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Today at Playa de Famara: Good for paddleboarding — 77/100 for expert level. Wind 8 kn NE · Tide -0.7 to 0.3 m. Best window around 02:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Playa de Famara: 1.9m waves with moderate cross-shore wind. Kayaking looks Good in the morning, with Paddleboarding also worth considering. Water temperature is 23°C / 73°F.
Forecast updated · ShorSense™
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Playa de Famara faces N. For paddleboarding how much swell and wind that aspect keeps out matters more than the open-water forecast.
Today's wind is cross-shore at 8 kn. Light enough that the surface should stay workable for paddleboarding.
Over the published window Playa de Famara clears 60/100 for paddleboarding 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 25 scored spots within reach today, Playa de Famara ranks 23rd for paddleboarding. The order changes by discipline: the same conditions that put a spot top for one sport can drop it down the list for another.
Satellite-derived bathymetry with 10 m pixels and 10 cm vertical resolution out to ~40 m depth. The shape of the seabed is what determines where and how waves break.
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 wild volcanic-sand beach beneath cliffs, stretching 4-6km, with shifting sandbanks giving consistent left and right beach-break peaks for all levels, best on north-northwest swell with offshore southeast wind. A rocky shelf near the southern end is hidden at high tide; a falling-tide current pulls west, so beginners should stay near the southern end. Zoned for swimming within a marine reserve. Lifeguards patrol daily in season.
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Wind at Playa de Famara today: 8 kn NE (gusting 18 kn). Wind direction relative to the shore affects paddleboarding conditions significantly — offshore winds produce cleaner, glassier surfaces while onshore winds add chop. These are daily averages; the 4Shor app shows hourly detail.
For beginners, Playa de Famara scores 15/100 today for e-foiling — Don't Bother. 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 Famara is scored for 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 Famara is a coastal location near Caleta de Famara 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 Famara, 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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