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Today at Plage de l'Almanarre: Excellent for wing foiling — 87/100 for expert level. Wind 21 kn E · Waves 2.1 m, 6 s · Tide -0.5 to -0.4 m. Best window around 04:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Plage de l'Almanarre: 1.8m waves with very strong offshore wind. Wing Foiling looks Excellent in the morning, with Windsurfing also worth considering. Water temperature is 22°C / 72°F.
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Plage de l'Almanarre faces W, open to the prevailing westerlies, so the wind arrives off the water rather than filtered through the land — the clean, steady flow wing foiling wants, and the reason gusts here are sea breezes rather than land turbulence.
Today's wind is offshore at 21 kn. Offshore is the one to be careful with for wing foiling — a failure blows you away from the beach, so it is a spot for a safety boat or a change of plan rather than a solo session.
Over the published window Plage de l'Almanarre clears 60/100 for wing foiling at Intermediate, Advanced, Expert levels — that is who this spot is for on this sport. Today, 0 of 11 daylight hours clear that line at Intermediate.
Among the 29 scored spots within reach today, Plage de l'Almanarre ranks 16th for wing foiling. 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 long, narrow, fine-sand beach on a peninsula's western tombolo, a premier kitesurf and windsurf destination with over 250 wind days a year, within a Natura 2000 zone with protected seagrass and a flamingo reserve. Onshore Mistral wind brings chop and small waves; offshore Levant wind gives flat, mirror-like water. Kitesurfing is restricted to a marked zone; navigation within 300 m of shore is banned. Lifeguards cover it daily 10:00–19:00, July–August.
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Wind at Plage de l'Almanarre today: 21 kn E (gusting 34 kn). Wind direction relative to the shore affects wing foiling 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 l'Almanarre today: 2.1 m, 6 s period from SW, mushy 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 wing foiling at Plage de l'Almanarre today is around 00:00 UTC, when conditions score 76/100 for intermediate level. Conditions can shift by the hour — the 4Shor app shows the full 24-hour score chart.
For beginners, Plage de l'Almanarre scores 50/100 today for kite foiling — 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 de l'Almanarre 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 l'Almanarre is a coastal location near La Capte 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 l'Almanarre, 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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