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Plage du Cavaou

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France, Martigues, Fos-sur-Mer, France
Coordinates: 43.4312, 4.9184
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Flat water with Mistral. Nice waves along the beach. Lots of space. Big shallow area. Long sandy beach with lots of space. This beach works in E, SE, S, W and SW. Mistral is offshore and gusty, but great for speed sessions. Further west the beach curves, making SW and NE sideshore. Summer thermal from SW with 10-15 knots. Nice in summer, just shorts. Shorty or normal wetsuit during spring and autumn. Thicker wetsuit during winter. Water: Shallow, Flat, Chop, Smallwave, Mediumwave. Features: Shower, Parking. Rider ability: Beginner, Intermediate, Expert.

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Wind

13 kn

S · gusts 16 kn

Waves

0.3 m

3s period

Swell

0.2 m

Tide

5.3 m

Falling

Updated 02/08/2026, 14:51:06

Forecast

Today's tides

Falling
  • 08:505.3 m LATHigh tide
Sun 2Mon 3Tue 4Wed 5Thu 6Fri 7Sat 8W00:00NE06:00SE12:00S18:00SE00:00E06:00S12:00S18:00W00:00N06:00NW12:00S18:00SW00:00N06:00N12:00W18:00NW00:00N06:00NW12:00W18:00NW00:00NW06:00NW12:00NW18:00N00:00N06:00NW12:00W18:00
Wind scale
Max 35 kn
Max 1.0 m waves
Updated 02/08/2026, 14:51:06

Data: Open-Meteo

About this spot

Hazards

Big shallow area. Mistral is offshore and gusty, but great for speed sessions.

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