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Dune du Pyla

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France, Gujan-Mestras, Pyla-Plage, France
Coordinates: 44.5908, -1.2160
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Huge sandbar in front with perfectly flat water. During summer (June to August) you usually have a nice thermic wind (10-20knots) which starts to blow from begining of the afternoon (with the tide) up to the end of the afternoon. Direction is usually West-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. Just check the weather forecast and you'll get a fair picture. Direction is usually West-South-Southwest. During the summer from June to August you have beautiful weather with temperature between 22-35°C. September to October is still ok with acceptable temperatures while you need a good wetsuits in December to March period. April to May is the spring season which can be very surprising in term of temperatures. Water: Shallow, Flat, Chop, Smallwave. Features: Camping. Rider ability: Beginner, Intermediate, Expert.

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Wind

10 kn

W · gusts 14 kn

Waves

0.6 m

6s period

Swell

0.4 m

Tide

4.3 m

Rising

Updated 02/08/2026, 14:52:01

Forecast

Today's tides

Rising
  • 11:213.5 m LATLow tide
  • 17:337.4 m LATHigh tide
Sun 2Mon 3Tue 4Wed 5Thu 6Fri 7Sat 8NW00:00SE06:00W12:00NW18:00W00:00NW06:00W12:00W18:00NW00:00NW06:00NW12:00NW18:00NW00:00NW06:00NW12:00NW18:00N00:00N06:00NW12:00NW18:00N00:00N06:00NE12:00NW18:00NE00:00E06:00NW12:00NW18:00
Wind scale
Max 30 kn
Max 1.5 m waves
Updated 02/08/2026, 14:52:02

Data: Open-Meteo

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Hazards

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

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