Pointe de la Baumette kitesurf, wingfoil and surf spot

France

Spot currently openAdvanced levelAltitude 9 m 43.19 | 5.65

Overview

No technical zone, water start only! No particular problems with southeast wind or summer thermal (west). The thermal often dies down around 4pm, be careful not to linger too far offshore. The channel is marked and reserved, but quite used by other users (swimmers, surfers, divers).

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Sunrise 07:21 · Sunset 17:21

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< 7 kn7–12 kn13–20 kn21–30 kn31–40 kn41+ kn Gusts Your minimum: 7 kn

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Wave height: < 0.5 m 0.5–1 m 1–2 m 2–3 m ≥ 3 m

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Pointe de la Baumette: when to go?

Rideable days and hours computed for a minimum wind of 7 knots · log in to set your own (foil, twin-tip…)

Season · peak

103h

in May · 17 rideable days

The season runs from March to September, peaking in May: 14 rideable days a month and 103 hours of usable wind, at 24 °C. The low point is December, at 1 day.

Rideable days per month

0 5 10 15 20 January: 8 rideable days J February: 4.5 rideable days F March: 12 rideable days M April: 13 rideable days A May: 17 rideable days17 d M June: 16.5 rideable days J July: 15.5 rideable days J August: 13.5 rideable days A September: 13 rideable days S October: 7.5 rideable days O November: 4 rideable days N December: 1 rideable days1 d D 0 5 10 15 20 January: 8 rideable days J February: 4.5 rideable days F March: 12 rideable days M April: 13 rideable days A May: 17 rideable days17 d M June: 16.5 rideable days J July: 15.5 rideable days J August: 13.5 rideable days A September: 13 rideable days S October: 7.5 rideable days O November: 4 rideable days N December: 1 rideable days1 d D

Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 90%13-20 knots · 10%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 90% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is January, at 14 °C. The wettest month is March, with 112 mm.

Monthly averages: Pointe de la Baumette
Monthly averages — Pointe de la Baumette — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com — How it is calculated
Month Rideable days Usable wind Temperature Rain
January 8.0 38 h 14 °C 40 mm
February 4.5 29 h 15 °C 61 mm
March 12.0 67 h 16 °C 112 mm
April 13.0 65 h 19 °C 22 mm
May 17.0 103 h 22 °C 45 mm
June 16.5 95 h 27 °C 6 mm
July 15.5 79 h 30 °C 10 mm
August 13.5 70 h 30 °C 10 mm
September 13.0 68 h 24 °C 55 mm
October 7.5 41 h 22 °C 69 mm
November 4.0 19 h 17 °C 42 mm
December 1.0 7 h 15 °C 87 mm

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Technical details of Pointe de la Baumette spot

N: Not rideable NNE: Not rideable NE: Not rideable ENE: Not rideable E: Not rideable ESE: Not rideable SE: Rideable SSE: Rideable S: Rideable SSW: Rideable SW: Rideable WSW: Rideable W: Rideable WNW: Not rideable NW: Not rideable NNW: Not rideable N E S W

The spot works with winds from SE, SSE, S, SSW, SW, WSW, W.

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Local association recommendations

FFVL certified spot.

Spot functioning

Parking is along the street by the water (Corniche du Liouquet).

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Open all year round
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Wind specificities

South 15/20 knots.

Hazards

Non-existent technical zone (from a mound at the roadside). You arrive on site with inflated struts, clear and connected lines, inflate the leading edge on a mat, unwind lines from the mound, start with feet in the water. Booties mandatory to avoid attracting sharks, water entry one at a time. Whoever wants to land has priority. Be careful to have the kite well inflated and not too much at the edge of the window for a quick setup, the parapet and road are not far, never keep your kite at zenith. The wind is very gusty as soon as there's north in it (east/northeast, west/northwest). Recognized surf spot, the Baumette point is taken over by surfers on sea breeze days, fortunately in summer waves are rare. Some swimmers also in the channel, but they were there before us, hard to tell them swimming is prohibited. Many rocks, so some spearfishers in the channel too, especially when the sea is not too rough.

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