When is kitesurfing at Le Havre dangerous?

With the wind from the northeast, it blows offshore at Le Havre: you get pushed off the beach onto open water and can't get back if something goes wrong. Offshore wind is always a no-go, however hard it blows. kitesurfing is a no-go in the dark, too.

Which spots are near Le Havre?

The nearest spots are Ouistreham (Riva-Bella) (35 km), Berck-sur-Mer (146 km), Hardelot (164 km). If the wind is wrong at Le Havre, one of these is often safe to ride.

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Le Havre

NO-GO

3knSgusts to 8 kn

Too little wind to ride.

now · modelWindow Thu 08:00–11:00 · 14 kn · light until 19:45

	Tue 29 September							Wed 30 September																								Thu 1 October · coarse model																								Fri 2 October · coarse model																								Sat 3 October · coarse model																								Sun 4 October · coarse model																								Mon 5 October · coarse model
Hour
GO	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	Go	Go	Go	Marginal	Marginal	Marginal	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go
Wind	38	57	79	811	812	914	1016	1116	1217	1218	1218	1318	1420	1119	1115	1015	814	913	1013	813	411	711	612	69	510	47	56	710	814	1220	917	512	710	610	1013	1318	1419	1522	1320	1419	1419	1419	1219	1317	1217	1117	1014	814	812	712	611	59	47	46	57	58	58	47	57	57	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	68	59	46	24	12	12	23	35	35	36	46	35	35	24	24	24	34	34	35	35	45	46	46	47	57	58	58	58	58	58	69	69	58	57	46	46	47	48	47	47	46	57	69	710	35	46	68	68	68	79	811	1013	1114	1015	1015	914	914	913	812	811	710	69	58	57	46	46	46	35	35	35	35	45	56	68	79	811	912	1013	1014	1014	913	812	711
Sky	cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain	rain	rain	cloudy	rain	rain	rain	cloudy	cloudy	rain	rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	sunny	sunny	partly cloudy	sunny	sunny	sunny	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	partly cloudy	clear night	clear night	clear night	clear night	clear night	cloudy	sunny	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	sunny	sunny	sunny	sunny	sunny	sunny	sunny	sunny	sunny	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	sunny	sunny	sunny	sunny	sunny	sunny	clear night	clear night	clear night	clear night	clear night	clear night	clear night	clear night	clear night	clear night	clear night	sunny	sunny	sunny	sunny	sunny	sunny	sunny	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
	individual models per hour, tap to collapse
AROME	3	5	7	8	8	9	10	11	12	12	12	13	14	11	11	10	8	9	10	8	4	7	6	6	5	4	5	7	8	12	9	5	7	6	10	13	14	15	13	14	14	14	12	13	12	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
ICON	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	10	16	12	13	13	14	9	10	10	8	9	10	9	9	7	7	7	8	10	12	13	13	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	13	12	12	11	11	9	10	8	8	7	6	5	4	4	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	4	2	1	1	2	3	3	3	4	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
GFS	9	13	10	9	11	13	13	13	14	13	14	13	14	17	15	13	11	11	10	9	9	7	6	7	5	1	1	3	2	4	11	10	12	9	10	10	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	8	7	7	7	8	8	7	5	3	1	3	4	5	5	5	4	3	3	5	6	5	5	4	2	1	3	5	7	8	9	10	10	9	8	8	7	6	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	2	1	3	6	7	8	8	8	8	7	7	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	4	6	7	8	8	8	7	7	6	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	3	4	5	5	4	3	3	2	2	2
Direction	S	SSE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	S	SSW	WNW	SW	SW	SW	SSE	SSE	SE	SSE	WNW	WSW	SSW	S	S	SSW	SW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	W	WSW	W	W	W	W	W	WSW	SSW	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	ENE	E	E	E	E	E	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	SSE	S	S	SSW	SW	WSW	WSW	W	WNW	WNW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NNW	NNW	N	N	NNE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	E	E	E	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE
Kite	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	12m	12m	12m	12m	12m	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	12m	–	–	–	–	–	12m	12m	12m	12m	12m	12m	12m	12m	12m	12m	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Waves	0.26	0.26	0.24	0.24	0.26	0.28	0.3	0.32	0.36	0.38	0.42	0.44	0.48	0.48	0.46	0.46	0.44	0.44	0.42	0.38	0.34	0.3	0.28	0.26	0.24	0.22	0.22	0.2	0.2	0.18	0.18	0.2	0.24	0.26	0.28	0.32	0.34	0.36	0.4	0.42	0.48	0.52	0.58	0.6	0.62	0.64	0.64	0.62	0.62	0.58	0.56	0.52	0.48	0.46	0.42	0.4	0.38	0.36	0.34	0.3	0.28	0.26	0.24	0.22	0.22	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.18	0.18	0.18	0.16	0.16	0.16	0.14	0.14	0.14	0.14	0.14	0.14	0.14	0.14	0.14	0.12	0.12	0.12	0.12	0.12	0.12	0.12	0.12	0.12	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.12	0.12	0.14	0.18	0.2	0.2	0.18	0.18	0.16	0.16	0.14	0.14	0.12	0.12	0.12	0.12	0.12	0.14	0.14	0.16	0.18	0.18	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.18	0.18	0.16	0.16	0.14	0.16	0.16	0.18	0.18	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.18	0.18	0.16	0.16	0.14	0.14	0.12	0.12	0.12	0.1	0.1
Current	slack	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.9	1.5	1.1	0.4	slack	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.7	1.3	1.2	0.6	slack	slack	slack	0.4	0.7	0.8	0.6	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.2	0.7	slack	slack	slack	slack	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.8	1.2	0.9	slack	slack	slack	slack	0.5	0.8	0.7	0.5	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.0	0.4	slack	slack	slack	0.3	0.6	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.1	0.6	slack	0.3	slack	0.3	0.5	0.7	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.8	0.7	slack	slack	slack	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.6	0.3	slack	slack	0.5	0.7	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.7	0.4	0.3	0.3	slack	0.6	0.5	slack	slack	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.3	slack	0.4	0.6	0.3	slack	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.4	slack	0.5	0.4	slack	slack	0.3	slack	0.3	0.4	0.3	slack	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4
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Kitesurfing, wing foiling and foiling at Le Havre

