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Mimizan-Plage

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France, Mimizan, France
Coordinates: 44.2128, -1.2985
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Chop with lighter winds, and big with waves with stronger westerlies. Small wave breaker at the river mouth in the center. Very long beach with lots of space. The most space and less people can be found to the north and south of the village. During summer (June to August) you usually have a nice thermal wind (10-20 knots) 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: Rooms, Parking. Rider ability: Intermediate, Expert.

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Wind

7 kn

W · gusts 12 kn

Waves

0.7 m

6s period

Swell

0.5 m

Tide

4.7 m

Rising

Updated 02/08/2026, 12:36:27

Forecast

Today's tides

Rising
  • 11:023.9 m LATLow tide
  • 17:147.1 m LATHigh tide
Sun 2Mon 3Tue 4Wed 5Thu 6Fri 7Sat 8NW00:00SW06:00W12:00NW18:00NW00:00W06:00W12:00NW18:00N00:00NW06:00NW12:00NW18:00N00:00W06:00N12:00NW18:00N00:00N06:00E12:00NW18:00N00:00NE06:00NE12:00NW18:00E00:00E06:00NW12:00NW18:00
Wind scale
Max 25 kn
Max 1.5 m waves
Updated 02/08/2026, 12:36:28

Data: Open-Meteo

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Hazards

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

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