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Today at Plage de la Cible: Good for swimming — 77/100 for expert level. Wind 8 kn W · Tide -1.3 to 0.4 m. Best window around 09:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Plage de la Cible: 0.4m waves with light offshore wind. Kite Foiling looks Epic! in the midday, with Wing Foiling also worth considering. Water temperature is 18°C / 64°F.
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Plage de la Cible faces NE, tucked away from the prevailing westerly swell — the aspect that gives swimming the flat, sheltered water it needs more often than an exposed coast would.
Today's wind is cross-offshore at 8 kn. Light enough that the surface should stay workable for swimming.
Over the published window Plage de la Cible clears 60/100 for swimming at Intermediate, Advanced, Expert levels — that is who this spot is for on this sport. Today, 5 of 10 daylight hours clear that line at Intermediate.
Among the 31 scored spots within reach today, Plage de la Cible ranks 11th 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 short, sheltered town beach beside a historic citadel, facing northeast into the calm inner channel of the island. The sand-and-pebble shoreline suits swimming, sailing, and beginner kitesurfing via an on-site school, with a pontoon for launching; water shoes are recommended given the pebbly waterline. Dogs are not allowed. SNSM lifeguards patrol daily 10:00-18:00 from 1 July to 31 August; outside that window there is no cover. Not a surf destination.
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Wind at Plage de la Cible today: 8 kn W (gusting 27 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 Plage de la Cible today: 0.4 m, 10 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 swimming at Plage de la Cible today is around 01:00 UTC, when conditions score 73/100 for intermediate level. Conditions can shift by the hour — the 4Shor app shows the full 24-hour score chart.
For beginners, Plage de la Cible scores 73/100 today for kite foiling — 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.
Plage de la Cible 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 de la Cible is a coastal location near Ancien Fort 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 de la Cible, 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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