When is kitesurfing at Marignane (Le Jaï) dangerous?

With the wind from the southeast, it blows offshore at Marignane (Le Jaï): 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 Marignane (Le Jaï)?

The nearest spots are Beauduc (La Comtesse) (47 km), L'Espiguette (Le Grau-du-Roi) (84 km), Port Camargue (Plage Sud) (86 km). If the wind is wrong at Marignane (Le Jaï), one of these is often safe to ride.

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Marignane (Le Jaï)

NO-GO

19knSSEgusts to 27 kn

Offshore wind. You'll be blown out to sea.

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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	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	Marginal	Marginal	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	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
Wind	1927	1626	1422	1119	1216	1116	1217	1320	1219	1117	916	1115	1318	1319	1522	1222	1727	2027	1927	1926	1526	1723	1523	1422	1521	1422	1319	1419	1320	1218	1118	1218	1017	1115	1117	1319	817	2026	1230	1127	516	58	711	611	19	33	1016	1116	1016	714	511	26	23	24	34	34	24	24	34	24	24	34	35	45	35	35	35	57	57	710	610	511	411	411	510	69	58	57	46	47	57	58	58	58	58	59	59	610	712	914	1116	1218	1319	1319	1319	1218	1117	915	712	59	48	46	45	45	46	57	47	46	36	46	46	57	1014	1014	1015	1015	1116	1217	1218	1218	1118	1117	1016	915	813	712	610	59	58	57	57	58	58	58	57	57	47	47	36	36	37	47	58	610	710	710	610	69	69	69	59
Sky	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	partly cloudy	cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	cloudy	partly cloudy	cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	showers	cloudy	showers	showers	showers	showers	showers	thunderstorm	thunderstorm	rain	rain	rain	showers	rain	rain	rain	rain	rain	rain	rain	rain	rain	rain	rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain	rain	rain	rain	rain	rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	clear night	clear night	clear night	clear night	clear night	sunny	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	sunny	sunny	sunny	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	clear night	clear night	clear night
	individual models per hour, tap to collapse
AROME	19	16	14	11	12	11	12	13	12	11	9	11	13	13	15	12	17	20	19	19	15	17	15	14	15	14	13	14	13	12	11	12	10	11	11	13	8	20	12	11	5	5	7	6	1	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
ICON	17	16	14	12	10	9	6	6	6	7	6	6	7	7	8	8	9	11	14	17	18	18	16	17	14	9	8	6	6	6	7	8	7	6	7	8	8	7	8	14	6	15	18	15	13	10	10	11	10	7	5	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	3	3	4	3	3	3	5	5	7	6	5	4	4	5	6	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	7	9	11	12	13	13	13	12	11	9	7	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
GFS	18	18	17	17	16	16	15	13	14	14	15	15	14	11	11	12	12	13	14	14	14	13	11	12	12	13	13	11	10	7	6	5	6	6	5	5	6	7	8	7	3	1	1	4	7	7	4	5	5	5	6	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	4	5	5	5	4	4	3	2	1	3	5	6	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	3	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	6	6	12	13	17	18	15	14	12	11	7	3	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	5	5	5	4	4	6	8	10	12	12	13	13	12	12	11	9	8	7	6	5	4	4	3	2	1	1	2	5	6	6	5	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Direction	SSE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	E	NE	ESE	SE	SE	E	NE	ENE	ESE	NE	NNW	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	NE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	NNW	WNW	W	W	W	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W
Kite	9m	12m	12m	–	12m	–	12m	12m	12m	–	–	–	12m	12m	12m	12m	12m	9m	9m	9m	12m	12m	12m	12m	12m	12m	12m	12m	12m	12m	–	12m	–	–	–	12m	–	9m	12m	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	12m	12m	12m	12m	12m	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	12m	12m	12m	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Waves	1.22	1.2	1.18	1.16	1.14	1.12	1.1	1.1	1.08	1.08	1.1	1.14	1.16	1.16	1.18	1.18	1.18	1.18	1.18	1.18	1.16	1.16	1.16	1.16	1.16	1.14	1.12	1.1	1.06	1.02	0.98	0.94	0.92	0.88	0.88	0.9	0.9	0.88	0.88	0.86	0.84	0.84	0.82	0.82	0.82	0.82	0.8	0.78	0.76	0.72	0.7	0.66	0.64	0.6	0.58	0.56	0.54	0.52	0.5	0.48	0.46	0.44	0.44	0.42	0.42	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.38	0.38	0.38	0.38	0.38	0.4	0.4	0.42	0.42	0.4	0.4	0.38	0.36	0.34	0.32	0.32	0.3	0.32	0.32	0.34	0.34	0.36	0.36	0.38	0.38	0.4	0.4	0.42	0.42	0.42	0.42	0.42	0.4	0.4	0.38	0.38	0.4	0.4	0.42	0.44	0.46	0.5	0.52	0.56	0.58	0.62	0.64	0.64	0.66	0.66	0.66	0.68	0.68	0.68	0.66	0.66	0.66	0.64	0.64	0.64	0.62	0.62	0.62	0.62	0.62	0.62	0.62	0.62	0.62	0.62	0.62	0.62	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.58	0.58	0.58	0.58	0.58	0.58	0.56	0.56
Current	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	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	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	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	slack
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Kitesurfing, wing foiling and foiling at Marignane (Le Jaï)

