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Water temperature and sea conditions in Jávea today
How warm the water is, how the sea looks and which stretch of coast is sheltered from today's wind. Updated with every AEMET bulletin.
Today's conditions
- Water temperature
- 26°C
- Swell
- moderate
- Wind
- light
- UV index
- 6
Posibles aguaceros y tormentas muy fuertes.
Cala Granadella workable
The bulletin does not give a wind direction for today.
The cove faces east, so an easterly brings swell straight in. With a westerly it is sheltered, and that is when visibility is best.
Portitxol workable
The bulletin does not give a wind direction for today.
Cap Prim and Cap Negre shelter it from the first and second quadrant, but an easterly still gets in. It works well when the south is rough.
Cabo de la Nao workable
The bulletin does not give a wind direction for today.
It is a headland, not a cove: far more exposed, with no universally good wind. With a light westerly it works depending on which face you enter from; with an easterly, rule it out.
Cabo de San Antonio marine reserve workable
The bulletin does not give a wind direction for today.
Facing north-northeast and fully exposed to the first quadrant, as well as to the ground swell coming down from the Gulf of Lion.
Alicante coastal bulletin: SE 3 a 4 arreciando a N y NE 3 a 5 por la noche. Marejadilla aumentando a marejada. Aguaceros y tormentas.
This assessment is indicative and based on how each spot faces the wind in the bulletin. Where the dive actually happens is decided by the centre on the day, using things a table cannot know: residual ground swell, how the water looked yesterday and boat traffic.
Source: AEMET · Spanish State Meteorological Agency.
Why the wind matters more than the month
In Jávea visibility is not set by the calendar but by where the wind comes from that day. A strong easterly leaves the water murky in the middle of August, and a calm week in January gives thirty-metre visibility. So this page does not tell you whether it is a good season: it tells you how today looks and which part of the coast is sheltered from the wind that is actually blowing.
The logic is orientation. Every cove faces a direction, and the wind that hits it head-on brings swell and stirs the bottom, while the wind at its back leaves it flat. Cala Granadella faces east, so an easterly ruins it and a westerly makes it glassy. The Cabo de San Antonio reserve faces north-northeast and suffers from exactly the opposite.
What each rating means
- Good conditions: the spot is sheltered from today's wind. This is where the best visibility can be expected.
- Workable: the wind neither protects nor punishes it, or it does affect it but is blowing lightly today. Doable, with no promise of clear water.
- Not today: the spot faces the wind head-on, or there is ground swell from the direction that hurts it most. With this in place, look elsewhere.
Ground swell is the one that catches people out. It can be a beautiful day without a breath of wind and the water still be stirred up, because swell is arriving from far away. When the bulletin reports it, it matters more than the day's wind at exposed spots like Cabo de la Nao.
Where this data comes from
Water temperature, swell, UV index and wind strength come from AEMET's beach forecast for La Granadella, issued twice a day. Wind direction and ground swell come from the maritime bulletin for the coastal waters of Alicante. These are forecasts, not live buoy readings: they are for deciding the day, not for knowing what the water is doing at this exact moment.
If what you want is the general rule — which cove works with which wind, regardless of today — it is set out in the cove guide.
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