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Today at Plage du Rayolet: Good for canoeing — 72/100 for expert level. Wind 13 kn E · Tide -0.5 to -0.4 m. Best window around 00:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Plage du Rayolet: 1.3m waves with strong offshore wind. Kite Foiling looks Excellent in the morning, with Wing Foiling also worth considering. Water temperature is 22°C / 72°F.
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Plage du Rayolet faces W, open to the prevailing swell and wind. For canoeing that is the hard direction: expect the surface to be workable only when the forecast genuinely drops, not on an average day.
Today's wind is offshore at 13 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 du Rayolet clears 60/100 for canoeing at Advanced, Expert levels — that is who this spot is for on this sport. Today, 0 of 11 daylight hours clear that line at Intermediate.
Among the 30 scored spots within reach today, Plage du Rayolet ranks 21st 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 narrow, west-facing sandy cove protected by two rocky promontories, historically around 400 m long but now much reduced by erosion. The bottom slopes gently with some gravel zones and no surf break, giving calm, flat water suited to swimming and gentle paddling rather than wave or wind sports. Access is difficult, requiring a walk from the neighbourhood edge. A municipal lifeguard post opens from 15 June through summer.
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Wind at Plage du Rayolet today: 13 kn E (gusting 34 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 du Rayolet today: 1.8 m, 5 s period from S, 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 du Rayolet today is around 04:00 UTC, when conditions score 51/100 for intermediate level. Conditions can shift by the hour — the 4Shor app shows the full 24-hour score chart.
For beginners, Plage du Rayolet scores 47/100 today for kite surfing — Okay. 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 du Rayolet 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 du Rayolet is a coastal location near Le Brusc 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 du Rayolet, 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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