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Today at Plage de Rochanic: Good for kayaking — 77/100 for expert level. Wind 8 kn SE · Tide -1.7 to 0.9 m. Best window around 06:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Plage de Rochanic: 1.2m waves with light cross-shore wind. Kite Foiling looks Epic! in the afternoon, with E-Foiling also worth considering. Water temperature is 17°C / 63°F.
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Plage de Rochanic faces N. For kayaking how much swell and wind that aspect keeps out matters more than the open-water forecast.
Today's wind is cross-shore at 8 kn. Light enough that the surface should stay workable for kayaking.
Over the published window Plage de Rochanic clears 60/100 for kayaking at Intermediate, Advanced, Expert levels — that is who this spot is for on this sport. Today, 1 of 10 daylight hours clear that line at Intermediate.
Among the 31 scored spots within reach today, Plage de Rochanic ranks 7th for kayaking. 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 small, sheltered north-facing sandy cove backed by a nautical school, classed as flat water for windsurfing and wingfoil rather than a surf spot — sailing, kayaking, SUP and wingfoiling are the main uses. At high water the beach is fine sand, but at low tide, especially on large coefficients, it can nearly disappear, revealing a rocky shelf and mooring buoys. Supervised bathing runs July and August only; dogs are banned mid-June to mid-September.
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Wind at Plage de Rochanic today: 8 kn SE (gusting 24 kn). Wind direction relative to the shore affects kayaking 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 Rochanic today: 1.5 m, 10 s period from W, peeling 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 kayaking at Plage de Rochanic today is around 21:00 UTC, when conditions score 71/100 for intermediate level. Conditions can shift by the hour — the 4Shor app shows the full 24-hour score chart.
For beginners, Plage de Rochanic scores 72/100 today for surfing — Good. 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 Rochanic 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 Rochanic is a coastal location near Port Blanc 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 Rochanic, 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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