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Today at Le Verdon-sur-Mer Cove: Excellent for surfing — 89/100 for beginner level. Wind 7 kn W · Waves 0.7 m, 15 s · Tide -1.2 to 0.4 m. Best window around 20:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Le Verdon-sur-Mer Cove: 0.6m waves with light onshore wind. Surfing looks Excellent in the late morning, with E-Foiling also worth considering. Water temperature is 17°C / 63°F.
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Le Verdon-sur-Mer Cove faces W, straight into the prevailing Atlantic swell window — the reason it has waves at all, and the reason it is rarely flat.
Today's wind is onshore at 7 kn. Onshore is the awkward one for surfing: it adds chop and pushes the wave over before it can stand up.
Over the published window Le Verdon-sur-Mer Cove clears 60/100 for surfing at Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced 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, Le Verdon-sur-Mer Cove ranks 12th for 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 sheltered sandy cove at the mouth of the Gironde estuary, facing WNW, with calm, wave-free flat water suited to beginner kitesurfing, paddleboarding and family bathing rather than surf. The sand bottom has no rock hazards, though tidal currents at the estuary mouth run strong; the kite spot works best two hours either side of high tide. Lifeguards supervise in season. A zone near the estuary point is closed to swimming due to dangerous currents.
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Wind at Le Verdon-sur-Mer Cove today: 7 kn W (gusting 17 kn). Wind direction relative to the shore affects 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 Le Verdon-sur-Mer Cove today: 0.7 m, 15 s period from N, crumbling 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 surfing at Le Verdon-sur-Mer Cove today is around 23:00 UTC, when conditions score 63/100 for intermediate level. Conditions can shift by the hour — the 4Shor app shows the full 24-hour score chart.
For beginners, Le Verdon-sur-Mer Cove scores 89/100 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.
Le Verdon-sur-Mer Cove 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.
Le Verdon-sur-Mer Cove is a coastal location near Le Royannais 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 Le Verdon-sur-Mer Cove, 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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