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Spot de La Badine - Giens

La Badine - Giens kitesurf, wingfoil and windsurf spot

France · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

43.04 | 6.15

Overview

An amazing spot in East wind but not FFVL certified, so it's forbidden for kitesurfers to launch from the beach... This site is tolerated in winter but be careful, you won't be covered if you injure someone for example... 
Once beyond 300 meters, you can navigate and it's epic! Big waves that roll nicely on good days... The spot is huge, it's better to move away a bit from the starting area
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La Badine - Giens: 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 spot works year-round: 25 rideable days a month on average, at 27 °C. It peaks in June, with 267 hours of usable wind.

The spot is only open from 01/06 to 31/08.

Rideable days per month

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Wind strength when it is rideable

Closed month 7-12 knots · 37% 13-20 knots · 37% 21-30 knots · 23% 31+ knots · 3%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 37% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is June, at 25 °C. The wettest month is August, with 17 mm. Bar height is the month's rideable days; the split shows how its wind hours break down by strength.

Monthly averages — La Badine - Giens — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com
Month Rideable days Usable wind Temperature Rain
January closed 25.5 213 h 14 °C 58 mm
February closed 24.0 170 h 15 °C 107 mm
March closed 27.0 287 h 16 °C 129 mm
April closed 27.5 325 h 18 °C 37 mm
May closed 28.0 294 h 21 °C 30 mm
June 25.5 267 h 25 °C 10 mm
July 25.0 265 h 28 °C 8 mm
August 25.0 201 h 29 °C 17 mm
September closed 25.5 255 h 24 °C 77 mm
October closed 26.0 237 h 21 °C 109 mm
November closed 22.0 188 h 17 °C 54 mm
December closed 24.0 199 h 14 °C 203 mm
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Technical details of La Badine - Giens spot

Spot closed
Spot opening date
  • Open: from 01/06 to 31/08

Non-certified spot so only tolerated in winter when beach attendants are not there!!

Required level

Advanced

Parking
Possibility to park before the beach entrance but you'll need to walk a few minutes... Better optimize your trips back and forth :-)
Wind specificities
This is an East wind spot, exclusively East... Don't launch in any other wind direction, which would make the spot dangerous
In West wind, the flat water is tempting but the wind is extremely disturbed!
Schools like "Yellw kite school" offer secure navigation with downwind options to Porquerolles or even Port-Cros for the more adventurous...
Choose this option if you want tranquility, flat water and safety ;-)
Hazards
Some mooring buoys, a beach to absolutely avoid for beginners and even intermediate riders... Like many spots in the Var region, this spot is reserved for advanced riders
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