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Carcans-Plage

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France, Carcans, France
Coordinates: 45.0829, -1.1913
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Chop and small to big waves. Long sandy beach. Tourists during summer, kitesurfer should go a bit further north or south. During summer (June to August) you usually have a nice thermal wind (10-20knots) which starts to blow from beginning of the afternoon (with the tide) up to the end of the afternoon. Direction is usually West to Northwest in the afternoon while it's East in the morning. September to October is the blowing season with depression bringing strong wind up to 35-40 knots. Direction is usually West to Southwest. Warm in summer, cold in winter. Water: Chop, Smallwave, Mediumwave, Bigwave. Features: Camping, Parking. Rider ability: Intermediate, Expert.

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Wind

10 kn

NW · gusts 14 kn

Waves

0.8 m

6s period

Swell

0.6 m

Tide

7.3 m

Falling

Updated 01/08/2026, 17:26:25

Forecast

Today's tides

Falling
  • 10:513.4 m LATLow tide
  • 16:577.3 m LATHigh tide
Sat 1Sun 2Mon 3Tue 4Wed 5Thu 6Fri 7NW00:00NW06:00W12:00N18:00N00:00NE06:00W12:00NW18:00NW00:00SW06:00W12:00SW18:00NW00:00NW06:00NW12:00NW18:00W00:00W06:00NW12:00NW18:00N00:00N06:00NW12:00NW18:00NW00:00N06:00NE12:00N18:00
Wind scale
Max 25 kn
Max 1.5 m waves
Updated 01/08/2026, 17:26:25

Data: Open-Meteo

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Hazards

During summer (June to August) you usually have a nice thermal wind (10-20knots) which starts to blow from beginning of the afternoon (with the tide) up to the end of the afternoon.

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