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Today at Playa de Carboneras: Excellent for kite surfing — 81/100 for expert level. Wind 8 kn W · Waves 0.3 m, 6 s · Tide -0.4 to -0.3 m. Best window around 16:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Playa de Carboneras: 0.3m waves with moderate offshore wind. Kite Foiling looks Epic! in the midday, with Wing Foiling also worth considering. Water temperature is 25°C / 76°F.
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Playa de Carboneras faces E, 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 offshore at 8 kn. Offshore is the one to be careful with for kite surfing — 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 Carboneras 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, 7 of 11 daylight hours clear that line at Intermediate.
Among the 31 scored spots within reach today, Playa de Carboneras ranks 17th 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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A long, east-facing urban beach with a seabed alternating between sand, gravel and rocky sections, partly sheltered by an offshore island. Generally calm, it sees short-period wind-chop rather than organised surf, and is used for kitesurfing in Levante wind; rocky sections at entry/exit warrant care. Municipal rescue runs daily 11:00-20:00 with a boat, jet ski and ground units, coordinated with police, Civil Guard and Cruz Roja patrols.
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Wind at Playa de Carboneras today: 8 kn W (gusting 33 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 Playa de Carboneras today: 0.3 m, 6 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 Playa de Carboneras today is around 14:00 UTC, when conditions score 72/100 for intermediate level. Conditions can shift by the hour — the 4Shor app shows the full 24-hour score chart.
For beginners, Playa de Carboneras scores 65/100 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 Carboneras 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 Carboneras is a coastal location near Carboneras 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 Carboneras, 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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