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Today at Plage Caouanne: Good for canoeing — 74/100 for expert level. Wind 13 kn SE · Tide -0.5 to -0.3 m. Best window around 21:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Plage Caouanne: 2.0m waves with strong onshore wind. Wing Foiling looks Epic! in the morning, with Paddleboarding also worth considering. Water temperature is 22°C / 72°F.
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Plage Caouanne faces SE, tucked away from the prevailing westerly swell — the aspect that gives canoeing the flat, sheltered water it needs more often than an exposed coast would.
Today's wind is onshore at 13 kn. At that strength expect a textured surface for canoeing, and the shelter of the bay to matter more than the forecast number.
Over the published window Plage Caouanne clears 60/100 for canoeing at every ability from Beginner to Expert — an unusually broad spot, which normally means a range of conditions rather than one narrow sweet spot. Today, 0 of 11 daylight hours clear that line at Intermediate.
Among the 31 scored spots within reach today, Plage Caouanne ranks 4th for canoeing. The order changes by discipline: the same conditions that put a spot top for one sport can drop it down the list for another.
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 calm, flat-water, 1.5 km fine-sand beach facing southeast onto a sheltered gulf, with minimal swell and mostly wind chop, suiting swimming and paddleboarding over surf or wind sports. Kitesurfing and windsurfing are not permitted here; the nearest kite zone is further along the coast at a river mouth. Motorised craft, mooring and diving are restricted within 300 m of shore. Dogs allowed except on private sections. Lifeguards on duty daily through summer.
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Wind at Plage Caouanne today: 13 kn SE (gusting 35 kn). Wind direction relative to the shore affects canoeing conditions significantly — offshore winds produce cleaner, glassier surfaces while onshore winds add chop. These are daily averages; the 4Shor app shows hourly detail.
Waves at Plage Caouanne today: 2.1 m, 5 s period from SE, mushy character. 4Shor derives nearshore wave conditions from ECMWF IFS 9-km atmospheric data and the IBI regional ocean model, updated hourly.
For beginners, Plage Caouanne scores 20/100 today for wing foiling — Don't Bother. 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 Caouanne is scored for Surfing, Wing 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 Caouanne is a coastal location near Fréjus 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 Caouanne, 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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