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Today at Playa de Punta Umbría: Good for kite surfing — 73/100 for beginner level. Wind 5 kn NW · Waves 0.5 m, 6 s · Tide -0.9 to 0.2 m. Best window around 12:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Playa de Punta Umbría: 0.3m waves with light cross-shore wind. Kite Foiling looks Epic! in the midday, with E-Foiling also worth considering. Water temperature is 22°C / 72°F.
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Playa de Punta Umbría 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 5 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 Playa de Punta Umbría clears 60/100 for kite surfing at Beginner, Intermediate levels — that is who this spot is for on this sport. Today, 0 of 11 daylight hours clear that line at Intermediate.
Among the 30 scored spots within reach today, Playa de Punta Umbría ranks 27th 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 3.8km Blue Flag urban beach on an SSW-facing Atlantic shore, well established for windsurfing and kitesurfing with commercial schools and rental. It has a sandy bottom with an exposed beach break, consistent surf from SW groundswells, and best conditions on NE offshore winds — though rip currents are a documented hazard. A large municipal lifeguard operation of roughly 60 staff runs seven days a week, 11:00-20:30 in summer, from 8 rescue posts.
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Wind at Playa de Punta Umbría today: 5 kn NW (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 Playa de Punta Umbría today: 0.5 m, 6 s period from NE, 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 Playa de Punta Umbría today is around 23:00 UTC, when conditions score 61/100 for intermediate level. Conditions can shift by the hour — the 4Shor app shows the full 24-hour score chart.
For beginners, Playa de Punta Umbría 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 Punta Umbría 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 Punta Umbría is a coastal location near Punta Umbría 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 Punta Umbría, 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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