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Today at Area Da Barca: Excellent for swimming — 82/100 for expert level. Wind 6 kn NE · Tide -0.8 to 0.1 m. Best window around 03:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Area Da Barca: flat with light offshore wind. Kite Foiling looks Epic! in the late morning, with E-Foiling also worth considering. Water temperature is 15°C / 59°F.
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Area Da Barca faces S. For swimming how much swell and wind that aspect keeps out matters more than the open-water forecast.
Today's wind is cross-offshore at 6 kn. Light enough that the surface should stay workable for swimming.
Over the published window Area Da Barca clears 60/100 for swimming 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, 11 of 11 daylight hours clear that line at Intermediate.
Among the 31 scored spots within reach today, Area Da Barca ranks 2nd for swimming. 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 small, semi-urban, sheltered cove of fine white sand, about 100m long and 8m wide, with gradual water entry and no reported underwater hazards. Summer brings moderate waves from ria swell rather than open Atlantic surf; no watersports infrastructure is noted, suiting family swimming. Facilities include showers and disabled access, but no lifeguard. Nudism, dogs and heavy vehicles are prohibited. Low tide exposes more sand; high tide narrows the beach.
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Wind at Area Da Barca today: 6 kn NE (gusting 32 kn). Wind direction relative to the shore affects swimming conditions significantly — offshore winds produce cleaner, glassier surfaces while onshore winds add chop. These are daily averages; the 4Shor app shows hourly detail.
The best window for swimming at Area Da Barca today is around 01:00 UTC, when conditions score 80/100 for intermediate level. Conditions can shift by the hour — the 4Shor app shows the full 24-hour score chart.
For beginners, Area Da Barca scores 80/100 today for paddleboarding — Excellent. 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.
Area Da Barca 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.
Area Da Barca is a coastal location near O Covelo 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 Area Da Barca, 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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