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Today at Plage de la Roya: Excellent for canoeing — 82/100 for expert level. Wind 11 kn SE · Tide -0.5 to -0.3 m. Best window around 17:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Plage de la Roya: 0.6m waves with moderate offshore wind. Kite Foiling looks Epic! in the morning, with Wing Foiling also worth considering. Water temperature is 23°C / 74°F.
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Plage de la Roya faces N. For canoeing how much swell and wind that aspect keeps out matters more than the open-water forecast.
Today's wind is cross-offshore at 11 kn. Blowing off the land keeps the surface flatter near the beach for canoeing, but it also pushes you out — stay inside where you can comfortably get back.
Over the published window Plage de la Roya 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 de la Roya ranks 8th 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.
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A long, fine-sand beach at the head of the sheltered Gulf of Saint-Florent, facing NNE, with a gentle, shallow gradient and calm, warm water - the most visited beach in the gulf. Wind-prone conditions suit its shallow sandy area to intermediate windsurfing, kitesurfing and wingsurfing. A protected posidonia reef offshore bans boat anchoring in its zone under a 1998 decree; the beach also lies within a marine nature park. Lifeguards patrol seasonally.
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Wind at Plage de la Roya today: 11 kn SE (gusting 43 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 de la Roya today: 1.1 m, 6 s period from NW, mushy character. 4Shor derives nearshore wave conditions from ECMWF IFS 9-km atmospheric data and the IBI regional ocean model, updated hourly.
The best window for canoeing at Plage de la Roya today is around 17:00 UTC, when conditions score 82/100 for intermediate level. Conditions can shift by the hour — the 4Shor app shows the full 24-hour score chart.
For beginners, Plage de la Roya scores 92/100 today for wing foiling — Epic!. 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 de la Roya is scored for Surfing, Windsurfing, Kite Surfing, Kite Foiling, 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 de la Roya is a coastal location near Saint-Florent 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 de la Roya, 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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