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Today at Playa de los Boliches: Good for kite surfing — 71/100 for intermediate level. Wind 4 kn W · Waves 0.3 m, 4 s · Tide -0.5 to -0.3 m. Best window around 15:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Playa de los Boliches: 0.3m waves with light offshore wind. Kite Foiling looks Excellent in the afternoon, with E-Foiling also worth considering. Water temperature is 22°C / 71°F.
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Playa de los Boliches 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 4 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 los Boliches 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, 2 of 11 daylight hours clear that line at Intermediate.
Among the 31 scored spots within reach today, Playa de los Boliches ranks 26th 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 busy, urban Blue Flag beach with fine, dark sand and consistently calm Mediterranean water, part of a longer beach complex. A surf practice area exists, but natural wave quality is low, making it better suited to swimming, paddleboarding and kayaking than surf or wind sports. Motorised watersports operate from a marina zone segregated from bathers. Dogs and nudism are not permitted. Cruz Roja lifeguards with a rescue launch are on duty through summer.
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Wind at Playa de los Boliches today: 4 kn W (gusting 22 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 los Boliches today: 0.3 m, 4 s period from E, closing 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 los Boliches today is around 15:00 UTC, when conditions score 71/100 for intermediate level. Conditions can shift by the hour — the 4Shor app shows the full 24-hour score chart.
For beginners, Playa de los Boliches scores 68/100 today for kite surfing — 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 los Boliches 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 los Boliches is a coastal location near Fuengirola 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 los Boliches, 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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