When the buoys are in place, kite lane 2 (80 by 300 m) opposite Le Ponant and groyne 1 is reserved for kite and other kite-powered sports; kite lane 1 by the slipway in the south may also be used. In the lanes, transit only. Outside kite zones and kite lanes, a 5-knot speed limit applies within 300 m of the shoreline. Source: préfecture maritime, arrêté 56/2026.

Wind directions & safety

The open water at Le Havre faces SW (229°). The safest wind directions to get on the water here are south, southwest and west (onshore or cross-onshore). With the wind from the north, east, southeast and northwest, it runs cross to cross-offshore: doable, but mind your position and don't go alone. With the wind from the northeast, it blows offshore and is dangerous: you'll be pushed off the beach onto open water (no-go).

On this page you'll find the live wind, the hourly forecast and a personal go/no-go for Le Havre, plus your ideal kite or wing size, nearby parking and (where available) a live beach webcam. Wind data: AROME and HARMONIE via Open-Meteo.

Spots nearby

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Checking the wind…

	Tue 29 September	Wed 30 September	Thu 1 October · coarse model	Fri 2 October · coarse model	Sat 3 October · coarse model	Sun 4 October · coarse model	Mon 5 October · coarse model
GO	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	Go	Go	Go	Marginal	Marginal	Marginal	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go	No-go
Wind	38	57	79	811	812	914	1016	1116	1217	1218	1218	1318	1420	1119	1115	1015	814	913	1013	813	411	711	612	69	510	47	56	710	814	1220	917	512	710	610	1013	1318	1419	1522	1320	1419	1419	1419	1219	1317	1217	1117	1014	814	812	712	611	59	47	46	57	58	58	47	57	57	58	58	58
Sky	cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain	rain	rain	cloudy	rain	rain	rain	cloudy	cloudy	rain	rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	sunny	sunny	partly cloudy	sunny	sunny	sunny	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	partly cloudy	clear night	clear night	clear night	clear night	clear night
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AROME	3	5	7	8	8	9	10	11	12	12	12	13	14	11	11	10	8	9	10	8	4	7	6	6	5	4	5	7	8	12	9	5	7	6	10	13	14	15	13	14	14	14	12	13	12	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
ICON	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	10	16	12	13	13	14	9	10	10	8	9	10	9	9	7	7	7	8	10	12	13	13	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	13	12	12	11	11	9	10	8	8	7	6	5	4	4	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5
GFS	9	13	10	9	11	13	13	13	14	13	14	13	14	17	15	13	11	11	10	9	9	7	6	7	5	1	1	3	2	4	11	10	12	9	10	10	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	8	7	7	7	8	8	7	5	3	1	3	4	5	5	5	4	3	3
Direction	S	SSE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	S	SSW	WNW	SW	SW	SW	SSE	SSE	SE	SSE	WNW	WSW	SSW	S	S	SSW	SW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	W	WSW	W	W	W	W	W	WSW	SSW	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	ESE
Kite	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	12m	12m	12m	12m	12m	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	12m	–	–	–	–	–	12m	12m	12m	12m	12m	12m	12m	12m	12m	12m	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Waves	0.26	0.26	0.24	0.24	0.26	0.28	0.3	0.32	0.36	0.38	0.42	0.44	0.48	0.48	0.46	0.46	0.44	0.44	0.42	0.38	0.34	0.3	0.28	0.26	0.24	0.22	0.22	0.2	0.2	0.18	0.18	0.2	0.24	0.26	0.28	0.32	0.34	0.36	0.4	0.42	0.48	0.52	0.58	0.6	0.62	0.64	0.64	0.62	0.62	0.58	0.56	0.52	0.48	0.46	0.42	0.4	0.38	0.36	0.34	0.3	0.28	0.26	0.24
Current	slack	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.9	1.5	1.1	0.4	slack	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.7	1.3	1.2	0.6	slack	slack	slack	0.4	0.7	0.8	0.6	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.2	0.7	slack	slack	slack	slack	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.8	1.2	0.9	slack	slack	slack	slack	0.5	0.8	0.7	0.5	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.0	0.4	slack	slack	slack	0.3
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0.36

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0.52

0.58

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0.62

0.64

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0.56

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0.48

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0.42

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0.36

0.34

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0.26

0.24

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0.18

0.16

0.14

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0.12

0.14

0.18

0.2

0.18

0.16

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0.14

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0.6

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0.7

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0.6

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0.7

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Kitesurfing, wing foiling and foiling at Le Havre

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Le Havre

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Kitesurfing, wing foiling and foiling at Le Havre

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