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Today at Platja de les Barques: Okay for kite surfing — 56/100 for intermediate level. Wind 4 kn S · Waves 1.2 m, 7 s · Tide -0.4 to -0.3 m. Best window around 13:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Platja de les Barques: 1.1m waves with light onshore 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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Platja de les Barques faces SE, so the prevailing westerly comes over the land before it reaches you. For kite surfing that usually means a gustier, less predictable flow than the raw wind speed suggests.
Today's wind is cross-onshore at 4 kn. Leaning onshore, which is the forgiving side for kite surfing: you can hold a line along the beach and anything that goes wrong still drifts you in.
Across the published window Platja de les Barques does not clear 60/100 for kite surfing at any ability — it peaks at 56/100, so this is a spot to watch rather than commit to right now. Today, 0 of 10 daylight hours clear that line at Intermediate.
Among the 29 scored spots within reach today, Platja de les Barques 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.
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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, sheltered, south-east-facing beach between two stone breakwaters, mixed rock-and-sand bottom, consistently calm water — a swimming beach rather than a surf, kite or windsurf venue. Nudism is not permitted. Disability access via an amphibious chair. On-beach services include lifeguards, a rescue boat, first aid, a defibrillator and police surveillance, though season dates and hours are undocumented. Tidal range is minimal.
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Wind at Platja de les Barques today: 4 kn S (gusting 17 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 Platja de les Barques today: 1.2 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 surfing at Platja de les Barques today is around 13:00 UTC, when conditions score 56/100 for intermediate level. Conditions can shift by the hour — the 4Shor app shows the full 24-hour score chart.
For beginners, Platja de les Barques scores 55/100 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 les Barques 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 les Barques is a coastal location near Sant Andreu de Llavaneres 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 les Barques, 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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