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Today at Plage du Vahidy: Epic! for kite foiling — 91/100 for expert level. Wind 7 kn E · Waves 0.2 m, 12 s · Tide -1.1 to 0.2 m. Best window around 20:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Plage du Vahidy: flat with light onshore wind. Windsurfing looks Epic! in the morning, with Kite Foiling also worth considering. Water temperature is 16°C / 60°F.
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Plage du Vahidy faces E, 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 onshore at 7 kn. Onshore is the safest direction for kite foiling here — anything that goes wrong drifts you back to the beach — at the cost of a choppier surface.
Over the published window Plage du Vahidy 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, 10 of 10 daylight hours clear that line at Intermediate.
Among the 28 scored spots within reach today, Plage du Vahidy ranks 4th 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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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.
This small, wild, dune-backed sandy beach lies on the sheltered east side of the Quiberon peninsula, within the Baie de Quiberon, shielded from Atlantic swell and westerly winds, favouring flat, calm water over surf. The seabed turns rocky at low tide, so entry is easier at mid-to-high tide. Nautical sports, kitesurfing, scuba diving and paddleboarding are practised here. It is generally unsupervised, and dogs are allowed; nudism occurs.
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Wind at Plage du Vahidy today: 7 kn E (gusting 19 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 du Vahidy today: 0.2 m, 12 s period from SE, 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 kite foiling at Plage du Vahidy today is around 20:00 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 du Vahidy scores 96/100 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 du Vahidy 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 Vahidy is a coastal location near Saint-Julien 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 Vahidy, 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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