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Today at Plage de Saint-Estève: Epic! for kite foiling — 95/100 for expert level. Wind 19 kn E · Waves 1.9 m, 1 s · Tide -0.5 to -0.3 m. Best window around 05:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Plage de Saint-Estève: 1.8m waves with strong onshore wind. Wing Foiling looks Epic! in the late morning, with Kite Foiling also worth considering. Water temperature is 22°C / 72°F.
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Plage de Saint-Estève faces SE, so the prevailing westerly comes over the land before it reaches you. For kite foiling that usually means a gustier, less predictable flow than the raw wind speed suggests.
Today's wind is cross-onshore at 19 kn. Leaning onshore, which is the forgiving side for kite foiling: you can hold a line along the beach and anything that goes wrong still drifts you in.
Over the published window Plage de Saint-Estève clears 60/100 for kite foiling 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 29 scored spots within reach today, Plage de Saint-Estève ranks 3rd for kite 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 sheltered calanque cove on a Mediterranean island, reached only by ferry, protected from open-sea swell and the Mistral. The seabed is mixed sand and pebble, shallow with a gentle gradient. A seasonal snorkel trail with buoyed markers reaches 5 m over Posidonia seagrass meadows. Jet skis and motorised towing are banned park-wide, with a 5-knot limit within 300 m of shore. Lifeguards are on duty 10:00-18:00, June-September; tides are negligible.
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Wind at Plage de Saint-Estève today: 19 kn E (gusting 38 kn). Wind direction relative to the shore affects kite 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 de Saint-Estève today: 1.9 m, 1 s period from E, crumbling 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 kite foiling at Plage de Saint-Estève today is around 01:00 UTC, when conditions score 91/100 for intermediate level. Conditions can shift by the hour — the 4Shor app shows the full 24-hour score chart.
For beginners, Plage de Saint-Estève scores 61/100 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 de Saint-Estève is scored for Surfing, Windsurfing, Kite Surfing, Kite Foiling, Wing 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 Saint-Estève is a coastal location near Marseille 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 Saint-Estève, 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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