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Today at Plage de Martigues: Epic! for kite surfing — 94/100 for advanced level. Wind 19 kn SE · Waves 2.0 m, 5 s · Tide -0.6 to -0.4 m. Best window around 11:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Plage de Martigues: 1.4m waves with strong cross-shore wind. Wing Foiling looks Epic! in the late morning, with Windsurfing also worth considering. Water temperature is 21°C / 71°F.
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Plage de Martigues 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 cross-shore at 19 kn. Straight cross-shore is the classic kite surfing direction: it lets you hold a line along the beach rather than fighting to get back to it.
Over the published window Plage de Martigues 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, 9 of 11 daylight hours clear that line at Intermediate.
Among the 29 scored spots within reach today, Plage de Martigues ranks 3rd 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 small, informal, WSW-facing cove on a mixed sand-and-rock seabed, unsupervised and exposed to Mistral-driven wind-swell, with rocky, uneven substrate — aquatic footwear is advisable. Kitesurfing and aerotowed watersports are banned across this area's beaches in summer. No lifeguard post covers this cove; the nearest supervised beach is roughly 1-1.5 km away. The area's SNSM station operates 24/7 with response under 20 minutes. Tidal range is negligible.
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Wind at Plage de Martigues today: 19 kn SE (gusting 42 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 Martigues today: 2.0 m, 5 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 Martigues today is around 03:00 UTC, when conditions score 83/100 for intermediate level. Conditions can shift by the hour — the 4Shor app shows the full 24-hour score chart.
For beginners, Plage de Martigues scores 79/100 today for kite foiling — 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 Martigues 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 Martigues is a coastal location near Lotissement le Petit Mas 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 Martigues, 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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