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Today at Playa Punta del Rio: Good for windsurfing — 77/100 for intermediate level. Wind 6 kn W · Waves 0.9 m, 4 s · Tide -0.5 to -0.3 m. Best window around 13:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Playa Punta del Rio: 0.9m waves with light cross-shore wind. Kite Foiling looks Excellent in the midday, with E-Foiling also worth considering. Water temperature is 22°C / 71°F.
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Playa Punta del Rio faces SW, open to the prevailing westerlies, so the wind arrives off the water rather than filtered through the land — the clean, steady flow windsurfing wants, and the reason gusts here are sea breezes rather than land turbulence.
Today's wind is cross-shore at 6 kn. Straight cross-shore is the classic windsurfing direction: it lets you hold a line along the beach rather than fighting to get back to it.
Over the published window Playa Punta del Rio clears 60/100 for windsurfing at Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced levels — that is who this spot is for on this sport. Today, 8 of 11 daylight hours clear that line at Intermediate.
Among the 31 scored spots within reach today, Playa Punta del Rio ranks 6th 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.
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An isolated beach of dark sand and gravel at a river mouth on the Costa Tropical, reachable only on foot, with rock boulders on the seabed and depth dropping steeply close offshore. Westerly swell gives orderly, beginner-to-intermediate waves near 0.5 m year-round; easterly swell brings less frequent, higher waves to 1.5 m. A surf club on-site offers surf, kitesurf, windsurf, SUP, kayak. Cruz Roja lifeguards cover the area 1 Jul-5 Sept, daily 12:00-20:00.
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Wind at Playa Punta del Rio today: 6 kn W (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 Punta del Rio today: 0.9 m, 4 s period from NE, 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 windsurfing at Playa Punta del Rio today is around 13:00 UTC, when conditions score 77/100 for intermediate level. Conditions can shift by the hour — the 4Shor app shows the full 24-hour score chart.
For beginners, Playa Punta del Rio scores 71/100 today for paddleboarding — 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.
Playa Punta del Rio 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 Punta del Rio is a coastal location near Playa Granada 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 Punta del Rio, 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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