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Today at Playa Fuente del Gallo: Epic! for surfing — 90/100 for beginner level. Wind 8 kn W · Waves 0.9 m, 16 s · Tide -0.9 to 0.1 m. Best window around 21:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Playa Fuente del Gallo: 0.7m waves with moderate onshore wind. Kite Foiling looks Excellent in the afternoon, with Wing Foiling also worth considering. Water temperature is 21°C / 71°F.
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Playa Fuente del Gallo faces SW, 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 cross-onshore at 8 kn. Leaning onshore, so expect some texture on the face for surfing — rideable, but short of clean.
Over the published window Playa Fuente del Gallo clears 60/100 for surfing at Beginner, Intermediate levels — that is who this spot is for on this sport. Today, 1 of 11 daylight hours clear that line at Intermediate.
Among the 31 scored spots within reach today, Playa Fuente del Gallo ranks 3rd 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 cliff-backed beach that narrows dramatically and can vanish beneath the tide at high water, revealing fine golden sand and exposed rock platforms (Las Tres Piedras) at low tide; access is via cliff stairs, so checking tide timing before descending matters. The cliffs shelter it from easterly winds, and it is used for surf practice and windsurfing. Nudism is permitted; dogs are banned in season. A lifeguard is present in summer.
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Wind at Playa Fuente del Gallo today: 8 kn W (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 Fuente del Gallo today: 0.9 m, 16 s period from N, crumbling 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 Fuente del Gallo today is around 22:00 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 Fuente del Gallo scores 90/100 today for surfing — Epic!. 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 Fuente del Gallo 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 Fuente del Gallo is a coastal location near Fuente del Gallo 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 Fuente del Gallo, 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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