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Today at Platja de Cala Gat: Good for swimming — 76/100 for expert level. Wind 5 kn W · Tide -0.4 to -0.3 m. Best window around 06:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Platja de Cala Gat: 0.9m waves with light cross-shore wind. Swimming looks Good in the morning. Water temperature is 24°C / 76°F.
Forecast updated · ShorSense™
Today plus the next two days are free for everyone — scored in 3-hour windows, just like the app. The full 8-day forecast lives in the 4Shor app.
Platja de Cala Gat 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-shore at 5 kn. Light enough that the surface should stay workable for swimming.
Over the published window Platja de Cala Gat clears 60/100 for swimming at Advanced, Expert levels — that is who this spot is for on this sport. Today, 0 of 11 daylight hours clear that line at Intermediate.
Among the 31 scored spots within reach today, Platja de Cala Gat ranks 29th 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 tiny, sheltered south-facing cove of about 40 m within a marine reserve, with fine golden sand and rocky, cave-lined margins that make it a good snorkelling spot in calm, clear, shallow water. No watersports are permitted in the bay. A lifeguard is present daily, and entry is easy via stairs or a ramp with little slope into the water - a quiet, family-oriented setting rather than a wave, wind, or kite venue.
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Wind at Platja de Cala Gat today: 5 kn W (gusting 19 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 Platja de Cala Gat today is around 21:00 UTC, when conditions score 48/100 for intermediate level. Conditions can shift by the hour — the 4Shor app shows the full 24-hour score chart.
For beginners, Platja de Cala Gat scores 15/100 today for swimming — Don't Bother. 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.
Platja de Cala Gat is scored for Swimming 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.
Platja de Cala Gat is a coastal location near Cala Gat 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 Platja de Cala Gat, 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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