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Today at Playa La Ballena: Good for paddleboarding — 77/100 for expert level. Wind 9 kn E · Tide -0.5 to 0.3 m. Best window around 03:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Playa La Ballena: 0.9m waves with moderate offshore wind. E-Foiling looks Excellent in the morning, with Paddleboarding also worth considering. Water temperature is 25°C / 76°F.
Forecast updated · ShorSense™
Today plus the next two days are free for everyone — scored in 3-hour windows, just like the app. The full 8-day forecast lives in the 4Shor app.
Playa La Ballena faces SW, open to the prevailing swell and wind. For paddleboarding that is the hard direction: expect the surface to be workable only when the forecast genuinely drops, not on an average day.
Today's wind is cross-offshore at 9 kn. Blowing off the land keeps the surface flatter near the beach for paddleboarding, but it also pushes you out — stay inside where you can comfortably get back.
Over the published window Playa La Ballena clears 60/100 for paddleboarding at Intermediate, Advanced, Expert levels — that is who this spot is for on this sport. Today, 7 of 11 daylight hours clear that line at Intermediate.
Among the 31 scored spots within reach today, Playa La Ballena ranks 31st 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 very small, sheltered volcanic-sand cove with sections of large boulders and pebbles near the waterline — water shoes advised. Wave action is negligible, so surfing isn't viable. A designated scuba diving area and snorkelling suit the calm, shallow water, though summer seaweed can foul swimming. No lifeguards are present. A riptide is noted as a hazard despite the generally calm appearance, so caution is warranted.
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Wind at Playa La Ballena today: 9 kn E (gusting 26 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.
The best window for paddleboarding at Playa La Ballena today is around 00:00 UTC, when conditions score 65/100 for intermediate level. Conditions can shift by the hour — the 4Shor app shows the full 24-hour score chart.
For beginners, Playa La Ballena scores 24/100 today for paddleboarding — 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 La Ballena 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 La Ballena is a coastal location near Ten Bel 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 La Ballena, 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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