Aerial view of Gigaro Beach in La Croix-Valmer, France — Gigaro. Photo: dronepicr, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

About La Croix-Valmer

La Croix-Valmer is a town in Var, France. From La Croix-Valmer you can reach 7 surf spots, 1 windsurf spot, 1 sailing spot and 1 dive site. The nearest is Centre Nautique de La Croix Valmer, a sailing and windsurf spot 2.4 km from the centre. Overture lists 18 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 1 of them campsites. The nearest airport is TLN, 36 km away.

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Staying in La Croix-Valmer

18 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 1 of them campsites (Overture places)
Nearest airports: TLN, 36 km, Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE), 72 km, Marseille Provence Airport (MRS), 113 km

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Where it is

Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for beginners: green on a good day. The dashed circle is 20 km from La Croix-Valmer.

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Surf within 20 km

The next 7 days. Each day's wave height, green on a good day for beginner surfers. A spot that does not suit them is tagged with the level it suits and never goes green for them. 6 spots stay in another town: within your drive, they count for La Croix-Valmer 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.A tag under a spot's name is the level its colours are for: Intermediate

Spot

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The magique left17.4 kmabout 35 min by carStays in Sainte-Maxime, 5 km

1 ft11 kJ

4 ft72 kJ

2 ft29 kJ

2 ft10 kJ

2 ft8 kJ

1 ft5 kJ

2 ft13 kJ

Forecast and score for beginner surfers at The magique left, each day
Day	Score for beginners	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Mon 19Oct	5, too small	1 ft6 smushy	11kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 18 knots	21°C
Tue 20Oct	0, too big	4 ft6 smushy	72kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 17 knots	20°C
Wed 21Oct	57, good	2 ft5 shollow	29kJ	wind from the west, 13 knots, offshore	20°C
Thu 22Oct	33, too small	2 ft5 shollow	10kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 15 knots, offshore	20°C
Fri 23Oct	28, poor	2 ft4 shollow	8kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 15 knots, offshore	21°C
Sat 24Oct	16, too small	1 ft5 shollow	5kJ	wind from the west, 17 knots, offshore	17°C
Sun 25Oct	39, fair	2 ft5 shollow	13kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 6 knots, offshore	17°C

La Nartelle14.8 kmabout 30 min by carStays in Sainte-Maxime, 3 km

1 ft11 kJ

4 ft72 kJ

2 ft29 kJ

2 ft10 kJ

2 ft8 kJ

1 ft5 kJ

2 ft13 kJ

Forecast and score for beginner surfers at La Nartelle, each day
Day	Score for beginners	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Mon 19Oct	8, too small	1 ft6 smushy	11kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 12 knots	21°C
Tue 20Oct	0, too big	4 ft6 smushy	72kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 12 knots	18°C
Wed 21Oct	53, good	2 ft5 smushy	29kJ	wind from the west, 12 knots, offshore	19°C
Thu 22Oct	34, too small	2 ft5 smushy	10kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 13 knots, offshore	19°C
Fri 23Oct	26, poor	2 ft4 smushy	8kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 13 knots, offshore	20°C
Sat 24Oct	16, too small	1 ft5 smushy	5kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 14 knots, offshore	16°C
Sun 25Oct	39, fair	2 ft5 smushy	13kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 5 knots, offshore	16°C

La Cigale10.4 kmabout 20 min by carStays in Sainte-Maxime, 2 km

1 ft11 kJ

4 ft72 kJ

2 ft29 kJ

2 ft10 kJ

2 ft8 kJ

1 ft5 kJ

2 ft13 kJ

Forecast and score for beginner surfers at La Cigale, each day
Day	Score for beginners	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Mon 19Oct	5, too small	1 ft6 smushy	11kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 13 knots	21°C
Tue 20Oct	0, too big	4 ft6 smushy	72kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 14 knots	18°C
Wed 21Oct	46, fair	2 ft5 smushy	29kJ	wind from the west, 10 knots, offshore	20°C
Thu 22Oct	26, too small	2 ft5 smushy	10kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 13 knots, offshore	19°C
Fri 23Oct	20, too small	2 ft4 smushy	8kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 13 knots, offshore	21°C
Sat 24Oct	13, too small	1 ft5 smushy	5kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 14 knots, offshore	16°C
Sun 25Oct	29, too small	2 ft5 smushy	13kJ	wind from the north-west, 4 knots, offshore	17°C

