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La Couarde-sur-Mer, the nearest town. Photo: Sweet Ice Cream Photography sweeticecreamphotography, CC0, Wikimedia Commons

JujuCams School

Windsurf spot · France

Is it worth the trip?

14Poor out of 100 for your dates

Stay home

Best on Mon 9: 17 kn gusting 25, side-shore, Water: chop

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 0 out of 100

Wind
NE 17 kn
Gusts
23kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
chop
Air
12°C

Wed 4 · 0 out of 100

Wind
ENE 16 kn
Gusts
23kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
chop
Air
11°C

Thu 5 · 0 out of 100

Wind
ENE 10 kn
Gusts
16kn
Shore
cross-off
Water
chop
Air
12°C

Fri 6 · 0 out of 100

Wind
SE 8 kn
Gusts
12kn
Shore
side
Water
chop
Air
12°C

Sat 7 · 0 out of 100

Wind
ENE 5 kn
Gusts
9kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
flat
Air
11°C

Sun 8 · 0 out of 100

Wind
E 10 kn
Gusts
16kn
Shore
cross-off
Water
flat
Air
13°C

Mon 9 · 69 out of 100

Wind
ESE 17 kn
Gusts
25kn
Shore
side
Water
chop
Air
16°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 20, poor
  2. Tue 30, poor
  3. Wed 40, poor
  4. Thu 50, poor
  5. Fri 60, poor
  6. Sat 70, poor
  7. Sun 80, poor
  8. Mon 972, good
  9. Tue 1086, good
  10. Wed 1169, good

The spot in five facts

  • Faces SWopen to the SW
  • Best wind: NW or SEalong the shore
  • Avoid: NEblows out to sea
  • Shelteredto the swell
  • Water 15 °C4/3 wetsuit and boots

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 JujuCams School
DayScoreWindGustsShoreWaterAir
Mon 2Nov0, poorwind from the north-east, 14 knots20knoffnot safechop13°C
Tue 3Nov0, poorwind from the north-east, 17 knots23knoffnot safechop12°C
Wed 4Nov0, poorwind from the east-north-east, 16 knots23knoffnot safechop11°C
Thu 5Nov0, poorwind from the east-north-east, 10 knots16kncross-offchop12°C
Fri 6Nov0, poorwind from the south-east, 8 knots12knsidechop12°C
Sat 7Nov0, poorwind from the east-north-east, 5 knots9knoffnot safeflat11°C
Sun 8Nov0, poorwind from the east, 10 knots16kncross-offflat13°C
Mon 9Nov72, goodwind from the east-south-east, 17 knots25knsidechop16°C
Tue 10Nov86, goodwind from the south-south-east, 18 knots24knside-onchop17°C
Wed 11Nov69, goodwind from the south-south-east, 16 knots20knside-on0.8 mwaves16°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

  • Mon 2 NovLow 03:48 −1.4 mHigh 10:25 +1.3 mLow 16:32 −1.6 mHigh 23:41 +1.1 m
  • Tue 3 NovLow 04:59 −1.4 mHigh 12:09 +1.4 mLow 17:43 −1.6 m
  • Wed 4 NovHigh 00:57 +1.3 mLow 06:08 −1.5 mHigh 13:19 +1.6 mLow 18:48 −1.8 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.

Best time to go

No month stands out

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

  1. Jan2of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb2of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar2of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr1of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
  5. May1of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
  6. Jun1of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
  7. Jul0of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
  8. Aug0of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
  9. Sep1of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
  10. Oct1of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov2of 7: a trip from Tue 3 Nov
  12. Dec2of 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 and its town

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

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About JujuCams School

Known for sailing and windsurfing, 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).

Water about 15°C: 4/3 wetsuit and boots. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

A spot for sailing and windsurfing, 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. It is sheltered to the open sea. The sea is about 10°C in January, its coldest month (4/3 or 5/4, boots and gloves), and 20°C in July, its warmest (2 mm shorty). The town to stay in is La Couarde-sur-Mer. Within 5 km we also list 2 surf spots and 1 wind sports 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$1,100–US$2,080 each

about US$1,100–US$2,080 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 LRH, estimated from distance and season, changing at DUB, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$462–US$951
Taxiairport and back, sharedabout US$40–US$74
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$281–US$469
Food7 days eating outabout US$315–US$583
Totalabout US$1,100–US$2,080

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: La Couarde-sur-Mer

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Closest

La Couarde-sur-Mer

about 5 min by car · 22 places to stay

about US$107/nightcountry average

See 22 places to stay in La Couarde-sur-Mer · Booking.com

About La Couarde-sur-Mer 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 16h 55m

About 16h 55m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → LRH, changing at Dublin Airport (DUB), then 40 min by road

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