Live wave height, wind and water temp — plus an 8-day forecast scored 0–100 for every sport.
Photo: Canarina / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
Today at Playa de Arinaga: Good for swimming — 76/100 for expert level. Wind 6 kn S · Tide -0.6 to 0.2 m. Best window around 07:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Playa de Arinaga: 0.9m waves with light cross-shore wind. E-Foiling looks Excellent in the morning, with Paddleboarding also worth considering. Water temperature is 24°C / 75°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.
Playa de Arinaga faces SE, 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 cross-shore at 6 kn. Light enough that the surface should stay workable for swimming.
Over the published window Playa de Arinaga clears 60/100 for swimming at Intermediate, Advanced, Expert levels — that is who this spot is for on this sport. Today, 3 of 12 daylight hours clear that line at Intermediate.
Among the 23 scored spots within reach today, Playa de Arinaga ranks 16th 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 700 m dark-sand-and-pebble beach in a fishing village on Gran Canaria's windy southeast coast, alongside the El Cabrón Marine Reserve, one of only three in the Canaries and off-limits to commercial fishing. A left-hand reef break works best on north groundswell, westerly wind, and low tide, though waves are rare. Hazards include rocks and mild rips; bathing shoes advised. Lifeguard cover is seasonal, not daily.
Put live Playa de Arinaga conditions on your own website — a free embeddable widget, updated hourly, in three sizes. No account needed.
Get the free Playa de Arinaga widgetToday's conditions for Playa de Arinaga are free. Unlock the full 8-day forecast and per-sport alerts that ping you when this location is about to fire. more than 2,500 European locations, scored from the seabed up.
Wind at Playa de Arinaga today: 6 kn S (gusting 20 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 Playa de Arinaga today is around 18:00 UTC, when conditions score 68/100 for intermediate level. Conditions can shift by the hour — the 4Shor app shows the full 24-hour score chart.
For beginners, Playa de Arinaga scores 37/100 today for paddleboarding — 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.
Playa de Arinaga is scored for 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.
Playa de Arinaga is a coastal location near Cuartería El Uno 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 Playa de Arinaga, 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.
Questions about 4Shor itself — accuracy, pricing, the free trial — are answered on the FAQ page.
