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Today at Plage de l'Étang: Okay for kite surfing — 59/100 for beginner level. Wind 7 kn NE · Waves 0.5 m, 13 s · Tide -1.2 to 0.2 m. Best window around 08:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Plage de l'Étang: 0.3m waves with light offshore wind. Kite Foiling looks Excellent in the midday, with E-Foiling also worth considering. Water temperature is 17°C / 62°F.
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Plage de l'Étang faces SW, 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 offshore at 7 kn. Offshore is the one to be careful with for kite surfing — a failure blows you away from the beach, so it is a spot for a safety boat or a change of plan rather than a solo session.
Over the published window Plage de l'Étang 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, 0 of 10 daylight hours clear that line at Intermediate.
Among the 31 scored spots within reach today, Plage de l'Étang ranks 28th 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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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 wild, secluded beach about 150 m long near Pornic, made up of small sandy-pebble coves off the Sentier des Douaniers, in a Conservatoire du Littoral zone. Mixed sand, rock and pebble bottom, WSW-facing, open to Atlantic swell; a surf, kitesurf and diving spot, also suiting calm-water activities. At high tide the beach reduces sharply and depth increases fast. Lifeguard cover 4 Jul–30 Aug, 11:00–13:00 and 14:00–19:00, main cove only. Dogs banned Jul–Aug.
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Wind at Plage de l'Étang today: 7 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 Plage de l'Étang today: 0.5 m, 13 s period from N, 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 de l'Étang today is around 12:00 UTC, when conditions score 59/100 for intermediate level. Conditions can shift by the hour — the 4Shor app shows the full 24-hour score chart.
For beginners, Plage de l'Étang scores 71/100 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 l'Étang 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 l'Étang is a coastal location near Les Fontenis 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 l'Étang, 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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