Overview

Parking and launch area delimited by wooden posts. The site consists of a large bay open to the north. It is crossed by 1 navigation channel, in which riding is not allowed. When we need to cross it, we must ensure that we will not interfere with any vessel traveling in this channel.

It is forbidden to ride in the mussel farms and in shallow areas in the southern part of the spot along the road leading to Napoléon Beach.

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Spot forecast for Carteau Port Saint Louis du Rhône

Sunrise 07:13 · Sunset 17:35

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

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Carteau Port Saint Louis du Rhône: 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

325h

in March · 28.5 rideable days

The spot works year-round: 26 rideable days a month on average, at 20 °C. It peaks in March, with 325 hours of usable wind.

Rideable days per month

Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 47%13-20 knots · 40%21-30 knots · 12%31+ knots · 1%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 47% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is January, at 12 °C. The wettest month is December, with 126 mm.

Monthly averages: Carteau Port Saint Louis du Rhône

Monthly averages — Carteau Port Saint Louis du Rhône — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com — How it is calculated
Month	Rideable days	Usable wind	Temperature	Rain
January	24.5	218 h	12 °C	27 mm
February	24.5	257 h	14 °C	85 mm
March	28.5	325 h	15 °C	84 mm
April	26.5	323 h	18 °C	26 mm
May	28.5	316 h	21 °C	38 mm
June	27.5	310 h	26 °C	11 mm
July	28.5	342 h	29 °C	7 mm
August	25.0	249 h	30 °C	5 mm
September	27.0	273 h	23 °C	60 mm
October	22.5	223 h	21 °C	47 mm
November	26.0	240 h	16 °C	16 mm
December	23.5	229 h	13 °C	126 mm

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Technical details of Carteau Port Saint Louis du Rhône spot

The spot works with winds from E, ESE, SE, SSE, S, SSW.

Depending on conditions: N, NNE, NE, ENE, SW, WSW, W, WNW, NW, NNW.

RideableDepending on conditions Not rideable

Spot opening date · Required level

Spot opening date: Open all year round
Open all year round.
Required level: Beginner

Parking

Right in front of the spot, free, but with a height restriction.

Wind specificities

The spot works best with southeast wind as it's onshore, but it also works with mistral wind.

Hazards

With southeast wind, on the right side of the water (area called "la bassine"), there is an electric line supplying the hamlet of Carteau. Sailing at the "mer et passion" club. Underwater fishing. Fishing, swimming, and boating activities.

At the end of summer, thorns and seaweed can easily get caught in the kites...

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