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Today at Plage Océane de Carcans: Epic! for surfing — 98/100 for beginner level. Wind 4 kn E · Waves 0.7 m, 13 s · Tide -1.0 to 0.2 m. Best window around 02:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Plage Océane de Carcans: 0.6m waves with light offshore wind. Surfing looks Epic! in the morning, with E-Foiling also worth considering. Water temperature is 17°C / 63°F.
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Plage Océane de Carcans 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 offshore at 4 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 Océane de Carcans clears 60/100 for 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, 10 of 10 daylight hours clear that line at Intermediate.
Among the 31 scored spots within reach today, Plage Océane de Carcans ranks 9th 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.
Satellite-derived bathymetry with 10 m pixels and 10 cm vertical resolution out to ~40 m depth. The shape of the seabed is what determines where and how waves break.
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.
A nearshore wave model propagates the spectrum across the bathymetric mesh — modelling refraction, shoaling, dissipation, focusing and breaking as it goes. Most apps stop at swell + wind. We go further.
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 west-facing Atlantic beach break on the Médoc coast, backed by pine forest, quieter than beaches further south. The sandy break gives lefts and rights over sandbanks that shift seasonally, on west or north-west swell with offshore wind; tide has little effect on wave quality. Kitesurfing is banned on the ocean beach, restricted to the nearby lake instead; dogs banned in summer. Bathers must stay within the flagged zone. Baïne rips are the main hazard.
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Wind at Plage Océane de Carcans today: 4 kn E (gusting 12 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 Océane de Carcans today: 0.7 m, 13 s period from NW, reforming 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 Océane de Carcans today is around 00:00 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 Océane de Carcans scores 98/100 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 Océane de Carcans 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 Océane de Carcans is a coastal location near Carcans Plage 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 Océane de Carcans, 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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