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Today at Playa El Muerto: Good for surfing — 70/100 for intermediate level. Wind 5 kn W · Waves 1.5 m, 7 s · Tide -0.5 to -0.3 m. Best window around 20:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Playa El Muerto: 1.5m waves with light offshore wind. Kite Foiling looks Epic! in the midday, with Wing Foiling also worth considering. Water temperature is 22°C / 71°F.
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Playa El Muerto 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 5 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 El Muerto clears 60/100 for surfing at Beginner, Intermediate levels — that is who this spot is for on this sport. Today, 6 of 11 daylight hours clear that line at Intermediate.
Among the 30 scored spots within reach today, Playa El Muerto is the best of them for surfing — so if you are travelling for it, this is the one.
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 small, secluded nudist cove reached only on foot via a coastal path, with no vehicle or wheelchair access. The shore is dark sand mixed with gravel and pebbles, with calm, clear water suited to swimming, snorkelling, and diving rather than surfing or wind sports. Adjacent protected waters ban jet skis, cap non-motorised group craft without authorisation, and forbid landing at the cliff base. Dogs are not permitted. There is no lifeguard service.
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Wind at Playa El Muerto today: 5 kn W (gusting 16 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 El Muerto today: 1.5 m, 7 s period from E, 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 El Muerto today is around 20:00 UTC, when conditions score 70/100 for intermediate level. Conditions can shift by the hour — the 4Shor app shows the full 24-hour score chart.
For beginners, Playa El Muerto scores 68/100 today for 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 El Muerto 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 El Muerto is a coastal location near La Herradura 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 El Muerto, 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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