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Today at Grande Plage De Tharon: Good for kite surfing — 74/100 for beginner level. Wind 8 kn NE · Waves 0.2 m, 13 s · Tide -1.2 to 0.2 m. Best window around 15:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Grande Plage De Tharon: flat with moderate offshore wind. Kite Foiling looks Epic! in the midday, with E-Foiling also worth considering. Water temperature is 17°C / 62°F.
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Grande Plage De Tharon faces W, open to the prevailing westerlies, so the wind arrives off the water rather than filtered through the land — the clean, steady flow kite surfing wants, and the reason gusts here are sea breezes rather than land turbulence.
Today's wind is cross-offshore at 8 kn. Leaning offshore, so a failure drifts you away from the beach rather than back to it — rideable for kite surfing, but not the direction to push your luck in.
Over the published window Grande Plage De Tharon clears 60/100 for kite surfing 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, 7 of 10 daylight hours clear that line at Intermediate.
Among the 31 scored spots within reach today, Grande Plage De Tharon ranks 7th for kite surfing. 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 well-organised, Blue Flag sandy beach around 1 km long near Saint-Michel-Chef-Chef, divided into zones: a supervised family bathing area, a northern watersports zone for sailing, kitesurfing, SUP and kayaking, and a southern fishing area. The WNW-facing beach break has a moderate Atlantic swell over mostly sandy ground with some rocky sections. Tidal range exceeds 3 m, and the beach is widest at low tide. Lifeguard cover operates in July and August.
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Wind at Grande Plage De Tharon today: 8 kn NE (gusting 15 kn). Wind direction relative to the shore affects kite surfing 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 Grande Plage De Tharon today: 0.2 m, 13 s period from NE, surging 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 surfing at Grande Plage De Tharon today is around 15:00 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, Grande Plage De Tharon scores 82/100 today for kite foiling — Excellent. 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.
Grande Plage De Tharon 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.
Grande Plage De Tharon is a coastal location near Tharon Plage 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 Grande Plage De Tharon, 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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