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Today at Plage du Port Meleu: Good for kite surfing — 71/100 for beginner level. Wind 7 kn NE · Waves 0.4 m, 13 s · Tide -1.2 to 0.2 m. Best window around 10:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Plage du Port Meleu: 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 du Port Meleu 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 du Port Meleu 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, 6 of 10 daylight hours clear that line at Intermediate.
Among the 31 scored spots within reach today, Plage du Port Meleu ranks 21st 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 small, sheltered cove facing south-southwest beneath a corniche, with reddish-golden sand over a mixed sand-and-rock bottom. It is a calm, flatwater setting for swimming and paddleboarding, best near high tide as the bottom deepens quickly. At low tide, rock pools and shellfish are exposed. Dogs banned 15 March-15 November; smoke-free. Blue Flag certified, with a rescue post and three lifeguards on duty daily each summer.
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Wind at Plage du Port Meleu 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 du Port Meleu today: 0.4 m, 13 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 du Port Meleu today is around 10:00 UTC, when conditions score 70/100 for intermediate level. Conditions can shift by the hour — the 4Shor app shows the full 24-hour score chart.
For beginners, Plage du Port Meleu scores 84/100 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 du Port Meleu 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 Port Meleu is a coastal location near Préfailles 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 Port Meleu, 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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