Overview

Les Boucholeurs on the Ile de Noirmoutier is a kitesurf spot on the sheltered east coast, facing the mainland. Flat water in northeast and northwest winds. Very tidal — best at mid to high tide. Calm beginner conditions in the mussel-farming bay.

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Spot forecast for ile de noirmoutier | les boucholeurs

Sunrise 08:33 · 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

Low tide Tue 20 · 07:02 · 2.4 m
High tide Tue 20 · 12:27 · 3.8 m
Low tide Tue 20 · 19:46 · 2.1 m
High tide Wed 21 · 01:14 · 3.7 m

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ile de noirmoutier | les boucholeurs: 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

386h

in May · 30 rideable days

The spot works year-round: 28 rideable days a month on average, at 20 °C. It peaks in May, with 386 hours of usable wind.

The spot is only open from 01/04 to 31/10. Sessions autour de mi-marée à marée haute uniquement.

Rideable days per month

Closed month

Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 60%13-20 knots · 33%21-30 knots · 7%31+ knots · 1%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 60% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is April, at 16 °C. The wettest month is October, with 90 mm.

Monthly averages: ile de noirmoutier | les boucholeurs

Monthly averages — ile de noirmoutier | les boucholeurs — 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	24.5	219 h	9 °C	108 mm
February closed	19.5	192 h	11 °C	72 mm
March closed	21.5	241 h	13 °C	55 mm
April	27.0	311 h	16 °C	43 mm
May	30.0	386 h	18 °C	45 mm
June	29.0	401 h	22 °C	49 mm
July	29.5	414 h	22 °C	40 mm
August	29.0	347 h	23 °C	12 mm
September	27.5	314 h	20 °C	64 mm
October	23.5	232 h	17 °C	90 mm
November closed	22.0	202 h	14 °C	65 mm
December closed	23.0	195 h	10 °C	48 mm

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Technical details of ile de noirmoutier | les boucholeurs spot

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

Depending on conditions: ENE, SSW.

RideableDepending on conditions Not rideable

Spot opening date · Required level

Spot opening date

Open : from 01/04 to 31/10
Sessions autour de mi-marée à marée haute uniquement.

Required level

Beginner

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