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Kite Spot Gâvres

Kite Spot Gâvres

French Atlantic beach with a westerly ocean breeze and Bay-of-Biscay swell; sandy, powerful and popular in summer.

Wind now & forecast

Now: Possibly kiteable — 7 kn
Today
Tomorrow - 2h ⌀13kn (16:00-18:00)
+2 Days - 7h ⌀8kn (14:00-21:00)
See forecast

Spot info

Water type
Waves
Skill level
Intermediate
Prevailing wind
W
Typical crowd
5/10

Typical kiteable days by month (Beaufort 4+)

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Recent wind (last 30 days)

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Sep 2, 19:21: 8 kn Sep 2, 19:51: 8 kn Sep 2, 20:08: 8 kn Sep 2, 20:21: 8 kn Sep 2, 23:21: 12 kn Sep 3, 02:22: 12 kn Sep 3, 05:22: 9 kn Sep 3, 08:22: 9 kn Sep 3, 11:23: 8 kn Sep 3, 14:23: 9 kn Sep 3, 17:23: 9 kn Sep 3, 19:26: 7 kn Sep 3, 20:10: 6 kn Sep 3, 20:49: 8 kn Sep 3, 21:34: 7 kn Sep 3, 21:45: 6 kn Sep 3, 21:56: 6 kn Sep 4, 00:57: 6 kn Sep 4, 03:57: 9 kn Sep 4, 06:57: 7 kn Sep 4, 09:57: 9 kn Sep 4, 12:57: 10 kn Sep 4, 15:57: 16 kn Sep 4, 18:24: 12 kn Sep 4, 18:32: 11 kn Sep 4, 19:56: 11 kn Sep 4, 22:56: 7 kn Sep 5, 01:57: 8 kn Sep 5, 04:58: 4 kn Sep 5, 07:58: 4 kn Sep 5, 10:58: 6 kn Sep 5, 11:32: 3 kn Sep 5, 11:53: 5 kn Sep 5, 14:53: 6 kn Sep 5, 17:53: 4 kn Sep 5, 20:53: 4 kn Sep 5, 23:53: 8 kn Sep 6, 02:53: 6 kn Sep 6, 05:53: 11 kn Sep 6, 08:53: 7 kn Sep 6, 11:46: 7 kn, gusts 12 kn Sep 6, 12:29: 7 kn, gusts 12 kn Sep 6, 14:56: 6 kn, gusts 11 kn Sep 6, 17:56: 10 kn, gusts 15 kn Sep 6, 19:13: 10 kn, gusts 15 kn Sep 6, 19:55: 6 kn, gusts 12 kn Sep 6, 20:49: 7 kn, gusts 10 kn Sep 6, 23:49: 7 kn, gusts 13 kn Sep 7, 02:50: 8 kn, gusts 12 kn Sep 7, 05:51: 9 kn, gusts 14 kn Sep 7, 08:52: 8 kn, gusts 13 kn Sep 7, 11:52: 8 kn, gusts 15 kn Sep 7, 14:52: 12 kn, gusts 18 kn Sep 7, 17:53: 11 kn, gusts 17 kn Sep 7, 20:29: 9 kn, gusts 14 kn Sep 7, 23:29: 7 kn, gusts 10 kn Sep 8, 02:29: 5 kn, gusts 8 kn Sep 8, 05:29: 11 kn, gusts 16 kn Sep 8, 08:29: 15 kn, gusts 24 kn Sep 8, 11:29: 25 kn, gusts 38 kn Sep 8, 19:57: 11 kn, gusts 17 kn Sep 8, 22:57: 7 kn, gusts 11 kn

mean windgusts

How to get there

Local airport
Lorient South Brittany (Bretagne Sud) Airport (LRT) — 10 km away
International airport
Brest Bretagne airport (BES) — 162 km drive (~115 min)

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