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La Grande Plage

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France, Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie, France
Coordinates: 46.6879, -1.9393
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Ideal wind:
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It's a good quality beach-break, working at less than 1m (3ft) and holds up to 2.5m+ (8ft+), swell direction Northwest, West, Southwest, wind Northeast, East, Southeast. Long sandy beach, gets packed in summer. St Gilles offer a South to North wind from 15 to 35 knots in autumn. Sideshore: NNW and SSE. Nice and warm in summer, no wetsuit needed. Fall to spring colder, but still ok with wetsuit. Water: Smallwave, Mediumwave. Features: Rooms, Parking. Rider ability: Beginner, Intermediate, Expert.

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Wind

7 kn

NE · gusts 13 kn

Waves

0.5 m

8s period

Swell

0.5 m

Tide

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Updated 04/10/2026, 23:26:41

Forecast

Mon 5Tue 6Wed 7Thu 8Fri 9Sat 10Sun 11NE00:00NE06:00E12:00NW18:00E00:00E06:00SE12:00S18:00NE00:00S06:00SW12:00N18:00N00:00N06:00N12:00N18:00W00:00E06:00SW12:00W18:00W00:00W06:00W12:00W18:00SW00:00SW06:00SW12:00SW18:00
Wind scale
Max 30 kn
Max 2.0 m waves
Updated 04/10/2026, 23:26:41

Data: Open-Meteo

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