Overview

Windfoil
Paddle
Pumping
Wingfoil
Windsurf
Parawing
No kitesurfing

In summer, the Vd8 water-sports base is open to windsurfers, wingfoilers, etc. (no kitesurfing). However, you cannot use the sandy beach for water sports. Then in autumn, once the campsite closes, the sandy beach becomes accessible for water sports (still no kitesurfing) and the reduced car park becomes free.

You always have to carry your gear about 200 m.

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Spot forecast for Plage du Vd8

Sunrise 07:58 · Sunset 18:37

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

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Plage du Vd8: 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

183h

in June · 23.5 rideable days

Wind is uneven from month to month: the best months are June, April and January, at 22 rideable days and 15 °C. The low point is December, at 11.5 days.

Rideable days per month

Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 79%13-20 knots · 21%21-30 knots · 1%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 79% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is January, at 5 °C. The wettest month is September, with 160 mm.

Monthly averages: Plage du Vd8

Monthly averages — Plage du Vd8 — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com — How it is calculated
Month	Rideable days	Usable wind	Temperature	Rain
January	20.0	161 h	5 °C	111 mm
February	13.5	90 h	8 °C	61 mm
March	16.0	134 h	11 °C	49 mm
April	21.0	163 h	15 °C	71 mm
May	15.5	126 h	19 °C	138 mm
June	23.5	183 h	24 °C	158 mm
July	19.5	141 h	26 °C	111 mm
August	15.0	118 h	27 °C	111 mm
September	15.5	138 h	19 °C	160 mm
October	17.0	158 h	14 °C	133 mm
November	12.0	84 h	8 °C	118 mm
December	11.5	84 h	5 °C	73 mm

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Technical details of Plage du Vd8 spot

The spot works with winds from N, NNE, NE, ENE, SW, WSW, W, WNW, NW, NNW.

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Spot opening date · Required level

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

Parking

Very large car park (paid in summer); you then have to carry your gear 200 m to the water-sports base.

Hazards

In the Bise (NE wind), do not drift into the nature reserve downwind — you risk a fine.

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STATION D'YVBEACH0.8 kmsource Yvbeach

Latest reading

9 minutes ago

6.5 knots gusts 8.7 < 7 kn

272° W wind direction

Temperature: 15 °C
Humidity
Pressure: 1010 hPa

Station history

< 7 kn 7–12 kn 13–20 kn 21–30 kn 31–40 kn 41+ knGusts

Detailed history on the station page

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