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  ig storms can make these spots work during the winter months. Better than you would expect!
We can even have VERY GOOD waves but the main problem is the very low frequency...You have to be at the right spot on the right moment...On-shore winds are a problem too...
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  Surf Spot Photo GPS Quality Direction Type Frequency Level
1 Almanarre right and left beach-break all surfers
2 Almanarre - le petit port right reef-rocky experienced surfers
3 Argelès-Sur-Mer   right and left beach-break beginners wave
4 Banyuls bay right beach-break all surfers
5 Canet plage right and left beach-break all surfers
6 Cannes l'Aérospatiale 13  right and left beach-break all surfers
7 Cap rousset right and left reef-rocky experienced surfers
8 Cap Saint Louis 11  right point-break all surfers
9 Ciotel right and left reef-rocky experienced surfers
10 Collioure bay right and left breakwater/jetty all surfers
11 Embiez - Le Phare   right point-break
12 Epluchures Beach right and left beach-break all surfers
13 Fabregas 12  right and left beach-break all surfers
14 Galiote right and left beach-break experienced surfers
15 Gigaro right and left beach-break all surfers
16 Grande Plage des Lecques right and left beach-break experienced surfers
17 Gruissan Plage   right and left beach-break beginners wave
18 Kamikaze left reef-rocky pros or kamikaze only...
19 Keller   right and left reef-rocky experienced surfers
20 L'Arène left reef-rocky all surfers
21 L'Arquet right and left reef-rocky experienced surfers
22 L'Olivette right and left reef-rocky all surfers
23 La Cigale right beach-break all surfers
24 La Ciotat left reef-rocky all surfers
25 La couronne left beach-break
26 La Favière right and left beach-break all surfers
27 La garonne beginners wave
28 La Guillotine right sand-bar pros or kamikaze only...
29 La Nartelle right and left beach-break all surfers
30 La Paillotte left point-break experienced surfers
31 La verrerie right reef-rocky all surfers
32 Le Canebas right point-break all surfers
33 Le Lavandou - Front de mer right and left beach-break all surfers
34 Le Mail reef-rocky all surfers
35 Le manège right reef-rocky all surfers
36 Le niel Giens right and left beach-break experienced surfers
37 Les Ayguades   left breakwater/jetty all surfers
38 Les bonnettes all surfers
39 Les Laurons - centrale EDF right and left reef-rocky all surfers
40 Les oursinniéres left point-break experienced surfers
41 Les sablettes 23  right and left beach-break all surfers
42 Lescuale's House right and left sand-bar
43 Maguelone   left beach-break all surfers
44 Marseille - La digue de la pointe rouge   right reef-rocky all surfers
45 Méjean   left all surfers
46 Menton right reef-rocky experienced surfers
47 Menton -Les dents de la mer right reef-rocky experienced surfers
48 Narbonne Plage   right and left beach-break beginners wave
49 Nice right and left beach-break all surfers
50 Palavas - Le Prevost right and left beach-break beginners wave
51 Palavas les Flots 12  right and left beach-break beginners wave
52 Pin rolland left reef-rocky experienced surfers
53 Plage de Renécros right and left reef-rocky experienced surfers
54 Portissol 12  right and left reef-coral experienced surfers
55 Roc Amour   right and left reef-rocky experienced surfers
56 Sausset les pins right and left reef-rocky all surfers
57 Six fours 10  right and left beach-break all surfers
58 Tamaris right and left reef-rocky all surfers
59 The magique left right and left beach-break experienced surfers
60 Villefranche sur mer right and left reef-rocky all surfers


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Water temp. 13°C
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Dominant Swell and Wind Direction :
The French Mediterranean coast can be separated in 2 zones: From spanish border to TOULON-HYERES:2 dominant wind directions:- SE winds that blow mainly in winter season (September-February) and sometimes until May. They can bring great waves, and south swells can gives us 3-4 meters waves sometimes (very rare though...)- NO winds ,which is our region's typical wind direction,we call it "MISTRAL". It is nearly an offshore wind, except in MARSEILLE and also near TOULON, so you can surf unconsistant waves with that wind, and as the swell doesn't come from faraway these waves are only surfable with the on-shore wind...not very good...LE MISTRAL blows all the year but it blows more often during spring.* From TOULON-HYERES to Italian border:- East wind, which brings good waves from september to february, sometimes until may.- WSW wind, which is in fact MISTRAL whose directon was modified by the coast. This wind gives waves in Italia, so the Frenchies who live near the border often drive to Italia to catch the waves not too far from their home after all...ONE THING IS COMMON TO EVERY REGION HERE :SUMMER IS FLAT FLAT FLAT...In corsica they have great waves, mainly due to MISTRAL, but also other wind directions, but i don't know much about surfing there.

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Cap Saint Louis, France
By teodolci, 2008-06-17 17:12:41

fantastic!!!!
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Menton -Les dents de la mer, France
By fastmover71, 2007-04-19 03:44:55


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Lescuale's House, France
By fastmover71, 2007-04-19 03:26:36


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Cannes l'Aérospatiale, France
By max, 2007-03-01 12:00:00
Session surf cannes

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Cannes l'Aérospatiale, France
By max, 2007-02-18 15:00:00
MY BEST WAVE TO SURF

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comment by Anonymous, 2007-12-27 17:08:02

aidezzzzz moiiiii svppppppp
bjr tlm ..
je suis sur antibecannes ts l'hiver je cherche des vague .
kel sont les spot les plus frequente de la region au alentour meme si il faut ke jroule 1-2 heure ..
antibe jai vue un spot ki marche mais la vague casse un foit par ans meme quand il y a de la houle ca casse sur les roches . je sais ke plus vers perpignan sont les meilleur spot mais c tr loin p moi aidezz moooiii je surf a chaque sess et la ca fait un mois ma planche est poussiereuse !!!!!
une petite liste de spot serai sympa je ne suis pas une debutant jaime du gros du vrai surf meme sy i lya des mega roche au pik jeee men ouf !!!!! plizzzzz
a propos du mec ki a marque sur lisrael il ny a pas de comparaison les vague sont dix fois meilleur ke sur la med fr. chaque swell en israel vient en provenance de nos cote med et se forme sur la route check les spot et tu verra !jai surfer un hiver labas et il y a un super niveau

comment by en plus j m appel brice .. , 2007-12-01 11:11:06

déménagement..
je suis de normandie je surfe en manche ouest et bretagne et j'ai un job trankil sur cannes des le 2 janvier..la region m attire soleil ect..mais je suis deprimé a l idee de ne plus pourvoir surfer régulierement..la frequence des sessions est elle aussi faible ke je l imagine...?combien de sessions fait on dans l année??une par mois??y a t il une mentalité de merde a l eau(sans aucune insulte c une question..) comme dans les spots parisiens de la manche est ou il y a rarement des vagues(seine maritime)je veux bien aussi ke l on me renseigne sur les spots autour de cannes mais j en doute.. pour toute info ou rencontre vous pouvz me mail..

comment by parejnok@seznam.cz, 2007-07-24 17:51:03

Question
Hello guys,I'd like to ask u when is the best time for surfing in Mediteranee?? I am surfer beginner and love totra surfing there but can U help me when is the best time for it?? Thank UZdenek

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