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Today at Plage Royan: Excellent for e-foiling — 86/100 for expert level. Wind 5 kn NE · Tide -1.1 to 0.3 m. Best window around 03:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Plage Royan: flat with light offshore wind. E-Foiling looks Excellent in the afternoon, with Paddleboarding also worth considering. Water temperature is 18°C / 64°F.
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Satellite-derived bathymetry with 10 m pixels and 10 cm vertical resolution out to ~40 m depth. The shape of the seabed is what determines where and how waves break.
Most apps run a single global model at 9–25 km. We blend regional NWP from national meteorological offices at 1.3–2 km — UK Met Office UKV, Météo-France AROME HD, ItaliaMeteo ICON-2I — with ECMWF IFS for the 8-day horizon. Finer resolution means the sea breeze, cliff funnelling and bay shadowing that changes everything for a session.
A nearshore wave model propagates the spectrum across the bathymetric mesh — modelling refraction, shoaling, dissipation, focusing and breaking as it goes. Most apps stop at swell + wind. We go further.
10 sport models × 4 ability levels weight wave height, period, wind, tide and breaking conditions differently — calibrated against ridden sessions so the scores mean what they say.
A 2.6km, gently shelving, concave bay sheltered from Atlantic swell — a calm-water family and swimming beach; surfers and kiters head elsewhere. Kitesurfing is not permitted on the main beach; motorised craft are excluded from the bathing area. Animals are banned April–September, nudity is prohibited, and smoking is banned. Lifeguards supervise two sectors seasonally; the gradient exposes wide sand flats and mud at low tide, best entry mid-high tide.
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Plage Royan scores 31/100 today for surfing at intermediate level — Poor. Wind 5 kn NE · Tide -1.1 to 0.3 m. Scores are updated hourly by 4Shor ShorSense™.
Wind at Plage Royan today: 5 kn NE (gusting 11 kn). Wind direction relative to the shore affects surfing conditions significantly — offshore winds produce cleaner, glassier surfaces while onshore winds add chop. These are daily averages; the 4Shor app shows hourly detail.
For beginners, Plage Royan scores 80/100 today for kayaking — Excellent. A score of 65–79 is Good for a beginner; 80+ is Excellent (90+ is Epic!); below 45 the session is usually not worth it. 4Shor scores every location across Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced and Expert levels.
Plage Royan is scored for Surfing, Windsurfing, Wing Foiling, E-Foiling, Paddleboarding, Swimming, Kayaking, Canoeing in the 4Shor forecast system. Conditions are rated Beginner through Expert for each sport, updated every hour, so you always know whether the session is worth the drive.
Plage Royan is a coastal location near Royan in France. It is one of more than 2,500 European water-sport locations scored daily by 4Shor.
4Shor's ShorSense™ system combines satellite-derived seafloor mapping, nearshore wave models, wind and tide data to generate a hyper-local forecast. At Plage Royan, conditions are scored hourly on a 0–100 scale for each sport and ability level. A score of 80+ means Excellent (90+ Epic!); 65–79 is Good; below 45 the session is usually not worth the drive.
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