HYÈRES · GIENS ISTHMUS · MISTRAL SIDE-SHORE · CORRIDOR IN SUMMER
L'Almanarre250+ WIND DAYS CLAIMED
The historic wind beach of the French Riviera: L'Almanarre runs down the west side of the Giens double isthmus, where the Mistral arrives side-shore and windsurf history was written. The Hôtel Almanarre Plage faces the sand at 50 metres with Kitextrem rigging 100 metres from its door, and MF Kite runs boat-supported sessions on the Madrague shore. Two truths up front: Mistral days are choppy, not flat — and in summer the kites operate through a marked corridor with a late-afternoon window.
Stay & learn on the spot
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Hotels on the water · 1 LIVE
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Hôtel Almanarre Plage
The hotel facing L'Almanarre: 50 m from the sand, Kitextrem at 100 m, gear storage and rinse point, Clef Verte label.
To the beach
50 M
School
100 M · KITEXTREM
Gear room
YES
Kite schools on the beach · 2 LIVE
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Kitextrem
The Almanarre veteran, teaching on this beach since 2000 — 100 m from the Hôtel Almanarre Plage, lessons in the marked zones.
Since
2000
To hotel
100 M
Spot
ON BEACH
L'Almanarre in motion ▶ YOUTUBE
7-day wind forecast
SPOT: PLAGE DE L'ALMANARRE · UPDATED DAILY
Plage de l'Almanarre · L'Almanarre STATIC · OPEN-METEO · SYNCED 20.07
TODAY
20.07
17KTS · GUST 21
W · 10m
GO TUE
21.07
20KTS · GUST 25
WSW · 9m
GO WED
22.07
13KTS · GUST 19
S · 12m
OK THU
23.07
21KTS · GUST 33
W · 9m
GO FRI
24.07
9KTS · GUST 24
SE · 12m+
LIGHT SAT
25.07
17KTS · GUST 40
ENE · 10m
GO SUN
26.07
13KTS · GUST 29
W · 12m
OK GO 16–24 kts · OK 12–15 · STRONG 25+ · LIGHT <12 — Open-Meteo data, cached & rewritten nightly by the agent as static HTML.
The Kitesurf Camp verdict L'Almanarre is the Riviera's honest wind beach: a hotel actually facing the spot, schools on the sand, an airport ten minutes away — and a Mistral that serves chop, crowds and rules in summer. Come in spring or autumn for the full-width beach, or accept the corridor and ride at aperitif hour.
Spot spec sheet
CHECKED NIGHTLY BY THE AGENT · REV 07.20
Wind
Mistral NW (side-shore) + east-wind days250+ DAYS/YR CLAIMED
Water
Chop to small swell in Mistral — NOT flatHONESTY FIRST
Season
Year-round wind; water warmest Jun → Oct
Summer rules
Marked corridor + late-afternoon window (~16:00-21:00), per arrêtéCHECK YEARLY
Launch
Long sand beach, easy walk-in, busy on Mistral days
Access
Toulon-Hyères airport ~10 min · route de la Madrague
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