Overview

Kitesurf

Nico Beach is a kitesurf spot near Fort-Mahon-Plage (Somme), on the Picardy coast between the Authie and Somme bays. The wide sandy beach at 14m altitude offers a great open exposure to the dominant South-West to West and North-West winds of the Channel coast.

Large tidal range with a vast flat beach at low tide. A good local spot in the Quend / Fort-Mahon area, less crowded than the busier Côte d'Opale beaches further north.

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Spot forecast for Nico Beach

Sunrise 08:24 · Sunset 18:52

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

Next tides

High tide Tue 20 · 08:04 · 7.1 m
Low tide Tue 20 · 13:33 · 4 m
High tide Tue 20 · 20:37 · 7.2 m
Low tide Wed 21 · 02:26 · 3.8 m

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Nico Beach : 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

325h

in July · 27.5 rideable days

The season runs from April to August, peaking in July: 24 rideable days a month and 325 hours of usable wind, at 18 °C. The low point is March, at 16.5 days.

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Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 60%13-20 knots · 36%21-30 knots · 5%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 60% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is January, at 6 °C. The wettest month is September, with 117 mm.

Monthly averages: Nico Beach

Monthly averages — Nico Beach — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com — How it is calculated
Month	Rideable days	Usable wind	Temperature	Rain
January	17.0	163 h	6 °C	111 mm
February	18.5	187 h	9 °C	97 mm
March	16.5	137 h	12 °C	42 mm
April	20.5	201 h	14 °C	53 mm
May	20.5	219 h	16 °C	70 mm
June	25.0	333 h	19 °C	56 mm
July	27.5	325 h	20 °C	89 mm
August	24.5	284 h	21 °C	46 mm
September	20.0	216 h	18 °C	117 mm
October	17.0	152 h	15 °C	102 mm
November	17.0	156 h	11 °C	92 mm
December	18.5	143 h	8 °C	60 mm

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Technical details of Nico Beach spot

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

Depending on conditions: N, S, NNW.

RideableDepending on conditions Not rideable

Spot opening date · Required level

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

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