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Today at Playa de Poniente: Good for surfing — 65/100 for beginner level. Wind 5 kn W · Waves 0.5 m, 7 s · Tide -0.5 to -0.2 m. Best window around 05:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Playa de Poniente: 0.4m waves with light onshore wind. Kite Foiling looks Excellent in the afternoon, with Wing Foiling also worth considering. Water temperature is 22°C / 71°F.
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Playa de Poniente faces W, 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 onshore at 5 kn. Onshore is the awkward one for surfing: it adds chop and pushes the wave over before it can stand up.
Over the published window Playa de Poniente clears 60/100 for surfing at Beginner level — that is who this spot is for on this sport. Today, 0 of 11 daylight hours clear that line at Intermediate.
Among the 30 scored spots within reach today, Playa de Poniente ranks 13th 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 sheltered bay beach of dark/grey sand, about 800 m long, tucked inside the Bay of Algeciras with consistently calm, flat water and no surf break. An artificial reef sits offshore to support marine life. Better suited to swimming, paddleboarding and watercraft hire than surf or wind sports, and preferred locally when strong easterly winds affect Mediterranean-facing beaches. Lifeguards operate 12:00-20:00 (10 June-10 Sept), with a Cruz Roja post on site.
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Wind at Playa de Poniente today: 5 kn W (gusting 21 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 Poniente today: 0.5 m, 7 s period from E, crumbling character. 4Shor derives nearshore wave conditions from ECMWF IFS 9-km atmospheric data and the IBI regional ocean model, updated hourly.
For beginners, Playa de Poniente scores 82/100 today for kite foiling — Excellent. 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 Poniente 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 Poniente is a coastal location near La Línea de la Concepción 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 Poniente, 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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