Checking the wind…
French Mediterranean
Cross-offshore. Only with rescue.
Water 17 °C · 3/2 or 4/3 wetsuit
Best chance this week: today 16-18h, up to 21 kn.
Cross-offshore wind. Only with rescue or experience.
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| Wind | 2134 | 1329 | 1319 | 1317 | 1318 | 1017 | 813 | 711 | 811 | 610 | 48 | 47 | 79 | 610 | 58 | 37 | 26 | 1217 | 1217 | 1116 | 1115 | 914 | 912 | 1114 | 1014 | 1114 | 914 | 1216 | 916 | 712 | 710 | 711 | 69 | 47 | 46 | 45 | 57 | 68 | 68 | 58 | 57 | 68 | 57 | 46 | 36 | 57 | 46 | 710 | 510 | 38 | 45 | 710 | 711 | 611 | 59 | 37 | 35 | 46 | 46 | 46 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 46 | 69 | 59 | 58 | 47 | 25 | 35 | 56 | 69 | 710 | 711 | 611 | 410 | 28 | 15 | 44 | 56 | 79 | 711 | 711 | 610 | 59 | 58 | 57 | 46 | 45 | 35 | 46 | 69 | 1015 | 1319 | 1420 | 1420 | 1319 | 1015 | 59 | 25 | 13 | 23 | 24 | 34 | 34 | 35 | 24 | 23 | 15 | 814 | 1625 | 2134 | 2034 | 2034 | 1933 | 1831 | 1629 | 1426 | 1223 | 819 | 516 | 313 | 310 | 57 | 56 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 59 | 610 | 610 | 611 | 711 | 712 | 812 | 712 | 610 | 58 | 47 | 48 | 611 | 812 | 712 | 610 | 49 | 37 | 35 | 34 | 34 | 45 | 46 | 36 |
| Sky | sunny17° | sunny16° | partly cloudy15° | clear night15° | partly cloudy15° | cloudy15° | clear night15° | clear night14° | clear night14° | cloudy14° | cloudy14° | cloudy13° | cloudy13° | cloudy14° | cloudy14° | cloudy15° | cloudy15° | cloudy14° | cloudy14° | cloudy14° | cloudy14° | cloudy14° | cloudy14° | cloudy14° | cloudy15° | cloudy15° | cloudy14° | cloudy14° | cloudy14° | cloudy14° | cloudy14° | cloudy14° | partly cloudy14° | partly cloudy14° | cloudy15° | partly cloudy15° | partly cloudy15° | cloudy15° | cloudy15° | cloudy14° | cloudy15° | cloudy14° | cloudy14° | cloudy15° | cloudy15° | cloudy15° | cloudy15° | cloudy16° | cloudy17° | cloudy17° | cloudy17° | cloudy16° | cloudy16° | cloudy16° | cloudy16° | cloudy16° | cloudy16° | partly cloudy15° | partly cloudy16° | cloudy16° | cloudy16° | cloudy15° | cloudy14° | cloudy16° | cloudy16° | cloudy16° | cloudy16° | cloudy17° | cloudy17° | cloudy17° | partly cloudy17° | partly cloudy17° | partly cloudy17° | cloudy17° | cloudy17° | cloudy17° | partly cloudy17° | partly cloudy16° | partly cloudy16° | partly cloudy15° | partly cloudy15° | partly cloudy15° | cloudy15° | cloudy15° | cloudy15° | cloudy15° | cloudy15° | cloudy15° | cloudy15° | cloudy15° | cloudy16° | rain17° | rain18° | rain18° | rain18° | rain18° | rain18° | cloudy17° | cloudy17° | cloudy17° | cloudy17° | cloudy17° | cloudy16° | partly cloudy16° | partly cloudy16° | partly cloudy16° | cloudy16° | cloudy16° | cloudy16° | rain15° | rain15° | rain16° | sunny16° | sunny16° | sunny17° | sunny17° | sunny18° | sunny19° | cloudy19° | cloudy19° | cloudy19° | cloudy18° | cloudy17° | cloudy16° | partly cloudy15° | partly cloudy15° | partly cloudy14° | partly cloudy15° | partly cloudy15° | partly cloudy15° | partly cloudy15° | partly cloudy15° | partly cloudy15° | partly cloudy15° | partly cloudy15° | partly cloudy15° | sunny15° | sunny15° | sunny15° | sunny16° | sunny17° | sunny17° | partly cloudy17° | partly cloudy17° | partly cloudy17° | cloudy17° | cloudy16° | cloudy16° | partly cloudy15° | partly cloudy15° | partly cloudy14° | partly cloudy14° |
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| AROME | 21 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| ICON | 14 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| GFS | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| Direction | NW | NW | NW | WNW | WNW | NW | N | N | N | N | ENE | NE | NNE | NNW | NW | W | W | E | E | E | E | E | ENE | ENE | ENE | NE | NNE | N | N | NNW | NW | NW | WNW | NW | NW | NNW | NNW | NNW | NNW | NNW | NW | NNW | NW | NNE | NE | NE | E | SE | SE | E | NNW | NNW | NW | NW | NW | NW | WSW | SW | SW | SW | SW | WSW | WNW | NW | WNW | W | WNW | WNW | SW | S | SSE | SSE | SSE | SSE | SSE | SSE | SSE | NW | NW | NW | NW | NW | NW | NNW | NNW | N | N | NNW | NNW | NNW | NW | WNW | WNW | WNW | WNW | WNW | WNW | WNW | WNW | WNW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SSW | S | W | NW | NW | NW | WNW | WNW | WNW | WNW | WNW | WNW | WNW | WNW | WNW | W | SSW | S | SSW | SW | WSW | WNW | NW | NNW | NW | WNW | WNW | WNW | WNW | NW | WNW | WNW | WSW | SW | SSW | S | S | SSE | SSE | S | SSW | SW | SW | SW | WSW | W |
