Baie de Pont-Mahé kitesurf, wingfoil and windfoil spot

France · Pays de la Loire

Spot currently openBeginner level 47.44 | -2.46

Overview

Baie de Pont-Mahé is a kitesurf spot in the sheltered bay near Pénestin/Assérac. Flat water in south and southwest winds. Beginner to intermediate level. Part of the Pont-Mahé bay kite cluster (see also IDs 1088, 3919, 15387-89).

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Spot forecast for Baie de Pont-Mahé

Sunrise 08:35 · Sunset 19:13

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

Next tides

  • High tide · 3.7 m
  • Low tide · 2.1 m
  • High tide · 3.6 m
  • Low tide · 2 m

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Baie de Pont-Mahé: 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

287h

in July · 28 rideable days

The season runs from June to September, peaking in July: 24 rideable days a month and 287 hours of usable wind, at 21 °C. The low point is October, at 15 days.

Kiting is forbidden here from 9h to 19h, between 01/07 and 31/08. Juillet-août : zones de baignade à respecter dans la baie. The spot is only open from 01/04 to 31/10.

Rideable days per month

0 10 20 30 January: 16 rideable days J February: 18 rideable days F March: 19 rideable days M April: 21 rideable days A May: 21 rideable days M June: 23 rideable days J July: 28 rideable days28 d J August: 23.5 rideable days A September: 22 rideable days S October: 15 rideable days15 d O November: 15 rideable days15 d N December: 16 rideable days D 0 10 20 30 January: 16 rideable days J February: 18 rideable days F March: 19 rideable days M April: 21 rideable days A May: 21 rideable days M June: 23 rideable days J July: 28 rideable days28 d J August: 23.5 rideable days A September: 22 rideable days S October: 15 rideable days15 d O November: 15 rideable days15 d N December: 16 rideable days D
Closed monthMonth with time restrictions

Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 64%13-20 knots · 32%21-30 knots · 4%31+ knots · under 1%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 64% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is April, at 16 °C. The wettest month is October, with 77 mm.

Monthly averages: Baie de Pont-Mahé
Monthly averages — Baie de Pont-Mahé — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com — How it is calculated
Month Rideable days Usable wind Temperature Rain
January closed 16.0 142 h 8 °C 125 mm
February closed 18.0 188 h 10 °C 69 mm
March closed 19.0 176 h 13 °C 55 mm
April 21.0 208 h 16 °C 58 mm
May 21.0 223 h 18 °C 48 mm
June 23.0 255 h 21 °C 24 mm
July hours 28.0 287 h 22 °C 41 mm
August hours 23.5 239 h 23 °C 23 mm
September 22.0 206 h 19 °C 64 mm
October 15.0 152 h 17 °C 77 mm
November closed 15.0 140 h 13 °C 66 mm
December closed 16.0 126 h 10 °C 59 mm

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Technical details of Baie de Pont-Mahé spot

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

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

Depending on conditions: N, SE, WNW.

RideableDepending on conditions Not rideable
Spot opening date · Required level
Spot opening date
  • Open : from 01/04 to 31/10
  • Closed : from 01/07 to 31/08 (09:00 – 19:00)
    Juillet-août : zones de baignade à respecter dans la baie.
Required level
Beginner

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