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Hardelot

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France, Hardelot-Plage, France
Coordinates: 50.6335, 1.5764
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With 6+ Bft you get waves up to 2m. The sea is never really flat but sometimes choppy. The beach is big and very clean with soft sand. At high tide there is no beach at all as the sea comes right up to a barrier of large rocks that have clearly been placed there to stop erosion. This makes launching and landing very dangerous. Also note that the gradient of the beach is very shallow so beware that if you arrive to find 100-200m of sand with the tide out, it comes in pretty quickly, do not leave kite bags, clothes, car keys or anything else on the beach as by the time you realize what's happening and kite back to the beach to rescue them, they could be under water. The wind is not very strong but there is often wind at 15 knots. The wind is less strong than in Wissant. You can ride in NW, SW, N and S. A wetsuit is needed all year round. Water: Chop, Smallwave, Mediumwave. Features: Rescue, Shower, Toilet, Food. Rider ability: Beginner, Intermediate, Expert.

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Wind

8 kn

E · gusts 19 kn

Waves

0.3 m

5s period

Swell

0.2 m

Tide

8.9 m

Rising

Updated 02/08/2026, 12:34:28

Forecast

Today's tides

Rising
  • 07:311.8 m LATLow tide
  • 12:358.9 m LATHigh tide
  • 19:461.9 m LATLow tide
Sun 2Mon 3Tue 4Wed 5Thu 6Fri 7Sat 8E00:00E06:00E12:00NE18:00NE00:00NE06:00NE12:00NE18:00W00:00SW06:00SW12:00W18:00SW00:00SW06:00SW12:00SW18:00W00:00W06:00W12:00SW18:00SW00:00E06:00W12:00N18:00SW00:00W06:00W12:00W18:00
Wind scale
Max 35 kn
Max 2.0 m waves
Updated 02/08/2026, 12:34:28

Data: Open-Meteo

About this spot

Hazards

At high tide there is no beach at all as the sea comes right up to a barrier of large rocks that have clearly been placed there to stop erosion. This makes launching and landing very dangerous. Also note that the gradient of the beach is very shallow so beware that if you arrive to find 100-200m of sand with the tide out, it comes in pretty quickly, do not leave kite bags, clothes, car keys or anything else on the beach as by the time you realize what's happening and kite back to the beach to rescue them, they could be under water.

Local rules

Source: Kiteforum.com (community-contributed). Verify locally before riding.

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