| Kite | 9m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12m | 12m | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12m | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Waves | 0.623s | 0.523s | 0.443s | 0.344s | 0.284s | 0.244s | 0.185s | 0.25s | 0.25s | 0.225s | 0.34s | 0.44s | 0.484s | 0.524s | 0.584s | 0.624s | 0.64s | 0.64s | 0.584s | 0.584s | 0.563s | 0.563s | 0.543s | 0.543s | 0.523s | 0.543s | 0.544s | 0.564s | 0.624s | 0.685s | 0.745s | 0.845s | 0.926s | 1.026s | 1.046s | 1.087s | 1.17s | 1.127s | 1.147s | 1.167s | 1.187s | 1.187s | 1.27s | 1.227s | 1.227s | 1.247s | 1.27s | 1.146s | 1.16s | 1.066s | 16s | 0.966s | 0.96s | 0.866s | 0.85s | 0.765s | 0.75s | 0.665s | 0.625s | 0.565s | 0.525s | 0.485s | 0.445s | 0.45s | 0.385s | 0.345s | 0.325s | 0.35s | 0.285s | 0.265s | 0.264s | 0.264s | 0.264s | 0.264s | 0.283s | 0.283s | 0.284s | 0.264s | 0.264s | 0.285s | 0.35s | 0.325s | 0.325s | 0.325s | 0.325s | 0.325s | 0.325s | 0.325s | 0.325s | 0.345s | 0.345s | 0.345s | 0.366s | 0.365s | 0.385s | 0.45s | 0.424s | 0.444s | 0.464s | 0.484s | 0.484s | 0.464s | 0.464s | 0.484s | 0.54s | 0.524s | 0.583s | 0.623s | 0.683s | 0.643s | 0.623s | 0.583s | 0.583s | 0.583s | 0.583s | 0.63s | 0.623s | 0.643s | 0.643s | 0.623s | 0.623s | 0.583s | 0.563s | 0.523s | 0.523s | 0.523s | 0.523s | 0.483s | 0.443s | 0.43s | 0.343s | 0.33s | 0.243s | 0.23s | 0.163s | 0.123s | 0.13s | 0.14s | 0.084s | 0.084s | 0.064s | 0.064s | 0.064s | 0.084s | 0.084s | 0.124s | 0.145s | 0.185s | 0.24s | 0.244s | 0.264s | 0.423s |
| Current | 0.3 | slack | slack | slack | slack | slack | slack | slack | slack | slack | slack | slack | slack | slack | slack | slack | slack | slack | slack | slack | slack | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | slack | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 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 | 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 | slack | slack | slack | slack | slack | slack | slack | slack | slack | slack | slack | slack | slack | slack | slack | slack | slack | slack | 0.3 | 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 |
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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.
The Plage des Coussoules at La Franqui has been the competition beach of the Mondial du Vent since 1997, which says a lot about the wind here. The beach faces east, so the marin from the south-east blows onshore, often as a steady thermal in summer, and builds a wave that is great for bump and jump. The tramontane from the north-west is the other face of the spot: strong, sometimes violent, with flat, fast water, but here it blows offshore and pushes you out to sea if anything goes wrong. Tide plays no part, and in season the KSL association keeps watch over the kite zone next to the old lifeguard post.
During the bathing season, while the buoys are in place, within 300 m you may only kite in the Coussoules kite zone (zone S, northern beach by the old lifeguard post); wing belongs in the windsurf zone north of it. Outside the lifeguarded swimming zones, kite and wing are allowed. Outside kite zones and kite lanes, a 5-knot speed limit applies within 300 m of the shoreline. Source: PREMAR 162/2023 annex VI, AM Leucate 2025/DGS/012/6.4 art. 7.
The open water at Leucate (Les Coussoules) faces E (100°). The safest wind directions to get on the water here are northeast, east and southeast (onshore or cross-onshore). With the wind from the north, south, southwest and northwest, it runs cross to cross-offshore: doable, but mind your position and don't go alone. With the wind from the west, it blows offshore and is dangerous: you'll be pushed off the beach onto open water (no-go).