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Today at Plage Vias: Good for windsurfing — 78/100 for advanced level. Wind 10 kn W · Waves 1.8 m, 7 s · Tide -0.5 to -0.3 m. Best window around 07:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Plage Vias: 1.5m waves with moderate cross-shore wind. Kite Foiling looks Epic! in the morning, with Wing Foiling also worth considering. Water temperature is 21°C / 69°F.
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Plage Vias faces S, and that aspect decides whether the day's wind arrives clean off the water or broken up by the land — which matters more for windsurfing than the forecast speed alone.
Today's wind is cross-shore at 10 kn. Straight cross-shore is the classic windsurfing direction: it lets you hold a line along the beach rather than fighting to get back to it.
Over the published window Plage Vias clears 60/100 for windsurfing 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, 5 of 10 daylight hours clear that line at Intermediate.
Among the 31 scored spots within reach today, Plage Vias ranks 4th for windsurfing. 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 wide, flat Mediterranean sand beach with an ultra-gentle, shelving bottom of extra-fine sand, backed by large campsite complexes. Water stays shallow well offshore, suiting family bathing, and the stretch is known for kitesurf and windsurf conditions rather than groundswell surf, with small beach-break waves possible in autumn/winter. Dogs are prohibited.
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Wind at Plage Vias today: 10 kn W (gusting 21 kn). Wind direction relative to the shore affects windsurfing 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 Vias today: 1.8 m, 7 s period from SE, 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 windsurfing at Plage Vias today is around 09:00 UTC, when conditions score 64/100 for intermediate level. Conditions can shift by the hour — the 4Shor app shows the full 24-hour score chart.
For beginners, Plage Vias scores 48/100 today for surfing — Okay. 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 Vias 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 Vias is a coastal location near Le Trou de Ragout 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 Vias, 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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