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Marina, Plage de Val, Lac de Bort-les-Orgues-1311
Club Nautique de Val (CSNAL). Photo: Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Club Nautique de Val (CSNAL)

Sailing spot · France

Is it worth the trip?

25Poor out of 100 for your dates

Stay home

Best on Wed 4: 10 kn gusting 19, cross-offshore

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 22 out of 100

Wind
NNE 8 knF3
Gusts
16kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
–
Air
9°C

Tue 3 · 0 out of 100

Wind
ENE 4 knF2
Gusts
9kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
–
Air
8°C

Wed 4 · 57 out of 100

Wind
ESE 10 knF3
Gusts
19kn
Shore
cross-off
Water
–
Air
7°C

Thu 5 · 0 out of 100

Wind
ESE 7 knF3
Gusts
16kn
Shore
cross-off
Water
–
Air
13°C

Fri 6 · 0 out of 100

Wind
SE 1 knF0
Gusts
3kn
Shore
cross-off
Water
–
Air
11°C

Sat 7 · 0 out of 100

Wind
ENE 2 knF1
Gusts
8kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
–
Air
12°C

Sun 8 · 47 out of 100

Wind
SSW 8 knF3
Gusts
16kn
Shore
side-on
Water
–
Air
13°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 136, poor
  2. Mon 222, poor
  3. Tue 30, poor
  4. Wed 486, good
  5. Thu 50, poor
  6. Fri 60, poor
  7. Sat 70, poor
  8. Sun 857, fair
  9. Mon 90, poor
  10. Tue 100, poor

The spot in three facts

  • Faces SWopen to the SW
  • Best wind: NW or SEalong the shore
  • Avoid: NEblows out to sea

Full forecast

every day, every number

The score doesn't know gusts, offshore wind, tides or your skill.

Wind forecast and score for each day at Club Nautique de Val (CSNAL)
DayScoreWindGustsShoreWaterAir
Sun 1Nov36, poorwind from the north-north-east, 8 knotsF317knoffnot safe–12°C
Mon 2Nov22, poorwind from the north-north-east, 8 knotsF316knoffnot safe–9°C
Tue 3Nov0, poorwind from the east-north-east, 4 knotsF29knoffnot safe–8°C
Wed 4Nov86, goodwind from the east-south-east, 10 knotsF319kncross-off–7°C
Thu 5Nov0, poorwind from the east-south-east, 7 knotsF316kncross-off–13°C
Fri 6Nov0, poorwind from the south-east, 1 knotF03kncross-off–11°C
Sat 7Nov0, poorwind from the east-north-east, 2 knotsF18knoffnot safe–12°C
Sun 8Nov57, fairwind from the south-south-west, 8 knotsF316knside-on–13°C
Mon 9Nov0, poorwind from the east-north-east, 3 knotsF110knoffnot safe–18°C
Tue 10Nov0, poorwind from the south, 5 knotsF214knside-on–18°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

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.

Best time to go

No month stands out

Good sailing days in a typical week, each month, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).

  1. Jan3of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb3of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar3of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr3of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
  5. May2of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
  6. Jun1of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
  7. Jul1of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
  8. Aug1of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
  9. Sep2of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
  10. Oct3of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov2of 7: a trip from Mon 2 Nov
  12. Dec3of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Dec

Tap a month to see this spot for a trip then.

Typical, not a forecast. Reanalysis wind misses some local thermal winds, so a spot known for an afternoon breeze may do better than this.

Map

the spot, its town, photos

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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Photos of Club Nautique de Val (CSNAL)

Lanobre - plage de Val 20200807-02
Photo: Pymouss, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Plage de Val, Lac de Bort-les-Orgues-1328
Photo: Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Club Nautique de Val (CSNAL)

Known for sailing, by the OpenStreetMap map of the area. The shore faces SW, so wind from the NE blows out to sea (our estimate from the coastline).

A spot for sailing, as OpenStreetMap maps it, on a shore facing SW. Wind from the SW blows onshore, wind from the NE blows out to sea, and wind from the NW or SE runs along the shore. The town to stay in is Champs Sur Tarentaine Marchal.

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$1,210–US$2,280 each

about US$1,210–US$2,280 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, 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 CFE, estimated from distance and season, changing at CDG, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$476–US$992
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$141–US$234
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$281–US$469
Food7 days eating outabout US$315–US$583
Totalabout US$1,210–US$2,280

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: Champs Sur Tarentaine Marchal

Closest

Champs Sur Tarentaine Marchal

12 min by car · 3 places to stay

about US$107/nightcountry average

See 3 places to stay in Champs Sur Tarentaine Marchal · Booking.com

About Champs Sur Tarentaine Marchal 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 18h

About 18h door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → CFE, changing at Charles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG), then 1h 25m by road

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