Golfe de Pero 2 — Cargese. Photo: Rotavdrag, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Cargèse

Cargèse is a town in Corse-du-Sud, France. From Cargèse you can reach 3 surf spots and 1 dive site. The nearest is Cargese, a surf spot 1 km from the centre. Overture lists 25 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 1 of them campsites. The nearest airport is AJA, 29 km away.

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Staying in Cargèse

25 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 1 of them campsites (Overture places)
Nearest airports: AJA, 29 km, CLY, 47 km, FSC, 82 km

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Where it is

Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for intermediates: green on a good day. The dashed circle is 20 km from Cargèse.

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Surf within 20 km

The next 7 days. Each day's wave height, green on a good day for the level each spot suits. Pick your level for the days that suit you. The best of the spots that stay in Cargèse each day wears a ★ Best badge, only on a Good day. 1 spot stays in another town: within your drive, it counts for Cargèse too.

Wave height in feet, the wave energy in kJ under it.GoodUnder each day, the wind in knots: the arrow points where it blows to.

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Arone7.6 kmabout 15 min by car

2 ft33 kJ

2 ft10 kJ

3 ft37 kJ

5 ft170 kJ

4 ft137 kJ

3 ft42 kJ

4 ft161 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Arone, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	27, too small	2 ft5 shollow	33kJ	wind from the south, 6 knots	22°C
Mon 19Oct	15, too small	2 ft5 shollow	10kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 1 knot, offshore	24°C
Tue 20Oct	31, too small	3 ft6 shollow	37kJ	wind from the east, 7 knots, offshore	25°C
Wed 21Oct	10, poor	5 ft7 smushy	170kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 15 knots	19°C
Thu 22Oct	19, poor	4 ft8 smushy	137kJ	wind from the west, 12 knots	19°C
Fri 23Oct	28, poor	3 ft4 shollow	42kJ	wind from the south, 10 knots	20°C
Sat 24Oct	6, poor	4 ft8 smushy	161kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 20 knots	19°C

Cargese1 kmabout 5 min by car

2 ft21 kJ

2 ft11 kJ

2 ft36 kJ

5 ft183 kJ

2 ft62 kJ

3 ft38 kJ

3 ft95 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Cargese, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	26, too small	2 ft5 shollow	21kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 3 knots, offshore	23°C
Mon 19Oct	14, too small	2 ft5 shollow	11kJ	wind from the east, 1 knot, offshore	24°C
Tue 20Oct	26, too small	2 ft6 shollow	36kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 9 knots	25°C
Wed 21Oct	8, poor	5 ft7 smushy	183kJ	wind from the west, 17 knots	19°C
Thu 22Oct	9, too small	2 ft8 smushy	62kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 12 knots	19°C
Fri 23Oct	24, poor	3 ft5 shollow	38kJ	wind from the south, 10 knots	20°C
Sat 24Oct	4, too small	3 ft8 smushy	95kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 24 knots	19°C

Sagone8.7 kmabout 15 min by carStays in Sagone

2 ft34 kJ

2 ft11 kJ

2 ft21 kJ

5 ft165 kJ

6 ft281 kJ

3 ft26 kJ

6 ft410 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Sagone, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	18, too small	2 ft5 smushy	34kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 3 knots	22°C
Mon 19Oct	9, too small	2 ft5 smushy	11kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 2 knots	25°C
Tue 20Oct	10, too small	2 ft6 smushy	21kJ	wind from the east, 7 knots	26°C
Wed 21Oct	13, poor	5 ft6 smushy	165kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 12 knots	18°C
Thu 22Oct	0, too big	6 ft7 smushy	281kJ	wind from the west, 9 knots	18°C
Fri 23Oct	19, too small	3 ft4 smushy	26kJ	wind from the south-east, 6 knots	20°C
Sat 24Oct	0, too big	6 ft7 smushy	410kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 15 knots	17°C

Distances are in a straight line from the middle of Cargèse, to spots that land joins: none across a bay or on another island. A drive marked "about" is our estimate: the straight line times 1.8 minutes a km, measured on the drives we have routed (half of those come within 21% of the routed time).

Dive near Cargèse

Canadair Wreck 8.5 km · stays here

Places to eat near Cargèse

Épicerie LecaFrench · 0.3 km from the centre
U RasaghiuFrench · 0.3 km from the centre
AM PizzaPizza · 0.2 km from the centre
Le 20130French · 0.3 km from the centre
MaremmieseItalian · 0.3 km from the centre
Restaurant Le Saint JeanFrench · 0.3 km from the centre

Within 2 km of the town centre, listed by how complete the listing is (website, opening hours, cuisine) and whether two sources name it. Not a judgement of the food: we have no reviews. Listings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps Foundation. Credits

Cargèse, France