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Today at Platja de Calafell: Good for swimming — 76/100 for expert level. Wind 6 kn W · Tide -0.4 to -0.3 m. Best window around 19:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Platja de Calafell: 1.0m waves with light cross-shore wind. Kite Foiling looks Epic! in the midday, with Wing Foiling also worth considering. Water temperature is 23°C / 74°F.
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Platja de Calafell 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 6 kn. Light enough that the surface should stay workable for swimming.
Over the published window Platja de Calafell 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, 0 of 10 daylight hours clear that line at Intermediate.
Among the 31 scored spots within reach today, Platja de Calafell ranks 17th 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 south-facing family beach with fine golden sand and a gently shelving, flat bottom, suited to swimming, sailing, kayaking and paddleboarding rather than surfing. Kitesurfing is banned in summer. Marked buoy zones define the bathing area with vessel entry and exit channels. Red Cross lifeguards provide a first-aid post and amphibious wheelchair-assisted bathing. Jet-ski and banana-boat rides are offered commercially, not as safety tow services.
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Wind at Platja de Calafell today: 6 kn W (gusting 22 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.
Waves at Platja de Calafell today: 1.0 m, 7 s period from SE, mushy 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 swimming at Platja de Calafell today is around 20:00 UTC, when conditions score 41/100 for intermediate level. Conditions can shift by the hour — the 4Shor app shows the full 24-hour score chart.
For beginners, Platja de Calafell scores 59/100 today for surfing — Okay. 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 Calafell 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.
Platja de Calafell is a coastal location near Calafell 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 Calafell, 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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