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Cap de l'Homy kitesurf spot

France · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Spot currently openAdvanced level 44.04 | -1.34

Overview

Cap de l'Homy is a kitesurf spot on the Côte d'Argent (Landes), between Mimizan and Lit-et-Mixe. This west-facing Atlantic beach catches the dominant South-West to North-West winds along the straight Landes coast.

Ocean spot with Atlantic waves and swell. The Landes coast here is wild and natural, backed by the vast Landes forest. Strong currents and powerful shorebreak typical of this coast. A beautiful and uncrowded ocean spot on one of Europe's longest straight sandy beaches.

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Spot forecast for Cap de l'Homy

Sunrise 08:26 · Sunset 19:13

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

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Wave height: < 0.5 m 0.5–1 m 1–2 m 2–3 m ≥ 3 m

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Tides

Heights above lowest astronomical tide, in the spot's local time. Computed 3.8 km from the spot.

6:0012:0018:006:0012:0018:006:0012:0018:006:0012:0018:006:0012:0018:00Tue 20Wed 21Thu 22Fri 23Sat 24 Now00:382.8 m06:351.8 m13:043 m19:261.6 m01:533 m07:441.6 m14:063.2 m20:201.3 m02:413.2 m08:331.4 m14:503.5 m21:011.1 m03:183.5 m09:141.1 m15:273.7 m21:380.8 m03:523.7 m09:500.9 m16:024 m22:120.6 m
  • Tuesday 20 October High tide · 2.8 m Low tide · 1.8 m High tide · 3 m Low tide · 1.6 m
  • Wednesday 21 October High tide · 3 m Low tide · 1.6 m High tide · 3.2 m Low tide · 1.3 m
  • Thursday 22 October High tide · 3.2 m Low tide · 1.4 m High tide · 3.5 m Low tide · 1.1 m
  • Friday 23 October High tide · 3.5 m Low tide · 1.1 m High tide · 3.7 m Low tide · 0.8 m
  • Saturday 24 October High tide · 3.7 m Low tide · 0.9 m High tide · 4 m Low tide · 0.6 m

Cap de l'Homy: 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

365h

in July · 30.5 rideable days

The season runs from April to September, peaking in July: 28 rideable days a month and 365 hours of usable wind, at 22 °C. The low point is December, at 14 days.

Rideable days per month

0 10 20 30 40 January: 18.5 rideable days J February: 22 rideable days F March: 23 rideable days M April: 26.5 rideable days A May: 30 rideable days M June: 28 rideable days J July: 30.5 rideable days30.5 d J August: 30 rideable days A September: 25.5 rideable days S October: 21.5 rideable days O November: 17.5 rideable days N December: 14 rideable days14 d D 0 10 20 30 40 January: 18.5 rideable days J February: 22 rideable days F March: 23 rideable days M April: 26.5 rideable days A May: 30 rideable days M June: 28 rideable days J July: 30.5 rideable days30.5 d J August: 30 rideable days A September: 25.5 rideable days S October: 21.5 rideable days O November: 17.5 rideable days N December: 14 rideable days14 d D

Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 50%13-20 knots · 38%21-30 knots · 10%31+ knots · 2%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 50% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is January, at 12 °C. The wettest month is September, with 112 mm.

Monthly averages: Cap de l'Homy
Monthly averages — Cap de l'Homy — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com — How it is calculated
Month Rideable days Usable wind Temperature Rain
January 18.5 162 h 12 °C 81 mm
February 22.0 168 h 13 °C 87 mm
March 23.0 221 h 15 °C 93 mm
April 26.5 263 h 18 °C 53 mm
May 30.0 353 h 19 °C 56 mm
June 28.0 302 h 23 °C 34 mm
July 30.5 365 h 23 °C 24 mm
August 30.0 289 h 25 °C 41 mm
September 25.5 247 h 22 °C 112 mm
October 21.5 186 h 20 °C 90 mm
November 17.5 129 h 16 °C 81 mm
December 14.0 117 h 12 °C 91 mm

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Technical details of Cap de l'Homy spot

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

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

Depending on conditions: N, SSE, NNW.

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