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Today at Plage de Wissant: Okay for kite surfing — 57/100 for beginner level. Wind 7 kn E · Waves 1.3 m, 7 s · Tide -2.1 to 0.9 m. Best window around 20:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Plage de Wissant: 0.8m waves with light offshore wind. Kite Foiling looks Epic! in the late morning, with E-Foiling also worth considering. Water temperature is 16°C / 62°F.
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Plage de Wissant faces NW, 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 7 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 Plage de Wissant clears 60/100 for kite surfing at Intermediate, Advanced, Expert levels — that is who this spot is for on this sport. Today, 1 of 10 daylight hours clear that line at Intermediate.
Among the 30 scored spots within reach today, Plage de Wissant ranks 13th 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 wide, NW-facing sandy beach between two chalk headlands, an exposed beach break with sandbanks giving lefts and rights. Cape-amplified winds and a large tidal range (to 7.6 m) shape a noted kite/windsurf spot; strong rips and high-tide compression demand caution. From 1 July-31 August kiting is banned in the buoyed swim zone; a kite zone lies north of it. A part-submerged wreck sits near the boundary at mid-tide. Lifeguards staff a summer rescue post.
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Wind at Plage de Wissant today: 7 kn E (gusting 22 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 Wissant today: 1.3 m, 7 s period from SW, 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 Wissant today is around 23:00 UTC, when conditions score 81/100 for intermediate level. Conditions can shift by the hour — the 4Shor app shows the full 24-hour score chart.
For beginners, Plage de Wissant scores 81/100 today for surfing — 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.
Plage de Wissant 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 Wissant is a coastal location near Wissant 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 Wissant, 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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