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Today at plage des Libraires: Epic! for surfing — 96/100 for beginner level. Wind 6 kn NE · Waves 0.7 m, 13 s · Tide -1.2 to 0.2 m. Best window around 23:00 UTC. Today's conditions at plage des Libraires: 0.4m waves with light offshore wind. Kite Foiling looks Excellent in the midday, with E-Foiling also worth considering. Water temperature is 16°C / 61°F.
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plage des Libraires faces SW, 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 offshore at 6 kn. That is the direction you want for surfing — it holds the face up and clean instead of crumbling it.
Over the published window plage des Libraires clears 60/100 for surfing at Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced levels — that is who this spot is for on this sport. Today, 0 of 10 daylight hours clear that line at Intermediate.
Among the 31 scored spots within reach today, plage des Libraires ranks 2nd 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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Most apps run a single global model at 9–25 km. We blend regional NWP from national meteorological offices at 1.3–2 km — UK Met Office UKV, Météo-France AROME HD, ItaliaMeteo ICON-2I — with ECMWF IFS for the 8-day horizon. Finer resolution means the sea breeze, cliff funnelling and bay shadowing that changes everything for a session.
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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, roughly 2 km fine-sand beach on the eastern end of a large bay, facing SW into the Atlantic with a significant tidal range that exposes broad flat sand at low water and fills to a calm, shallow bay at high tide. Mostly a beach break with small, unreliable waves, suited more to flatwater kite, wing-foil and light-wind sailing than surfing. Kitesurfers use a marked channel beyond 300 m; swimmers have priority closer in.
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Wind at plage des Libraires today: 6 kn NE (gusting 15 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 plage des Libraires today: 0.7 m, 13 s period from N, 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 surfing at plage des Libraires today is around 22:00 UTC, when conditions score 67/100 for intermediate level. Conditions can shift by the hour — the 4Shor app shows the full 24-hour score chart.
For beginners, plage des Libraires scores 96/100 today for surfing — Epic!. 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 des Libraires 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 des Libraires is a coastal location near Pornichet 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 des Libraires, 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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