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Today at Plage du Corton: Excellent for wing foiling — 80/100 for advanced level. Wind 6 kn SE · Waves 2.3 m, 5 s · Tide -0.4 to -0.2 m. Best window around 01:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Plage du Corton: 2.1m waves with light cross-shore wind. Paddleboarding looks Good in the afternoon, with Kayaking also worth considering. Water temperature is 22°C / 72°F.
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Plage du Corton faces SW, 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 cross-shore at 6 kn. Straight cross-shore is the classic wing foiling direction: it lets you hold a line along the beach rather than fighting to get back to it.
Over the published window Plage du Corton clears 60/100 for wing foiling at 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 30 scored spots within reach today, Plage du Corton ranks 25th 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.
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A small, quiet pebble-and-rock cove beneath cliffs, with a rocky-plateau seabed and calm, clear water good for snorkelling, swimming, kayaking and paddleboarding rather than surf. It falls within the Calanques National Park, where jet skis and motorised towing are banned and vessels are limited to 5 knots within 300 m of shore. Unsupervised, with no lifeguard post. Entry is via a stone jetty; most exposed to southeast swell. Tides are negligible.
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Wind at Plage du Corton today: 6 kn SE (gusting 33 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 du Corton today: 2.3 m, 5 s period from SE, mushy character. 4Shor derives nearshore wave conditions from ECMWF IFS 9-km atmospheric data and the IBI regional ocean model, updated hourly.
For beginners, Plage du Corton scores 20/100 today for windsurfing — Don't Bother. 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 Corton is scored for Surfing, Windsurfing, Kite Surfing, Kite Foiling, Wing 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 Corton is a coastal location near Cassis 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 Corton, 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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