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Today at Playa de Alkolea: Epic! for surfing — 99/100 for beginner level. Wind 3 kn SW · Waves 1.1 m, 14 s · Tide -1.1 to 0.3 m. Best window around 01:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Playa de Alkolea: 1.0m waves with light offshore wind. Surfing looks Epic! in the morning, with E-Foiling also worth considering. Water temperature is 19°C / 65°F.
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Playa de Alkolea faces NE, away from the prevailing Atlantic swell. For surfing that means it needs a specific direction to work rather than picking up the everyday groundswell, so it is a spot to check rather than assume.
Today's wind is offshore at 3 kn. That is the direction you want for surfing — it holds the face up and clean instead of crumbling it.
Over the published window Playa de Alkolea clears 60/100 for 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, 10 of 10 daylight hours clear that line at Intermediate.
Among the 31 scored spots within reach today, Playa de Alkolea ranks 14th for 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 long, isolated dark-sand-and-pebble beach on the Atlantic coast, low on crowds, home to a left-hand reef/rock break over rounded stones needing a significant swell, losing quality above roughly 2 metres. Best in autumn and winter on northwest swells with south-southwest winds; experienced surfers only. Diving and spearfishing are also practised; naturism is permitted. No lifeguard service; low tide gives the best wave but exposes hazardous rock.
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Wind at Playa de Alkolea today: 3 kn SW (gusting 12 kn). Wind direction relative to the shore affects 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 Alkolea 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 surfing at Playa de Alkolea today is around 19:00 UTC, when conditions score 91/100 for intermediate level. Conditions can shift by the hour — the 4Shor app shows the full 24-hour score chart.
For beginners, Playa de Alkolea scores 99/100 today for surfing — Epic!. 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 Alkolea 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 Alkolea is a coastal location near Mutriku 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 Alkolea, 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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