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Today at Praia de Prados: Epic! for surfing — 91/100 for intermediate level. Wind 7 kn S · Waves 1.9 m, 13 s · Tide -1.1 to 0.3 m. Best window around 11:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Praia de Prados: 1.6m waves with light offshore wind. Surfing looks Excellent in the midday, with Kite Foiling also worth considering. Water temperature is 13°C / 56°F.
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Praia de Prados 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 7 kn. That is the direction you want for surfing — it holds the face up and clean instead of crumbling it.
Over the published window Praia de Prados clears 60/100 for surfing at Intermediate, Advanced, Expert levels — that is who this spot is for on this sport. Today, 7 of 11 daylight hours clear that line at Intermediate.
Among the 31 scored spots within reach today, Praia de Prados ranks 10th 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.
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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 tiny, wild cove of coarse sand, pebbles, gravel and rock, backed by cliffs, within a protected coastal site. Conditions are windy with strong wave action, and it's explicitly not suitable for swimming; access on foot is very difficult. Virtually no visitors, and no lifeguard or rescue service. The cove can only be visited at low tide — at high tide it becomes completely submerged, making entry/exit hazardous otherwise.
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Wind at Praia de Prados today: 7 kn S (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 Praia de Prados today: 1.9 m, 13 s period from NW, hollow 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 Praia de Prados today is around 11:00 UTC, when conditions score 91/100 for intermediate level. Conditions can shift by the hour — the 4Shor app shows the full 24-hour score chart.
For beginners, Praia de Prados scores 37/100 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.
Praia de Prados 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.
Praia de Prados is a coastal location near As Campeiras 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 Praia de Prados, 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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