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Today at Conche des Baleines: Good for swimming — 76/100 for expert level. Wind 9 kn W · Tide -1.3 to 0.4 m. Best window around 01:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Conche des Baleines: 0.6m waves with moderate onshore wind. Kite Foiling looks Excellent in the midday, with Wing Foiling also worth considering. Water temperature is 17°C / 63°F.
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Conche des Baleines faces NW, open to the prevailing swell and wind. For swimming that is the hard direction: expect the surface to be workable only when the forecast genuinely drops, not on an average day.
Today's wind is cross-onshore at 9 kn. At that strength expect a textured surface for swimming, and the shelter of the bay to matter more than the forecast number.
Over the published window Conche des Baleines clears 60/100 for swimming at Intermediate, Advanced, Expert levels — that is who this spot is for on this sport. Today, 3 of 10 daylight hours clear that line at Intermediate.
Among the 31 scored spots within reach today, Conche des Baleines ranks 16th for swimming. 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 large, wild, NNW-facing Atlantic beach with a wide sandy central section and rocky ground near its northern end, open to swell and supporting kitesurfing, windsurfing, surfing, bodyboarding, sand-yachting and sailing, best surf and wind in autumn. It stays swimmable at all tide states, though the rocky north end is easier at high water. Dogs must be leashed. A supervised swimming zone runs 4 July-30 August, 11:00-19:00, with rescue and medical posts.
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Wind at Conche des Baleines today: 9 kn W (gusting 29 kn). Wind direction relative to the shore affects swimming 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 Conche des Baleines 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 swimming at Conche des Baleines 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, Conche des Baleines scores 77/100 today for surfing — Good. 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.
Conche des Baleines 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.
Conche des Baleines is a coastal location near Le Gillieux 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 Conche des Baleines, 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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