surfing 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 Plage de Caméros today: 0.4 m, 13 s period from N, 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 surfing at Plage de Caméros today is around 14:00 UTC, when conditions score 51/100 for intermediate level. Conditions can shift by the hour — the 4Shor app shows the full 24-hour score chart.
For beginners, Plage de Caméros scores 83/100 today for surfing — Excellent. 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.
Plage de Caméros 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.
Plage de Caméros is a coastal location near Moulin de Cameros in France. 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 Plage de Caméros, 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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