Beach forecast for Playa del Confital
Today, Wednesday, October 28, 2026 · local time (WET) · Las Palmas, Spain Today, Wed, Oct 28 · WET- Swimming
- Use care · 4.6 ft
- Water
- 76 °F · warm
- Max UV
- 6 · SPF 30
- Low tide
- 8:08 am and 8:25 pm
Today, Wednesday, October 28, it's a poor beach day in Playa del Confital (4/10). The best hours are from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm: beach weather, little wind, water at 76 °F and low tide at 8:08 am, though with clouds and some waves. The best day this week is Tuesday, November 3, at 7/10.
Beach forecast for the next 7 days
| Day | Rating | Best hours | Swimming | Water | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Today | 4Poor beach day | 9:00 am–12:00 pm | Use care · 4.6 ft | 76 °F | 6 |
| Thu 29 | 1Not a beach day | No good window | Dangerous · 5.5 ft | 76 °F | 6 |
| Fri 30 | 5Fair beach day | 8:00–11:00 am12:00–2:00 pm | Use care · 3.8 ft | 76 °F | 5 |
| Sat 31 | 5Fair beach day | 11:00 am–4:00 pm8:00–10:00 am | Use care · 3.4 ft | 76 °F | 5 |
| Sun 1 | 1Not a beach day | No good window | Dangerous · 5.1 ft | 76 °F | 3 |
| Mon 2 | 3Poor beach day | 11:00 am–1:00 pm | Use care · 4.4 ft | 76 °F | — |
| Tue 3 | 7Good beach day | 9:00 am–2:00 pm | Use care · 3.4 ft | 75 °F | — |
Each rating comes from sun, temperature, rain, wind, waves, UV, water temperature and, where there is one, the tide.
Today in detail
- Feels like 85 °F: beach weather
- Onshore breeze (4 mph)
- UV 4 (moderate): SPF 30 sunscreen
- Water at 76 °F (warm)
- Low tide at 8:08 am: more sand
- Cloudy (91% cloud cover)
Dangerous surf during beach hours. Stay out if the red flag is up, and never swim where there is no lifeguard.
Today, hour by hour
- Swimming Use care · 4.6 ft
4.6 ft waves every 11 s: swim with care and stay where you can stand. High rip current risk. If you're caught in a rip current, don't swim against it: swim parallel to shore and wave for help. Always follow the lifeguard's flags.
- Water 76 °F
Warm: very pleasant.
- Sun & sunscreen UV 6 · SPF 30
Max UV 6 (moderate): SPF 30 sunscreen, reapplied every 2 hours.
- Wind 5 mph
Onshore breeze (5 mph).
- Tide & sand 8:08 am
Low tide at 8:08 am and 8:25 pm: that's when there's the most sand. High tide at 2:00 am and 2:22 pm. Coefficient 101 (spring tides): little sand left at high tide.
The best window, 9:00 am to 12:00 pm, brings beach weather, little wind, water at 76 °F and low tide at 8:08 am, though with clouds and some waves.
We don't have data on jellyfish, sargassum or beach closures: ask the lifeguard or check with the local beach authority.
Today, hour by hour
| Time | Rating | Sky | Feels like | Wind | Waves | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 am | 3 | Overcast | 80 °F | 4 mph | 4.3 ft | 0 |
| 9:00 am | 4 | Overcast | 82 °F | 3 mph | 4.4 ft | 1 |
| 10:00 am | 4 | Overcast | 84 °F | 4 mph | 4.5 ft | 2 |
| 11:00 am | 5 | Partly cloudy | 85 °F | 4 mph | 4.6 ft | 4 |
| 12:00 pm | 3 | Partly cloudy | 86 °F | 4 mph | 4.7 ft | 6 |
| 1:00 pm | 3 | Partly cloudy | 87 °F | 5 mph | 4.9 ft | 6 |
| 2:00 pm | 0 | Overcast | 87 °F | 4 mph | 5.0 ft | 5 |
| 3:00 pm | 0 | Overcast | 87 °F | 5 mph | 5.1 ft | 3 |
| 4:00 pm | 2 | Partly cloudy | 86 °F | 4 mph | 5.2 ft | 2 |
| 5:00 pm | 2 | Partly cloudy | 85 °F | 5 mph | 5.4 ft | 1 |
Beach hours only: from one hour after sunrise to half an hour before sunset.
