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Today at Plage de la Croisette: Excellent for kite surfing — 84/100 for advanced level. Wind 11 kn SE · Waves 2.3 m, 6 s · Tide -0.5 to -0.3 m. Best window around 01:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Plage de la Croisette: 2.3m waves with moderate onshore wind. Kite Foiling looks Epic! in the late morning, with Wing Foiling also worth considering. Water temperature is 22°C / 72°F.
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Plage de la Croisette 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 onshore at 11 kn. Onshore is the safest direction for kite surfing here — anything that goes wrong drifts you back to the beach — at the cost of a choppier surface.
Over the published window Plage de la Croisette 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, 2 of 11 daylight hours clear that line at Intermediate.
Among the 30 scored spots within reach today, Plage de la Croisette 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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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 busy, mixed sand-and-pebble town beach on a sheltered shore of the Gulf of Saint-Tropez, with pebbles toward the town centre and some concrete infrastructure. The Gulf here has minimal swell, giving calm water for swimming and paddling rather than surf; kite and windsurf spots are designated elsewhere in town, not here. Dogs are banned 1 June-30 September. Lifeguards supervise late June-end August, and a nautical brigade patrols the coastal zone.
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Wind at Plage de la Croisette today: 11 kn SE (gusting 39 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 la Croisette today: 2.3 m, 6 s period from S, mushy 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 la Croisette today is around 00:00 UTC, when conditions score 67/100 for intermediate level. Conditions can shift by the hour — the 4Shor app shows the full 24-hour score chart.
For beginners, Plage de la Croisette scores 20/100 today for windsurfing — Don't Bother. 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 la Croisette 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 la Croisette is a coastal location near Sainte-Maxime 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 la Croisette, 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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