Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie kitesurf, wingfoil and windsurf spot

Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie: when to go?

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

The season runs from April to September, peaking in July: 26 rideable days a month and 349 hours of usable wind, at 20 °C. The low point is October, at 17.5 days.

Kiting is forbidden here from 9h to 19h, between 01/07 and 31/08. Juillet-août : zones de baignade et port à respecter strictement.

Rideable days per month

Wind strength when it is rideable

^*Month with time restrictions 7-12 knots · 51% 13-20 knots · 39% 21-30 knots · 9% 31+ knots · 1%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 51% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is January, at 9 °C. The wettest month is January, with 95 mm. Bar height is the month's rideable days; the split shows how its wind hours break down by strength.