Checking the wind…
French Atlantic coast
Too little wind to ride.
Water 13 °C · 3/2 or 4/3 wetsuit
Best chance this week: tomorrow 8-19h, up to 31 kn.
Cross-offshore wind. Only with rescue or experience.
Current with the wind: harder to stay upwind.
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| AROME | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 21 | 17 | 17 | 27 | 23 | 27 | 21 | 14 | 23 | 24 | 26 | 28 | 31 | 31 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 25 | 23 | 21 | 24 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| ICON | 8 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 23 | 26 | 25 | 23 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 22 | 25 | 23 | 24 | 26 | 27 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| GFS | 12 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 27 | 26 | 28 | 29 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 22 | 26 | 31 | 32 | 30 | 27 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 21 | 21 | 23 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 25 | 26 | 31 | 31 | 34 | 34 | 27 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 21 | 22 | 26 | 26 | 30 | 33 | 38 | 32 | 28 | 27 | 29 | 28 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 |
| Direction | E | ESE | SE | S | S | SSE | SSE | SSE | SW | WSW | SW | WSW | SW | SSW | SSW | S | SSW | SW | SW | SW | SSW | SW | SW | SW | SSW | WSW | SW | WSW | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | WSW | SW | SSW | SSW | S | S | S | SSW | SSW | SSW | SSW | SSW | SSW | SSW | SSW | SSW | SSW | SSW | SSW | SW | SW | SW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | SW | SW | SW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | WSW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | SW | WSW | WSW | WSW | W | W | WNW | WNW | NW | NW | NW | NNW | NNW | NNW | NNW | N | N | N | N | N | N | NNE | ENE | E | E | ESE | ESE | ESE | SE | SE | SE | SSE | SSE | SSE | SSE | SSE | S | SSW | SW | SW | WSW |
| Kite | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12m | – | 12m | 12m | 12m | 9m | 12m | 12m | 7m | 9m | 7m | 9m | 12m | 9m | 9m | 7m | 7m | 7m | 7m | 7m | 7m | 9m | 7m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | – | – | – | – | – | 12m | 12m | 12m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 7m | 7m | 7m | 7m | 7m | 9m | 9m | 7m | 9m | 9m | 7m | 7m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 12m | 12m | 9m | 9m | 9m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 9m | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12m | 12m | 12m | 12m | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Waves | 0.588s | 0.568s | 0.549s | 0.59s | 0.4810s | 0.4810s | 0.4610s | 0.4610s | 0.4810s | 0.529s | 0.548s | 0.587s | 0.627s | 0.666s | 0.726s | 0.85s | 0.865s | 0.985s | 1.085s | 1.25s | 1.525s | 1.826s | 2.146s | 2.226s | 2.37s | 2.387s | 2.627s | 2.887s | 3.127s | 3.068s | 2.988s | 2.928s | 2.868s | 2.788s | 2.728s | 2.78s | 2.688s | 2.668s | 2.628s | 2.588s | 2.548s | 2.468s | 2.389s | 2.39s | 2.229s | 2.149s | 2.068s | 28s | 1.928s | 1.868s | 1.848s | 1.848s | 1.827s | 1.887s | 1.967s | 2.027s | 2.127s | 2.27s | 2.37s | 2.447s | 2.587s | 2.727s | 2.767s | 2.88s | 2.848s | 2.98s | 2.988s | 3.049s | 3.089s | 3.19s | 3.149s | 3.169s | 3.169s | 3.189s | 3.39s | 3.429s | 3.549s | 3.549s | 3.529s | 3.529s | 3.510s | 3.4610s | 3.4410s | 3.4810s | 3.5210s | 3.5610s | 3.5410s | 3.510s | 3.4810s | 3.5211s | 3.5411s | 3.5811s | 3.6611s | 3.7612s | 3.8412s | 3.9412s | 4.0213s | 4.1213s | 4.213s | 4.2613s | 4.3413s | 4.413s | 4.4613s | 4.5213s | 4.5613s | 4.613s | 4.6413s | 4.6813s | 4.7413s | 4.7813s | 4.8213s | 4.8813s | 4.9213s | 4.9213s | 4.9213s | 4.9213s | 4.9613s | 513s | 5.0413s | 5.0413s | 5.0413s | 5.0413s | 513s | 4.9413s | 4.913s | 4.913s | 4.9213s | 4.9213s | 4.8813s | 4.8613s | 4.8213s | 4.7213s | 4.6213s | 4.5213s | 4.412s | 4.312s | 4.1812s | 412s | 3.812s | 3.6212s | 3.512s | 3.3612s | 3.2412s | 3.1412s | 3.0211s | 2.9211s | 2.8211s | 2.7211s | 2.6211s | 2.5211s | 2.4411s | 2.3411s | 2.2610s | 2.1810s | 2.110s | 2.0410s |
| Current | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | slack | slack | 0.3 | 0.3 | slack | slack | slack | slack | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | slack | slack | slack | slack | slack | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | slack | slack | slack | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | slack | slack | slack | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | slack | slack | slack | slack | slack | slack | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | slack | slack | slack | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
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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.
La Davière is the wild beach of Saint-Jean-de-Monts on the Notre-Dame-de-Monts side, and according to the tourist office you get there along a road through the forest and come out on fine sand. Once the buoys are laid in June, you kite here in a 500-metre zone, from sunrise to 7 pm and until the last Saturday of August. The beach faces south-west, so south-south-west to west-south-west is onshore and south and west come in side-on, while north-west and south-east blow along the beach, north and east are side-off and Windulu gives a no-go when the wind comes from the north-east. The Le Perrier weather station is almost nine kilometres inland, so read the live data as an indication.
Kiting is allowed in the 500 m kite zone at La Davière (and the 250 m zone at Pont d'Yeu) from sunrise to 7 pm, while the summer buoys are in place, until the last Saturday of August. Outside those zones, a 5-knot speed limit applies within 300 m. Source: Saint-Jean-de-Monts arrêté 2026_477A, préfet maritime 2021/081.
The open water at Saint-Jean-de-Monts (La Davière) faces SW (219°). 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).