pointe alègre10.5 kmabout 20 min by carStays in Sainte-Maxime, 2 km

1 ft11 kJ

4 ft72 kJ

2 ft29 kJ

2 ft10 kJ

2 ft8 kJ

1 ft5 kJ

2 ft13 kJ

Forecast and score for beginner surfers at pointe alègre, each day
Day	Score for beginners	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Mon 19Oct	5, too small	1 ft6 smushy	11kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 13 knots	21°C
Tue 20Oct	0, too big	4 ft6 smushy	72kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 14 knots	18°C
Wed 21Oct	46, fair	2 ft5 smushy	29kJ	wind from the west, 10 knots, offshore	20°C
Thu 22Oct	26, too small	2 ft5 smushy	10kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 13 knots, offshore	19°C
Fri 23Oct	20, too small	2 ft4 smushy	8kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 13 knots, offshore	21°C
Sat 24Oct	13, too small	1 ft5 smushy	5kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 14 knots, offshore	16°C
Sun 25Oct	29, too small	2 ft5 smushy	13kJ	wind from the north-west, 4 knots, offshore	17°C

La Favière19.9 kmabout 35 min by carStays in Le Lavandou, 4 km

1 ft11 kJ

3 ft60 kJ

2 ft15 kJ

2 ft12 kJ

2 ft18 kJ

2 ft13 kJ

2 ft21 kJ

Forecast and score for beginner surfers at La Favière, each day
Day	Score for beginners	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Mon 19Oct	4, too small	1 ft6 smushy	11kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 15 knots	21°C
Tue 20Oct	0, too big	3 ft5 smushy	60kJ	wind from the east, 16 knots	18°C
Wed 21Oct	21, too small	2 ft5 smushy	15kJ	wind from the west, 10 knots, offshore	19°C
Thu 22Oct	26, too small	2 ft5 smushy	12kJ	wind from the west, 11 knots, offshore	19°C
Fri 23Oct	27, poor	2 ft4 smushy	18kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 11 knots, offshore	21°C
Sat 24Oct	26, too small	2 ft5 smushy	13kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 11 knots, offshore	16°C
Sun 25Oct	38, fair	2 ft5 smushy	21kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 10 knots, offshore	19°C

Le Lavandou - Front de mer17.8 kmabout 35 min by carStays in Le Lavandou

1 ft12 kJ

3 ft60 kJ

2 ft15 kJ

2 ft12 kJ

2 ft18 kJ

2 ft13 kJ

2 ft21 kJ

Forecast and score for beginner surfers at Le Lavandou - Front de mer, each day
Day	Score for beginners	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Mon 19Oct	3, too small	1 ft6 smushy	12kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 18 knots	21°C
Tue 20Oct	0, too big	3 ft5 smushy	60kJ	wind from the east, 17 knots	19°C
Wed 21Oct	19, too small	2 ft5 smushy	15kJ	wind from the west, 14 knots, offshore	19°C
Thu 22Oct	22, too small	2 ft5 smushy	12kJ	wind from the west, 14 knots, offshore	19°C
Fri 23Oct	22, too small	2 ft4 smushy	18kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 13 knots, offshore	21°C
Sat 24Oct	22, too small	2 ft5 smushy	13kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 13 knots, offshore	17°C
Sun 25Oct	31, too small	2 ft5 smushy	21kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 9 knots, offshore	19°C

Gigaro3.6 kmabout 10 min by carIntermediate and up

1 ft10 kJ

4 ft74 kJ

2 ft19 kJ

2 ft16 kJ

2 ft20 kJ

2 ft16 kJ

3 ft27 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Gigaro, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Mon 19Oct	3, too small	1 ft7 shollow	10kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 15 knots	21°C
Tue 20Oct	31, poor	4 ft5 shollow	74kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 16 knots	19°C
Wed 21Oct	11, too small	2 ft5 shollow	19kJ	wind from the west, 10 knots	20°C
Thu 22Oct	18, too small	2 ft5 shollow	16kJ	wind from the north-west, 8 knots	20°C
Fri 23Oct	19, too small	2 ft4 shollow	20kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 12 knots	21°C
Sat 24Oct	11, too small	2 ft5 shollow	16kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 13 knots	17°C
Sun 25Oct	31, too small	3 ft5 shollow	27kJ	wind from the north-west, 3 knots	18°C

Distances are in a straight line from the middle of La Croix-Valmer, 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).

Windsurf near La Croix-Valmer

Centre Nautique de La Croix Valmer 2.4 km · stays here

Sailing near La Croix-Valmer

Centre Nautique de La Croix Valmer 2.4 km · stays here

Dive near La Croix-Valmer

Togo 4.9 km · stays here

Places to eat near La Croix-Valmer

Café ValmerFrench · 0.1 km from the centre
La Grange Cave & RestaurantFrench · 0.1 km from the centre
La villa baccoFrench · 0.2 km from the centre
Pizza HousePizza · 0.2 km from the centre
Pizz'BurgerPizza · 0.5 km from the centre
Le café d en faceFrench · in the centre

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La Croix-Valmer, France

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Where it is

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