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Today at Plage Royan: Excellent for canoeing — 82/100 for expert level. Wind 7 kn SW · Tide -1.2 to 0.5 m. Best window around 00:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Plage Royan: flat with light onshore wind. Windsurfing looks Epic! in the midday, with Wing Foiling also worth considering. Water temperature is 17°C / 63°F.
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Plage Royan faces SW, 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 onshore at 7 kn. Light enough that the surface should stay workable for canoeing.
Over the published window Plage Royan 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, 10 of 10 daylight hours clear that line at Intermediate.
Among the 31 scored spots within reach today, Plage Royan ranks 5th 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 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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Wind at Plage Royan today: 7 kn SW (gusting 17 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 Royan today: 0.1 m, 12 s period from NW, flat 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 Royan today is around 02:00 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 Royan scores 97/100 today for windsurfing — 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 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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