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Today at Plage du Pointeau: Excellent for swimming — 82/100 for expert level. Wind 6 kn NE · Tide -1.2 to 0.2 m. Best window around 02:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Plage du Pointeau: flat with light offshore wind. Kite Foiling looks Excellent in the midday, with E-Foiling also worth considering. Water temperature is 17°C / 62°F.
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Plage du Pointeau faces W, 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-offshore at 6 kn. Light enough that the surface should stay workable for swimming.
Over the published window Plage du Pointeau clears 60/100 for swimming 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 du Pointeau is the best of them for swimming — so if you are travelling for it, this is the one.
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A wide, west-facing sandy beach at a river-mouth estuary, with a sandbank emerging at low tide forming a flatwater lagoon for kite, wingfoil and windsurf, plus a beach break with left/right waves at mid-to-high tide, best on a west-southwest swell with offshore wind. A nautical centre offers windsurf, bodyboard and paddleboard activity. Kitesurf/watersports banned mid-June to mid-September, plus weekends/holidays May-Sept; a rescue post runs July-August.
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Wind at Plage du Pointeau today: 6 kn NE (gusting 15 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 du Pointeau today: 0.2 m, 14 s period from NE, surging 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 du Pointeau today is around 00:00 UTC, when conditions score 80/100 for intermediate level. Conditions can shift by the hour — the 4Shor app shows the full 24-hour score chart.
For beginners, Plage du Pointeau scores 87/100 today for windsurfing — 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.
Plage du Pointeau 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 du Pointeau is a coastal location near Saint-Brévin l'Océan 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 du Pointeau, 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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