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Today at Plage du Garo: Good for kite surfing — 72/100 for intermediate level. Wind 7 kn SE · Waves 1.2 m, 10 s · Tide -1.5 to 0.8 m. Best window around 01:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Plage du Garo: 1.1m waves with light cross-shore wind. Kite Foiling looks Epic! in the midday, with E-Foiling also worth considering. Water temperature is 16°C / 62°F.
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Plage du Garo faces NE, 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-shore at 7 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 du Garo 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 31 scored spots within reach today, Plage du Garo ranks 27th 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, NNE-facing sandy cove sheltered from the wind, with rocks and pebbles exposed at lower tides and intact dunes. Used for surfing, kitesurfing, scuba diving, and sand yachting, with a stream mouth on its right side. At high tide it is a sheltered, swimmable cove; at low tide the sea retreats far, exposing rocks and sand flats and making swimming impractical. Best approached within about two hours either side of high water.
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Wind at Plage du Garo today: 7 kn SE (gusting 26 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 du Garo today: 1.2 m, 10 s period from W, 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 du Garo today is around 01:00 UTC, when conditions score 72/100 for intermediate level. Conditions can shift by the hour — the 4Shor app shows the full 24-hour score chart.
For beginners, Plage du Garo scores 56/100 today for surfing — Okay. 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 du Garo 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 du Garo is a coastal location near Brignogan-Plages 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 du Garo, 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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