Overview

Kitesurf

Saint Firmin is a kitesurf spot near the southern tip of the Baie de Somme (Somme), close to the St Firmin spot. Located slightly further south on the same stretch of coastline, it offers a similar exposed beach with dominant South-West to West and North-West winds.

Large tidal range — check tide times carefully in this area. Good flat sandy beach with plenty of space. A natural and uncrowded spot on the Picardy coast.

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Spot forecast for Saint Firmin

Sunrise 08:23 · 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 · 08:00 · 7.1 m
Low tide Tue 20 · 13:33 · 4 m
High tide Tue 20 · 20:32 · 7.3 m
Low tide Wed 21 · 02:24 · 3.8 m

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Saint Firmin: 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

324h

in July · 26 rideable days

The season runs from May to September, peaking in July: 23 rideable days a month and 324 hours of usable wind, at 20 °C. The low point is March, at 16 days.

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Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 64%13-20 knots · 32%21-30 knots · 3%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 64% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is January, at 6 °C. The wettest month is September, with 137 mm.

Monthly averages: Saint Firmin

Monthly averages — Saint Firmin — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com — How it is calculated
Month	Rideable days	Usable wind	Temperature	Rain
January	16.5	153 h	6 °C	115 mm
February	18.0	181 h	9 °C	93 mm
March	16.0	136 h	12 °C	44 mm
April	19.5	203 h	15 °C	49 mm
May	21.0	215 h	17 °C	69 mm
June	25.0	336 h	20 °C	54 mm
July	26.0	324 h	21 °C	82 mm
August	22.0	269 h	22 °C	32 mm
September	20.0	213 h	19 °C	137 mm
October	16.5	149 h	15 °C	104 mm
November	17.0	147 h	11 °C	101 mm
December	17.5	138 h	8 °C	62 mm

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Technical details of Saint Firmin 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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