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Lake Pontchartrain / Fontainebleu State Park

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Louisiana (USA), Mandeville, Louisiana (USA)
Coordinates: 30.3357, -90.0456
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Flat to choppy water. Shallow for about 100 yards. A pier in front of the beach. Be careful, there is submerged piling about 100 ft away from the end of the pier. Small, sandy beach in a national park. Packed on warm weekends and during holidays. Don't take any risks. If the beach is packed, go the east end of the park and rig and launch here, away from the crowds. Best winds with frontals during winter. Hot and humid in the summer. Wetsuit in the winter time when cold air from the fronts blow through. Water temps varies with the seasons. Very warm in the summer and cools off to wetsuit temperatures in winter. Water: Shallow, Flat, Chop. Features: Toilet, Parking. Rider ability: Intermediate, Expert.

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Wind

4 kn

S · gusts 6 kn

Waves

0.0 m

2s period

Swell

0.0 m

Tide

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Updated 24/08/2026, 00:19:48

Forecast

Sun 23Mon 24Tue 25Wed 26Thu 27Fri 28Sat 29SW00:00NW06:00SW12:00W18:00SW00:00W06:00SW12:00NW18:00W00:00E06:00NW12:00W18:00S00:00S06:00SW12:00S18:00SW00:00SW06:00SE12:00SW18:00SW00:00W06:00E12:00S18:00S00:00N06:00NE12:00SE18:00
Wind scale
Max 40 kn
Max 1.0 m waves
Updated 24/08/2026, 00:19:49

Data: Open-Meteo

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Hazards

A pier in front of the beach. Be careful, there is submerged piling about 100 ft away from the end of the pier. If the beach is packed, go the east end of the park and rig and launch here, away from the crowds.

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