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Today at Carbis Bay Beach: Good for wing foiling — 73/100 for intermediate level. Wind 4 kn SE · Waves 0.4 m, 14 s · Tide -1.3 to 0.5 m. Best window around 13:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Carbis Bay Beach: 0.3m waves with light cross-shore wind. Kite Foiling looks Excellent in the afternoon, with E-Foiling also worth considering. Water temperature is 16°C / 61°F.
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Carbis Bay Beach 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-shore at 4 kn. Straight cross-shore is the classic wing foiling direction: it lets you hold a line along the beach rather than fighting to get back to it.
Over the published window Carbis Bay Beach clears 60/100 for wing foiling 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 10 daylight hours clear that line at Intermediate.
Among the 31 scored spots within reach today, Carbis Bay Beach ranks 24th 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.
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A sheltered, south-facing golden-sand beach inside St Ives Bay with calm, clear water suited to swimming, SUP and kayaking rather than surf. Surf is inconsistent, needing a large northerly swell, producing powerful, wedgy waves close to high tide when it arrives, mainly ridden by bodyboarders. A submerged wreck is visible at low tide in the beach centre. RNLI lifeguards patrol roughly 7 July-2 September. Dogs banned 15 May-30 September.
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Wind at Carbis Bay Beach today: 4 kn SE (gusting 15 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 Carbis Bay Beach today: 0.4 m, 14 s period from E, 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 Carbis Bay Beach today is around 13:00 UTC, when conditions score 73/100 for intermediate level. Conditions can shift by the hour — the 4Shor app shows the full 24-hour score chart.
For beginners, Carbis Bay Beach scores 77/100 today for kite foiling — 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.
Carbis Bay Beach 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.
Carbis Bay Beach is a coastal location near Carbis Bay in United Kingdom. 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 Carbis Bay Beach, 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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