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Aerial view of Ponche Beach, Saint-Tropez, France
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Saint-Tropez

Windsurf spot · France

Is it worth the trip?

23Poor out of 100 for your dates

Stay home

Best on Tue 10: 9 kn gusting 18, onshore, Water: chop

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Wed 4 · 0 out of 100

Wind
E 18 kn
Gusts
38kn
Shore
side-on
Water
1.1 mwaves
Air
15°C

Thu 5 · 0 out of 100

Wind
E 17 kn
Gusts
36kn
Shore
on
Water
1.2 mwaves
Air
16°C

Fri 6 · 25 out of 100

Wind
ENE 10 kn
Gusts
29kn
Shore
on
Water
1.1 mwaves
Air
15°C

Sat 7 · 0 out of 100

Wind
NNW 2 kn
Gusts
8kn
Shore
side
Water
flat
Air
16°C

Sun 8 · 30 out of 100

Wind
SE 6 kn
Gusts
14kn
Shore
side
Water
flat
Air
16°C

Mon 9 · 0 out of 100

Wind
NNE 3 kn
Gusts
9kn
Shore
side-on
Water
flat
Air
15°C

Tue 10 · 60 out of 100

Wind
ENE 9 kn
Gusts
18kn
Shore
on
Water
chop
Air
15°C

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

Forecast: next 9 days

Full forecast
  1. Tue 359, fair
  2. Wed 40, poor
  3. Thu 50, poor
  4. Fri 625, poor
  5. Sat 70, poor
  6. Sun 845, fair
  7. Mon 90, poor
  8. Tue 1091, good
  9. Wed 1176, good

The spot in five facts

  • Faces NEopen to the NE
  • Best wind: SE or NWalong the shore
  • Avoid: SWblows out to sea
  • Shelteredto the swell
  • Water 18 °C2 mm shorty

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 Saint-Tropez
DayScoreWindGustsShoreWaterAir
Tue 3Nov59, fairwind from the east, 9 knots20knside-onchop18°C
Wed 4Nov0, poorwind from the east, 18 knots38knside-on1.1 mwaves15°C
Thu 5Nov0, poorwind from the east, 17 knots36knon1.2 mwaves16°C
Fri 6Nov25, poorwind from the east-north-east, 10 knots29knon1.1 mwaves15°C
Sat 7Nov0, poorwind from the north-north-west, 2 knots8knsideflat16°C
Sun 8Nov45, fairwind from the south-east, 6 knots14knsideflat16°C
Mon 9Nov0, poorwind from the north-north-east, 3 knots9knside-onflat15°C
Tue 10Nov91, goodwind from the east-north-east, 9 knots18knonchop15°C
Wed 11Nov76, goodwind from the north-east, 8 knots18knonchop16°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

  • Tue 3 NovHigh 02:28 +0.0 mLow 09:16 −0.1 mHigh 15:44 +0.1 mLow 23:06 −0.1 m
  • Wed 4 NovHigh 04:31 +0.0 mLow 10:32 −0.1 mHigh 16:49 +0.1 mLow 23:51 −0.1 m
  • Thu 5 NovHigh 05:48 +0.0 mLow 11:36 −0.1 mHigh 17:39 +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.

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. Jan1of 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. Apr3of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
  5. May3of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
  6. Jun2of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
  7. Jul3of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
  8. Aug3of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
  9. Sep3of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
  10. Oct2of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov2of 7: a trip from Wed 4 Nov
  12. Dec1of 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 Saint-Tropez

Known for kitesurfing and windsurfing, by the OpenStreetMap map of the area. The shore faces NE, so wind from the SW 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 NE. Wind from the NE blows onshore, wind from the SW blows out to sea, and wind from the SE or NW runs along the shore. It is sheltered to the open sea. The sea floor shelves steeply: 10 m deep about 100 m out (1 in 11). 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 St Tropez. Within 5 km we also list 3 surf spots, 2 wind sports spots and 4 dive sites.

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$1,230–US$2,330 each

about US$1,230–US$2,330 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 2 November 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$497–US$1,040
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$141–US$235
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$282–US$470
Food7 days eating outabout US$315–US$584
Totalabout US$1,230–US$2,330

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: St Tropez

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Closest

St Tropez

1 min by car · 89 places to stay

about US$107/nightcountry average

See 89 places to stay in St Tropez · Booking.com

About St Tropez 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 2 November 2026.

Getting there: about 18h 25m

About 18h 25m door to door from Chicago

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

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