Checking the wind…
French Mediterranean
Offshore wind. Too dangerous.
Water 19 °C · 2 mm wetsuit or shorty
Best chance this week: Friday 8-18h, up to 25 kn.
Offshore wind. You'll be blown out to sea.
The current pulls you offshore, watch your position.
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| Wind | 2533 | 1239 | 1521 | 1621 | 1926 | 2840 | 3039 | 2839 | 2738 | 2837 | 2838 | 2737 | 2636 | 2635 | 2635 | 2537 | 2434 | 2434 | 2634 | 2635 | 2535 | 2033 | 2126 | 1926 | 1926 | 2026 | 2026 | 1925 | 1724 | 1822 | 1523 | 1319 | 1117 | 815 | 611 | 1116 | 914 | 1114 | 714 | 610 | 1114 | 1621 | 1420 | 1620 | 1823 | 1824 | 1823 | 1318 | 1318 | 1318 | 1419 | 1319 | 1319 | 1419 | 1319 | 1117 | 815 | 912 | 712 | 49 | 46 | 46 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 47 | 45 | 25 | 57 | 1012 | 1014 | 1015 | 1318 | 1021 | 1020 | 917 | 915 | 813 | 712 | 711 | 812 | 914 | 1015 | 712 | 59 | 36 | 25 | 15 | 05 | 15 | 25 | 46 | 69 | 1013 | 1216 | 1419 | 1421 | 1522 | 1421 | 1219 | 1117 | 1117 | 1217 | 1217 | 1317 | 1317 | 1217 | 1115 | 1013 | 912 | 811 | 811 | 710 | 59 | 37 | 35 | 46 | 46 | 46 | 36 | 26 | 46 | 78 | 1011 | 914 | 517 | 1020 | 1723 | 2027 | 2231 | 2333 | 2233 | 2030 | 1928 | 2029 | 2029 | 2130 | 2029 | 1828 | 1828 | 2030 | 2233 | 2436 | 2537 | 2539 | 2539 | 2539 | 2537 | 2435 | 2132 | 1729 | 1425 | 1221 | 1118 | 1015 | 1014 |
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| AROME | 25 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 19 | 28 | 30 | 28 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 20 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| ICON | 10 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| GFS | 17 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 24 | 25 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 23 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 15 |
| Direction | E | E | ESE | ESE | E | E | E | E | ENE | ENE | ENE | ENE | E | E | E | E | ENE | ENE | E | E | E | ENE | NE | ENE | ENE | ENE | ENE | ENE | ENE | ENE | ENE | ENE | NNE | N | NNE | NNW | NNE | N | N | NW | W | WNW | WNW | WNW | WNW | WNW | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | WNW | W | W | WNW | W | NNW | NNE | NNE | NE | ENE | NE | WNW | SW | SSW | S | SSW | SW | SW | WSW | WSW | WSW | W | WSW | WSW | W | W | W | WNW | NW | N | N | NNE | WSW | W | WNW | WNW | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | WNW | WNW | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | WSW | WSW | W | WNW | NNW | W | WSW | SW | SSW | SE | ESE | ESE | ESE | E | NE | NNW | NW | NW | WNW | WNW | WNW | WNW | WNW | WNW | WNW | WNW | WNW | WNW | WNW | WNW | WNW | WNW | NW | NW | NW | WNW | WNW | WNW | WNW | WNW | WNW | WNW | WNW | WNW | WNW |
| Kite | 7m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 9m | 7m | 7m | 7m | 7m | 7m | 7m | 7m | 7m | 7m | 7m | 7m | 9m | 9m | 7m | 7m | 7m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12m | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | – | – | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 12m | 12m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 7m | 7m | 7m | 7m | 7m | 9m | 9m | 12m | 12m | 12m | – | – | – |
| Waves | 16s | 1.045s | 1.25s | 1.385s | 1.545s | 1.685s | 1.825s | 1.965s | 1.965s | 1.965s | 1.965s | 1.945s | 1.925s | 1.95s | 1.925s | 1.925s | 1.945s | 1.885s | 1.845s | 1.785s | 1.75s | 1.625s | 1.545s | 1.465s | 1.45s | 1.325s | 1.265s | 1.225s | 1.165s | 1.125s | 1.085s | 1.045s | 15s | 0.966s | 0.926s | 0.946s | 0.966s | 0.986s | 1.16s | 1.26s | 1.326s | 1.346s | 1.366s | 1.386s | 1.386s | 1.45s | 1.45s | 1.45s | 1.45s | 1.45s | 1.385s | 1.385s | 1.365s | 1.285s | 1.25s | 1.125s | 1.045s | 0.985s | 0.95s | 0.845s | 0.785s | 0.725s | 0.725s | 0.745s | 0.745s | 0.95s | 1.085s | 1.245s | 1.45s | 1.546s | 1.76s | 1.726s | 1.746s | 1.766s | 1.726s | 1.666s | 1.626s | 1.66s | 1.586s | 1.566s | 1.586s | 1.626s | 1.647s | 1.687s | 1.76s | 1.746s | 1.727s | 1.727s | 1.77s | 1.687s | 1.687s | 1.666s | 1.626s | 1.566s | 1.526s | 1.56s | 1.466s | 1.446s | 1.427s | 1.47s | 1.387s | 1.367s | 1.327s | 1.37s | 1.347s | 1.47s | 1.447s | 1.527s | 1.587s | 1.667s | 1.687s | 1.687s | 1.77s | 1.726s | 1.766s | 1.786s | 1.86s | 1.86s | 1.826s | 1.866s | 1.926s | 1.966s | 1.966s | 1.966s | 1.966s | 1.966s | 1.966s | 1.966s | 26s | 2.066s | 2.16s | 2.166s | 2.26s | 2.266s | 2.286s | 2.36s | 2.326s | 2.36s | 2.266s | 2.246s | 2.246s | 2.226s | 2.226s | 2.226s | 2.246s | 2.246s | 2.146s | 2.066s | 1.966s | 1.826s | 1.76s | 1.566s | 1.466s | 1.385s | 1.285s | 1.225s |
| Current | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | slack | slack | slack | slack | slack | slack | slack | slack | slack | slack | slack | slack | slack | slack | slack | slack | slack | slack | slack | slack | slack | slack | slack | slack | slack | slack | slack | slack | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | slack | slack | slack | slack | slack | slack | slack | slack | slack | slack | slack | slack | slack | slack | slack | slack | slack | slack | slack | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | slack |
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Log your sessions; that is how Windulu gets to know you.
The advice is a tool. You remain responsible for your own safety.
L'Almanarre is the five-kilometre beach along the Route du Sel, on the western side of the Giens peninsula, and has long been a legendary spot for kiters and windsurfers. The beach faces west, so the mistral from west to north-west comes in onshore and can whip up a proper sea, while an easterly is offshore and leaves the water calm and sheltered. Tide plays no part here, but the buoys do: you cross the 300 metre strip only through the kite channel, which is there for riding out and back rather than for jumping. According to the town, beginners start from the water with a kite school.
Within 300 m, all year, you may only kite via the buoyed kite zone and the PNT lane on the Route du Sel; wing is allowed perpendicular to the shore at 5 knots maximum, but not in the kite lane. Source: AM Hyères 2026-1420 art. 6 and 7.
The open water at L'Almanarre (Hyères) faces W (279°). The safest wind directions to get on the water here are southwest, west and northwest (onshore or cross-onshore). With the wind from the north, northeast, southeast and south, it runs cross to cross-offshore: doable, but mind your position and don't go alone. With the wind from the east, it blows offshore and is dangerous: you'll be pushed off the beach onto open water (no-go).