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Today at Plage des Marinières: Good for e-foiling — 79/100 for expert level. Wind 11 kn E · Tide -0.5 to -0.3 m. Best window around 00:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Plage des Marinières: 1.1m waves with moderate offshore wind. Kite Foiling looks Epic! in the morning, with Wing Foiling also worth considering. Water temperature is 22°C / 72°F.
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Plage des Marinières faces SW, open to the prevailing swell and wind. For e-foiling 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 cross-offshore at 11 kn. Blowing off the land keeps the surface flatter near the beach for e-foiling, but it also pushes you out — stay inside where you can comfortably get back.
Over the published window Plage des Marinières clears 60/100 for e-foiling 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 31 scored spots within reach today, Plage des Marinières ranks 10th for e-foiling. 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 700 m arc of coarse sand and fine gravel inside a sheltered, SSW-facing bay with a sloping seabed. No surf break -- flat, calm water suits swimming, snorkelling, and paddleboarding. The bay lies within a Prefectoral Biotope Protection Order (a Marine Protected Area), and swimming and nautical activities are periodically banned here. Free access; a lifeguard post runs in July and August. Entry is gentle, and jellyfish are managed with seasonal nets.
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Wind at Plage des Marinières today: 11 kn E (gusting 38 kn). Wind direction relative to the shore affects e-foiling 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 des Marinières today: 1.4 m, 6 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 des Marinières scores 47/100 today for 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 des Marinières 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 des Marinières is a coastal location near Villefranche-sur-Mer 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 des Marinières, 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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