Beaches near Playa del Confital
Map: OpenFreeMap · © OpenMapTiles · © OpenStreetMap contributors
- Playa de Las Canteras 1.5 mi · S
- Lifeguard
- Restrooms
- Showers
- Parking
Excellent water quality 2025 season, EEA
- Playa de Las Alcaravaneras 2.0 mi · S
- Lifeguard
- Restrooms
- Showers
- Parking
Excellent water quality 2025 season, EEA
- Plaza El Yoret 2.2 mi · SW
- Restrooms
- Parking
- La Caleta 5.4 mi · S
- Parking
- Playa de San Cristóbal 5.9 mi · S
- Showers
- Parking
- Playa de Puertillo 6.0 mi · W
- Restrooms
- Showers
- Parking
Excellent water quality 2025 season, EEA
- Playa Bocabarranco 6.1 mi · W
- Restrooms
- Showers
- Parking
Excellent water quality 2025 season, EEA
Named beaches within 6.2 mi, nearest first. Amenities from OpenStreetMap: some may be missing or out of date. View on OpenStreetMap · Add or fix on OpenStreetMap
Beaches and amenities: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Bathing water quality: European Environment Agency (EEA), with data from the Spanish Ministry of Health (Náyade).
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How we rate a beach day
We rate every beach hour from 0 to 10 with simple, fixed rules:
- Adds: sunshine (up to 3 points, fewer with more clouds), warmth (up to 4, from the feels-like temperature; ideal between 81 °F and 91 °F), a calm sea (1), water at 70 °F or warmer (1; from 64 °F, half) and low or mid tide (1: more sand). Anything without data is left out and the rest is scaled to 10.
- Takes away: cold (feels-like below 64 °F, 1 to 4 points), rain (half a point if likely, up to 6 if it rains; thunderstorms, 8), wind from force 4, about 12 mph (1 to 6 points; half a point more if offshore, which blows inflatables out to sea, or onshore, which churns the water), waves (1 to swim with care, 4 if dangerous, 1 more for high rip current risk), very high UV (half a point; extreme, 1), water below 59 °F (1) and spring high tides (1: little sand left).
- Swimming: calm, use care (waves from 2.6 ft, or long swell) or dangerous (from 6.6 ft, or 4.9 ft with a long period), based on how much of the wave reaches this shore given the way it faces. In the U.S., today's and tomorrow's rip current risk comes from the National Weather Service surf zone forecast when it issues one; otherwise we estimate it from the waves.
- Best windows: runs of 2 to 5 hours rated 4 or more and close to the best hour, at least one hour apart.
- Day rating: the average of the best window; a 2-hour window keeps 85% of it and a 3-hour window 95%.
Today, in the best window: sun 0.3 of 3, warmth 4 of 4, calm sea 0 of 1, water 1 of 1 and tide 0.9 of 1; minus waves 2; short window: the rating keeps 95%.
It's a guide, not a guarantee: weather changes and every beach is different. Always follow the lifeguard's flags.
Questions about the beach in Playa del Confital
Is it a beach day in Playa del Confital today?
A poor beach day: 4/10. Best from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm, with beach weather, little wind, water at 76 °F and low tide at 8:08 am, though with clouds and some waves.
What are the swimming conditions in Playa del Confital today?
4.6 ft waves every 11 s: swim with care and stay where you can stand. High rip current risk. If you're caught in a rip current, don't swim against it: swim parallel to shore and wave for help. Always follow the lifeguard's flags.
How warm is the water in Playa del Confital?
About 76 °F today: warm. That's the sea surface temperature offshore; it can differ a little at the shoreline.
How much sun protection do I need in Playa del Confital today?
UV reaches 6 (moderate): SPF 30 sunscreen, sunglasses and a hat.
When is low tide in Playa del Confital?
Today low tide is at 8:08 am and 8:25 pm: that's when there's the most sand. High tide is at 2:00 am and 2:22 pm. Coefficient 101 (spring tides): little sand left at high tide.
What about tomorrow? Will it be a beach day in Playa del Confital?
Tomorrow, Thursday, October 29: not a beach day (1/10).
What beaches are near Playa del Confital?
Playa de Las Canteras (1.5 mi), Playa de Las Alcaravaneras (2.0 mi), Plaza El Yoret (2.2 mi), La Caleta (5.4 mi) and Playa de San Cristóbal (5.9 mi). See below for amenities and water quality.
Are there jellyfish or sargassum today?
We don't know: there's no open data on jellyfish, sargassum or closures for each beach. Ask the lifeguard, check the flags or the local beach authority's website.
How is the rating worked out?
From the hourly forecast: sun and clouds, feels-like temperature, rain, wind (and whether it blows onshore or offshore), waves and their period, UV, water temperature and, where there is one, the tide. Each factor adds or takes away a fixed number of points and the rating sums them up out of 10.
More about Playa del Confital today
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Our own calculation, using the Open-Meteo forecast (ECMWF, NOAA GFS, Météo-France, Copernicus Marine and CAMS, CC BY 4.0), the tide from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (TICON-4) and the sun from astronomy-engine. Slackwater database (https://github.com/openwatersio/slackwater-database). Source: Hart-Davis, M., Dettmering, D., Seitz, F. (2025), TICON-4: TIdal CONstants based on GESLA-4 sea-level records, SEANOE, https://doi.org/10.17882/109129. Licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Modified: see https://github.com/openwatersio/slackwater-database#modifications-to-source-data