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Today at Playa de la Barceloneta: Good for surfing — 79/100 for intermediate level. Wind 12 kn W · Waves 1.2 m, 6 s · Tide -0.4 to -0.3 m. Best window around 06:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Playa de la Barceloneta: 1.2m waves with moderate offshore wind. Kite Foiling looks Excellent in the afternoon, with E-Foiling also worth considering. Water temperature is 22°C / 72°F.
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Playa de la Barceloneta faces SE, 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 cross-offshore at 12 kn. Leaning offshore, so the face should still stand up clean for surfing — not the glassy hold of a straight offshore, but the right side of neutral.
Over the published window Playa de la Barceloneta clears 60/100 for surfing at Intermediate level — that is who this spot is for on this sport. Today, 6 of 10 daylight hours clear that line at Intermediate.
Among the 28 scored spots within reach today, Playa de la Barceloneta ranks 2nd 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 wide, sandy, ESE-facing urban beach, densely crowded in summer and heavily regulated, primarily a bathing beach rather than a watersports venue. It is a sandy beach break with lefts and rights, better surf September to March on easterly swell with offshore WNW wind; summer is typically flat, with hazards including rip currents and a shore-dump. Kitesurfing is banned 1 June to 30 September and year-round within swimmer buoy zones.
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Wind at Playa de la Barceloneta today: 12 kn W (gusting 28 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 la Barceloneta today: 1.2 m, 6 s period from SE, 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 surfing at Playa de la Barceloneta today is around 06:00 UTC, when conditions score 79/100 for intermediate level. Conditions can shift by the hour — the 4Shor app shows the full 24-hour score chart.
For beginners, Playa de la Barceloneta scores 46/100 today for surfing — Okay. 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 la Barceloneta 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 la Barceloneta is a coastal location near Barcelona 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 la Barceloneta, 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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