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Today at Plage d'Hidell: Good for kite surfing — 70/100 for intermediate level. Wind 5 kn S · Waves 1.3 m, 7 s · Tide -1.3 to 0.5 m. Best window around 09:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Plage d'Hidell: 1.1m waves with light onshore wind. Kite Foiling looks Excellent in the morning, with E-Foiling also worth considering. Water temperature is 15°C / 60°F.
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Plage d'Hidell faces SE, so the prevailing westerly comes over the land before it reaches you. For kite surfing that usually means a gustier, less predictable flow than the raw wind speed suggests.
Today's wind is cross-onshore at 5 kn. Leaning onshore, which is the forgiving side for kite surfing: you can hold a line along the beach and anything that goes wrong still drifts you in.
Over the published window Plage d'Hidell clears 60/100 for kite surfing at Intermediate, Advanced, Expert levels — that is who this spot is for on this sport. Today, 3 of 10 daylight hours clear that line at Intermediate.
Among the 30 scored spots within reach today, Plage d'Hidell ranks 12th 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 wild, unsupervised sandy beach on the exposed Iroise Sea coast, joining with the adjacent beach at low tide to form one broad stretch of fine sand, with views toward the Molène archipelago and Ouessant. It has no commercial facilities and no lifeguard cover. Naturism is tolerated under a municipal bylaw from April 1 to October 31, 10:00 to sunset. The tidal range is large; entry and exit are easiest around mid-to-low tide.
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Wind at Plage d'Hidell today: 5 kn S (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 Plage d'Hidell today: 1.3 m, 7 s period from NW, 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 kite surfing at Plage d'Hidell today is around 09:00 UTC, when conditions score 70/100 for intermediate level. Conditions can shift by the hour — the 4Shor app shows the full 24-hour score chart.
For beginners, Plage d'Hidell scores 75/100 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 d'Hidell 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 d'Hidell is a coastal location near Keledern 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 d'Hidell, 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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