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Today at Praia de Panxón Ou de Área Alta: Poor for kite surfing — 33/100 for beginner level. Wind 3 kn S · Waves 1.1 m, 14 s · Tide -1.0 to 0.2 m. Today's conditions at Praia de Panxón Ou de Área Alta: 1.1m waves with light cross-shore wind. E-Foiling looks Excellent in the midday, with Paddleboarding also worth considering. Water temperature is 15°C / 59°F.
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Praia de Panxón Ou de Área Alta 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 3 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 Praia de Panxón Ou de Área Alta clears 60/100 for kite surfing at Intermediate, Advanced, Expert levels — that is who this spot is for on this sport. Today, 0 of 11 daylight hours clear that line at Intermediate.
Among the 31 scored spots within reach today, Praia de Panxón Ou de Área Alta ranks 9th 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 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 long, fine white-sand beach with a significant Atlantic tidal range, partly sheltered by a headland to the south. Calm and family-oriented, it suits swimming and paddleboarding rather than surfing, with moderate, windy conditions. It connects to a neighbouring beach, forming a near-3 km sandy stretch. Dogs and nudism are not permitted. Summer lifeguard cover operates. Beach width varies from about 200 m at low tide to 50 m at high tide.
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Wind at Praia de Panxón Ou de Área Alta today: 3 kn S (gusting 18 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 Praia de Panxón Ou de Área Alta today: 1.1 m, 14 s period from NW, 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 Praia de Panxón Ou de Área Alta today is around 23:00 UTC, when conditions score 73/100 for intermediate level. Conditions can shift by the hour — the 4Shor app shows the full 24-hour score chart.
For beginners, Praia de Panxón Ou de Área Alta scores 69/100 today for 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.
Praia de Panxón Ou de Área Alta 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.
Praia de Panxón Ou de Área Alta is a coastal location near San Xoán 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 Praia de Panxón Ou de Área Alta, 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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