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Today at Playa de Las Canteras: Epic! for surfing — 95/100 for advanced level. Wind 4 kn SE · Waves 2.2 m, 11 s · Tide -0.6 to 0.3 m. Best window around 09:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Playa de Las Canteras: 2.0m waves with light offshore wind. Surfing looks Epic! in the late morning, with Paddleboarding also worth considering. Water temperature is 24°C / 76°F.
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Playa de Las Canteras faces NW, straight into the prevailing Atlantic swell window — the reason it has waves at all, and the reason it is rarely flat.
Today's wind is offshore at 4 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 Las Canteras clears 60/100 for surfing at Intermediate, Advanced, Expert levels — that is who this spot is for on this sport. Today, 12 of 12 daylight hours clear that line at Intermediate.
Among the 14 scored spots within reach today, Playa de Las Canteras ranks 11th 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.
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 3km urban beach split by a volcanic reef, La Barra, running parallel to over half its length. The reef forms a wave-exposed surf zone at the southern end - fast, short, hollow peaks for intermediate/advanced surfers, best at high tide - while sheltering the rest of the bay into calm, flat water for swimming and paddleboarding. Boats are barred from marked swim zones; dogs and nudism are banned. Lifeguards operate summer 10:00-20:00, winter 11:00-17:30.
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Wind at Playa de Las Canteras today: 4 kn SE (gusting 19 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 Las Canteras today: 2.2 m, 11 s period from W, 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 Las Canteras today is around 23:00 UTC, when conditions score 82/100 for intermediate level. Conditions can shift by the hour — the 4Shor app shows the full 24-hour score chart.
For beginners, Playa de Las Canteras scores 35/100 today for surfing — Poor. 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 Las Canteras is scored for Surfing, 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 Las Canteras is a coastal location near Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 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 Las Canteras, 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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