Continent |
Europe |
Country |
France |
Next Big City |
Marseille |
Next Town |
Martigues, Fos-sur-Mer |
Type: |
Ocean |
Rider Ability: |
Beginner, Intermediate, Expert |
Features: |
Shower, Parking |
Type: |
Shallow, Flat, Chop, Small wave, Medium wave |
Hazards: |
No information |
Quality: |
Clean |
Best Tide: |
Tide independent |
Flat water with Mistral. Nice waves along the beach. Lots of space. Big shallow area.
Type: |
Sand |
Size: |
Medium |
Hazards: |
None |
Beach Users: |
June, July, August |
Long sandy beach with lots of space.
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Spring:
|
Shorty, Normal |
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Summer:
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Shorts |
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Fall:
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Shorty, Normal |
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Winter:
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Normal, Thick |
Nice in summer, just shorts. Shorty or normal wetsuit during spring and autumn. Thicker wetsuit during winter.
Best Months: |
April, May, June, July, August, September, October |
Wind Type: |
Thermal |
Best Direction: |
N, E, ESE, SE, SSE, S |
Main Direction: |
SE, NW |
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.
Transport |
Car |
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Access
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Short walk |
From Marseille westwards to Martigues, then to Fos-sur-Mer. From here take Route des Plages and cross the little bridge and keep following it until you see the beach to the left.
Rules |
None |
Kiteboarding is forbidden, but the signs posted don't show any dates, so mostly during off season you will see some kiteboarders. But stay in safe distance to the windsurfers.
Mareseille is just 50km away.