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Today at Platja Sant Martí d'Empúries: Good for swimming — 77/100 for expert level. Wind 2 kn W · Tide -0.4 to -0.3 m. Best window around 09:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Platja Sant Martí d'Empúries: 0.7m waves with light offshore wind. E-Foiling looks Excellent in the afternoon, with Paddleboarding also worth considering. Water temperature is 21°C / 69°F.
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Platja Sant Martí d'Empúries faces E, tucked away from the prevailing westerly swell — the aspect that gives swimming the flat, sheltered water it needs more often than an exposed coast would.
Today's wind is offshore at 2 kn. Light enough that the surface should stay workable for swimming.
Over the published window Platja Sant Martí d'Empúries clears 60/100 for swimming at Intermediate, Advanced, Expert levels — that is who this spot is for on this sport. Today, 2 of 11 daylight hours clear that line at Intermediate.
Among the 31 scored spots within reach today, Platja Sant Martí d'Empúries is the best of them for swimming — so if you are travelling for it, this is the one.
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 roughly 300 m long, 40 m wide east-facing fine-sand beach fronting the village, with gentle shelving, clear shallow water, and views across the bay to Cap de Creus. Conditions are calm and family-oriented; the beach break is inconsistent and usually flat in summer, driven by local windswells. Rocky patches and occasional rip currents occur near the edges. The adjacent river mouth is popular for windsurfing and kitesurfing. Nudism is not permitted.
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Wind at Platja Sant Martí d'Empúries today: 2 kn W (gusting 11 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 Sant Martí d'Empúries today: 0.9 m, 5 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 Sant Martí d'Empúries today is around 11:00 UTC, when conditions score 65/100 for intermediate level. Conditions can shift by the hour — the 4Shor app shows the full 24-hour score chart.
For beginners, Platja Sant Martí d'Empúries scores 72/100 today for surfing — 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.
Platja Sant Martí d'Empúries 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 Sant Martí d'Empúries is a coastal location near Sant Martí d'Empúries 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 Sant Martí d'Empúries, 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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