Name: St Brice
Address: FR

Overview

Kitesurf

Saint-Brice is a kitesurf spot on the Bassin d'Arcachon (Gironde), near the beach at Arès. This inner basin spot is adjacent to the L'Aerium spot. The dominant winds in the basin are South-West to North-West. Flat water conditions inside the sheltered basin.

Note: navigation is strictly forbidden in summer within 300m of the Saint-Brice beach swimmer zone (as mentioned for the neighbouring L'Aerium spot). Tidal spot — best usable around high tide. A well-known local spot for the Arès kite community.

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Spot forecast for St Brice

Sunrise 08:26 · Sunset 19:12

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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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St Brice: 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

268h

in May · 28.5 rideable days

The season runs from April to August, peaking in May: 26 rideable days a month and 268 hours of usable wind, at 23 °C. The low point is December, at 12 days.

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Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 76%13-20 knots · 21%21-30 knots · 3%31+ knots · under 1%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 76% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is January, at 11 °C. The wettest month is September, with 103 mm.

Monthly averages: St Brice

Monthly averages — St Brice — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com — How it is calculated
Month	Rideable days	Usable wind	Temperature	Rain
January	15.0	125 h	11 °C	90 mm
February	15.0	116 h	13 °C	83 mm
March	19.0	151 h	15 °C	81 mm
April	22.0	207 h	18 °C	62 mm
May	28.5	268 h	19 °C	57 mm
June	25.0	233 h	24 °C	53 mm
July	28.0	279 h	25 °C	8 mm
August	26.5	207 h	27 °C	47 mm
September	19.0	181 h	22 °C	103 mm
October	14.0	132 h	20 °C	63 mm
November	13.0	95 h	16 °C	76 mm
December	12.0	86 h	12 °C	79 mm

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Technical details of St Brice spot

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

Depending on conditions: N, SSE, 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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