From 1 July to 31 August, zone C is reserved for kite and the rest of the beach is divided into fixed swimming and transit zones. Outside kite zones and kite lanes, a 5-knot speed limit applies within 300 m of the shoreline. Source: AM Marignane 26P038.

Wind directions & safety

The open water at Marignane (Le Jaï) faces NW (312°). The safest wind directions to get on the water here are north, west and northwest (onshore or cross-onshore). With the wind from the northeast, east, south and southwest, it runs cross to cross-offshore: doable, but mind your position and don't go alone. With the wind from the southeast, 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 Marignane (Le Jaï), plus your ideal kite or wing size, nearby parking and (where available) a live beach webcam. Wind data: AROME and HARMONIE via Open-Meteo.

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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	1927	1626	1422	1119	1216	1116	1217	1320	1219	1117	916	1115	1318	1319	1522	1222	1727	2027	1927	1926	1526	1723	1523	1422	1521	1422	1319	1419	1320	1218	1118	1218	1017	1115	1117	1319	817	2026	1230	1127	516	58	711	611	19	33	1016	1116	1016	714	511	26	23	24	34	34	24	24	34	24	24	34	35
Sky	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	partly cloudy	cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	cloudy	partly cloudy	cloudy	partly cloudy	partly cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	showers	cloudy	showers	showers	showers	showers	showers	thunderstorm	thunderstorm	rain	rain	rain	showers	rain	rain	rain	rain	rain	rain	rain	rain	rain	rain	rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
	individual models per hour, tap to collapse
AROME	19	16	14	11	12	11	12	13	12	11	9	11	13	13	15	12	17	20	19	19	15	17	15	14	15	14	13	14	13	12	11	12	10	11	11	13	8	20	12	11	5	5	7	6	1	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
ICON	17	16	14	12	10	9	6	6	6	7	6	6	7	7	8	8	9	11	14	17	18	18	16	17	14	9	8	6	6	6	7	8	7	6	7	8	8	7	8	14	6	15	18	15	13	10	10	11	10	7	5	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	3	3
GFS	18	18	17	17	16	16	15	13	14	14	15	15	14	11	11	12	12	13	14	14	14	13	11	12	12	13	13	11	10	7	6	5	6	6	5	5	6	7	8	7	3	1	1	4	7	7	4	5	5	5	6	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	4	5	5	5
Direction	SSE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	E	NE	ESE	SE	SE	E	NE	ENE	ESE	NE	NNW	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	NE
Kite	9m	12m	12m	–	12m	–	12m	12m	12m	–	–	–	12m	12m	12m	12m	12m	9m	9m	9m	12m	12m	12m	12m	12m	12m	12m	12m	12m	12m	–	12m	–	–	–	12m	–	9m	12m	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Waves	1.22	1.2	1.18	1.16	1.14	1.12	1.1	1.1	1.08	1.08	1.1	1.14	1.16	1.16	1.18	1.18	1.18	1.18	1.18	1.18	1.16	1.16	1.16	1.16	1.16	1.14	1.12	1.1	1.06	1.02	0.98	0.94	0.92	0.88	0.88	0.9	0.9	0.88	0.88	0.86	0.84	0.84	0.82	0.82	0.82	0.82	0.8	0.78	0.76	0.72	0.7	0.66	0.64	0.6	0.58	0.56	0.54	0.52	0.5	0.48	0.46	0.44	0.44
Current	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	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	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
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2026

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1127

516

711

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1016

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714

511

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610

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411

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914

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SSE

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Kite

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Waves

1.22

1.2

1.18

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1.14

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1.1

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1.14

1.16

1.18

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1.06

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0.98

0.94

0.92

0.88

0.9

0.88

0.86

0.84

0.82

0.8

0.78

0.76

0.72

0.7

0.66

0.64

0.6

0.58

0.56

0.54

0.52

0.5

0.48

0.46

0.44

0.42

0.4

0.38

0.4

0.42

0.4

0.38

0.36

0.34

0.32

0.3

0.32

0.34

0.36

0.38

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0.42

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0.38

0.4

0.42

0.44

0.46

0.5

0.52

0.56

0.58

0.62

0.64

0.66

0.68

0.66

0.64

0.62

0.6

0.58

0.56

Current

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0.3

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Kitesurfing, wing foiling and foiling at Marignane (Le Jaï)

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Marignane (Le Jaï)

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