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Avenue Jean Medecin (Nice) en mars 2022 (2)
Nice, the nearest town. Photo: Benoît Prieur, CC0, Wikimedia Commons

Nice

Kitesurf spot · France

Is it worth the trip?

17Poor out of 100 for your dates

Stay home

Best on Wed 4: 12 kn gusting 27, side-shore, Water: chop

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 0 out of 100

Wind
NNW 4 kn
Gusts
13kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
flat
Air
16°C

Tue 3 · 0 out of 100

Wind
N 4 kn
Gusts
12kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
flat
Air
17°C

Wed 4 · 59 out of 100

Wind
NE 2 kn
Gusts
9kn
Shore
cross-off
Water
chop
Air
17°C

Thu 5 · 26 out of 100

Wind
NE 3 kn
Gusts
14kn
Shore
cross-off
Water
chop
Air
17°C

Fri 6 · 0 out of 100

Wind
N 5 kn
Gusts
11kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
chop
Air
14°C

Sat 7 · 0 out of 100

Wind
NNE 2 kn
Gusts
14kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
chop
Air
16°C

Sun 8 · 0 out of 100

Wind
SW 1 kn
Gusts
9kn
Shore
side-on
Water
flat
Air
16°C

Tap a day for wind, gusts, shore and air. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 147, fair
  2. Mon 20, poor
  3. Tue 30, poor
  4. Wed 40, poor
  5. Thu 50, poor
  6. Fri 60, poor
  7. Sat 70, poor
  8. Sun 80, poor
  9. Mon 90, poor
  10. Tue 100, poor

The spot in five facts

  • Faces Sopen to the S
  • Best wind: W or Ealong the shore
  • Avoid: Nblows out to sea
  • Shelteredto the swell
  • Water 18 °C2 mm shorty

Full forecast

every day, every number
Wind forecast and score for each day at Nice
DayScoreWindGustsShoreWaterAir
Sun 1Nov47, fairwind from the east-south-east, 16 knots42knside-on0.9 mwaves16°C
Mon 2Nov0, poorwind from the north-north-west, 4 knots13knoffnot safeflat16°C
Tue 3Nov0, poorwind from the north, 4 knots12knoffnot safeflat17°C
Wed 4Nov0, poorwind from the north-east, 2 knots9kncross-offchop17°C
Thu 5Nov0, poorwind from the north-east, 3 knots14kncross-offchop17°C
Fri 6Nov0, poorwind from the north, 5 knots11knoffnot safechop14°C
Sat 7Nov0, poorwind from the north-north-east, 2 knots14knoffnot safechop16°C
Sun 8Nov0, poorwind from the south-west, 1 knot9knside-onflat16°C
Mon 9Nov0, poorwind from the north, 3 knots12knoffnot safeflat15°C
Tue 10Nov0, poorwind from the east-north-east, 2 knots9knsidechop16°C

Wind is the day's best reading, mean and gusts, in knots; the arrow points where it blows to. Shore "off" blows out to sea. More

Tide

  • Sun 1 NovLow 06:21 −0.1 mHigh 13:12 +0.1 mLow 21:03 −0.1 m
  • Mon 2 NovHigh 00:51 +0.0 mLow 07:49 −0.1 mHigh 14:30 +0.1 mLow 22:13 −0.1 m
  • Tue 3 NovHigh 02:54 −0.0 mLow 09:17 −0.1 mHigh 15:50 +0.1 mLow 23:08 −0.1 m

Local clock times; heights about mean sea level. On open coasts the times are usually within a quarter of an hour; in bays, estuaries and on the Gulf of Mexico they can be an hour or more out. Tide: EOT20 global ocean tide model, Hart-Davis et al. 2021, DGFI-TUM (doi:10.17882/79489), CC BY 4.0. Times and heights computed by us. A model, not a tide table: check a local table before you go.

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

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the spot and its town

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Nice

Known for kitesurfing and windsurfing, by the OpenStreetMap map of the area. The shore faces S, so wind from the N blows out to sea (our estimate from the coastline).

Water about 18°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

A spot for kitesurfing and windsurfing, as OpenStreetMap maps it, on a shore facing S. Wind from the S blows onshore, wind from the N blows out to sea, and wind from the W or E runs along the shore. It is sheltered to the open sea. The sea floor shelves very steeply: 10 m deep about 50 m out (1 in 6). The sea is about 14°C in February, its coldest month (4/3 wetsuit and boots), and 26°C in August, its warmest (no wetsuit). The town to stay in is Nice. Within 5 km we also list 2 surf spots, 1 wind sports spot and 1 kayak spot.

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,110–US$2,120 each

about US$1,110–US$2,120 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, taxi, stay, food.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to NCE, estimated from distance and season, changing at CDG, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$496–US$1,040
Taxiairport and back, sharedabout US$20–US$33
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$281–US$469
Food7 days eating outabout US$315–US$583
Totalabout US$1,110–US$2,120

Kit hire is not priced yet: we have no sourced price, so it is not in it. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Nice

Closest

Nice

1 min by car · 386 places to stay

about US$107/nightcountry average

See 386 places to stay in Nice · Booking.com

About Nice its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$107 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 17h 25m

About 17h 25m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → NCE, changing at Charles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG), then 25 min by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.