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Today at Playa Esmeralda: Excellent for windsurfing — 81/100 for beginner level. Wind 5 kn E · Waves 0.4 m, 3 s · Tide -0.7 to 0.2 m. Best window around 11:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Playa Esmeralda: 0.3m waves with light onshore wind. E-Foiling looks Excellent in the afternoon, with Kite Foiling also worth considering. Water temperature is 23°C / 74°F.
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Playa Esmeralda faces E, so the prevailing westerly comes over the land before it reaches you. For windsurfing that usually means a gustier, less predictable flow than the raw wind speed suggests.
Today's wind is onshore at 5 kn. Onshore is the safest direction for windsurfing here — anything that goes wrong drifts you back to the beach — at the cost of a choppier surface.
Over the published window Playa Esmeralda clears 60/100 for windsurfing 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, 4 of 12 daylight hours clear that line at Intermediate.
Among the 22 scored spots within reach today, Playa Esmeralda ranks 8th for windsurfing. 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, secluded golden-sand cove reached by an unpaved track, in a protected natural park's coastal zone. Turquoise water is calm and gentle, suited to swimming/snorkelling more than surf, with rocky outcrops exposed at the north end at low tide. The southern stretch suits windsurfing when wind builds; kitesurfing is prohibited off this chain but allowed a short distance south. A well-known naturist beach, with lifeguard service among its amenities.
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Wind at Playa Esmeralda today: 5 kn E (gusting 19 kn). Wind direction relative to the shore affects windsurfing 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 Playa Esmeralda today: 0.4 m, 3 s period from NW, surging 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 windsurfing at Playa Esmeralda today is around 20:00 UTC, when conditions score 85/100 for intermediate level. Conditions can shift by the hour — the 4Shor app shows the full 24-hour score chart.
For beginners, Playa Esmeralda scores 84/100 today for kite surfing — 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.
Playa Esmeralda 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.
Playa Esmeralda is a coastal location near Costa Calma 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 Esmeralda, 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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