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Today at Playa El Puertillo: Epic! for surfing — 93/100 for intermediate level. Wind 3 kn S · Waves 1.9 m, 9 s · Tide -0.6 to 0.3 m. Best window around 21:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Playa El Puertillo: 1.7m waves with light offshore wind. Surfing looks Excellent in the evening, with Paddleboarding also worth considering. Water temperature is 24°C / 76°F.
Forecast updated · ShorSense™
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Playa El Puertillo faces N. Which swells reach it — and therefore whether there is anything worth riding — depends on that aspect more than on the open-ocean forecast height.
Today's wind is offshore at 3 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 El Puertillo clears 60/100 for surfing at every ability from Beginner to Expert — an unusually broad spot, which normally means a range of conditions rather than one narrow sweet spot. Today, 12 of 12 daylight hours clear that line at Intermediate.
Among the 13 scored spots within reach today, Playa El Puertillo ranks 6th 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 remote, cliff-backed beach within a natural park on Gran Canaria's northwest coast, reached on foot, undeveloped and unsupervised. The shore mixes sand, cobble and gravel, with strong, variable waves and wind typical of this exposed, north-facing stretch. At low tide a large sandy area opens between the cliffs, but currents strengthen and can drag water, especially on the western part, as the tide changes. No lifeguard or safety signage is present.
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Wind at Playa El Puertillo today: 3 kn S (gusting 18 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 Puertillo today: 1.9 m, 9 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 El Puertillo today is around 21:00 UTC, when conditions score 93/100 for intermediate level. Conditions can shift by the hour — the 4Shor app shows the full 24-hour score chart.
For beginners, Playa El Puertillo scores 39/100 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 El Puertillo 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 El Puertillo is a coastal location near El Risco 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 Puertillo, 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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