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Today at Playa Puerto Banús: Poor for surfing — 32/100 for beginner level. Wind 5 kn W · Waves 0.5 m, 3 s · Tide -0.5 to -0.3 m. Today's conditions at Playa Puerto Banús: 0.5m waves with light offshore wind. Kite Foiling looks Epic! in the midday, with E-Foiling also worth considering. Water temperature is 22°C / 72°F.
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Playa Puerto Banús 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.
Across the published window Playa Puerto Banús does not clear 60/100 for surfing at any ability — it peaks at 38/100, so this is a spot to watch rather than commit to right now. Today, 0 of 11 daylight hours clear that line at Intermediate.
Among the 30 scored spots within reach today, Playa Puerto Banús ranks 29th 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.
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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 long, wide, fine golden-sand beach in a sheltered setting, busy with beach clubs and commercial operators offering jet-skiing, parasailing and paddleboarding rather than surf or wind sports; surfable waves are rare and generally poor. Buoyed swimming zones are marked off, which watersports operators must stay outside. Municipal lifeguards cover the beach seasonally, with jet skis, 4x4 vehicles and ambulances, from May weekends through mid-October.
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Wind at Playa Puerto Banús 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 Puerto Banús today: 0.5 m, 3 s period from NE, 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 Puerto Banús scores 67/100 today for kite foiling — 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 Puerto Banús 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 Puerto Banús is a coastal location near La Isla 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 Puerto Banús, 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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