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Pointe de la Baumette kitesurf, wingfoil and surf spot
France
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).
Spot forecast for Pointe de la Baumette
Sunrise 07:21 · Sunset 17:21
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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…)
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
Wind strength when it is rideable
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
| 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
The spot works with winds from SE, SSE, S, SSW, SW, WSW, W.
Local association recommendations
FFVL certified spot.
Spot functioning
Parking is along the street by the water (Corniche du Liouquet).
Spot opening date · Required level
- Spot opening date
- Open all year round
- Required level
- Advanced
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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