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Today at Cala Alcaufar: Epic! for wing foiling — 94/100 for advanced level. Wind 12 kn W · Waves 1.1 m, 3 s · Tide -0.4 to -0.3 m. Best window around 13:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Cala Alcaufar: 1.0m waves with moderate offshore wind. Kite Foiling looks Epic! in the late morning, with Wing Foiling also worth considering. Water temperature is 24°C / 75°F.
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Cala Alcaufar faces NE, so the prevailing westerly comes over the land before it reaches you. For wing foiling that usually means a gustier, less predictable flow than the raw wind speed suggests.
Today's wind is cross-offshore at 12 kn. Leaning offshore, so a failure drifts you away from the beach rather than back to it — rideable for wing foiling, but not the direction to push your luck in.
Over the published window Cala Alcaufar clears 60/100 for wing foiling at Intermediate, Advanced, Expert levels — that is who this spot is for on this sport. Today, 10 of 11 daylight hours clear that line at Intermediate.
Among the 29 scored spots within reach today, Cala Alcaufar ranks 15th for wing foiling. 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 tiny, sheltered south-facing sandy cove enclosed by a headland and an islet, within a marine reserve. Fine white sand shelves gently into shallow, clear water, suited to swimming, snorkelling, and kayaking; there is no surf break. Within the reserve's diving zone, fishing and extraction of flora and fauna are prohibited, though rod fishing from land is allowed. No lifeguard is stationed here. Exposed to southeastern winds, which can bring chop.
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Wind at Cala Alcaufar today: 12 kn W (gusting 26 kn). Wind direction relative to the shore affects wing foiling 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 Cala Alcaufar today: 1.1 m, 3 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 wing foiling at Cala Alcaufar today is around 11:00 UTC, when conditions score 81/100 for intermediate level. Conditions can shift by the hour — the 4Shor app shows the full 24-hour score chart.
For beginners, Cala Alcaufar scores 42/100 today for surfing — 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.
Cala Alcaufar 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.
Cala Alcaufar is a coastal location near Alcalfar 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 Cala Alcaufar, 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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