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Today at Playa de Santa María del Mar: Okay for surfing — 45/100 for beginner level. Wind 4 kn SE · Waves 0.5 m, 4 s · Tide 0.4–-1.2 m. Best window around 20:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Playa de Santa María del Mar: 0.5m waves with light cross-shore wind. Kite Foiling looks Excellent in the afternoon, with E-Foiling also worth considering. Water temperature is 21°C / 69°F.
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A compact, sheltered urban cove enclosed by two stone breakwaters, calming the water for families and beginners while still producing rideable beach-break waves, sometimes sizeable, on larger Atlantic swells; surfing, kitesurfing, windsurfing and surf foiling are all practised here. Best around low to mid tide — backwash builds at high tide and the break can close out in bigger swell.
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Wind at Playa de Santa María del Mar today: 4 kn SE (gusting 24 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 Santa María del Mar today: 0.5 m, 4 s period from E, mushy 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 Santa María del Mar scores 78/100 today for kite surfing — Good. 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 Santa María del Mar 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 Santa María del Mar is a coastal location near Cádiz 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 Santa María del Mar, 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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Current forecast apps only provide swell, wind and tide data and in many cases expect you to do the analysis yourself. 4Shor goes the extra mile — we model how waves will break and build that into our forecasts to allow us to create conditions scores for your chosen water sport and skill level – something that no other app does.
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