Le Lavandou, France

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Plage (Le Lavandou) (1)
Le Lavandou - Front de mer. Photo: Gzen92, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Le Lavandou

Le Lavandou is a town in Var, France. From Le Lavandou you can reach 3 surf spots, 1 kite spot, 1 windsurf spot and 18 dive sites. The nearest is Le Lavandou, a kite and windsurf spot 0.2 km from the centre. Overture lists 59 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 7 of them campsites. The nearest airport is TLN, 19 km away.

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Staying in Le Lavandou

  • 59 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 7 of them campsites (Overture places)
  • Nearest airports: TLN, 19 km, Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE), 90 km, Marseille Provence Airport (MRS), 99 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 Le Lavandou.

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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. The best of the spots that stay in Le Lavandou each day wears a ★ Best badge, only on a Good day. 1 spot stays in another town: within your drive, it counts for Le Lavandou 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

Surf spots within 20 km of Le Lavandou: Sun 18 Oct to Sat 24 Oct
SpotSun 18Mon 19Tue 20Wed 21Thu 22Fri 23Sat 24
La Favière4 kmabout 10 min by car1 ft1 kJwind from the east, 7 knots, too small1 ft5 kJwind from the east-north-east, 15 knots, too small3 ft48 kJwind from the east, 19 knots, poor2 ft15 kJwind from the west, 10 knots, offshore, too small2 ft9 kJwind from the west, 9 knots, offshore, too small3 ft25 kJwind from the west-north-west, 11 knots, offshore, fair1 ft6 kJwind from the west-north-west, 10 knots, offshore, too small
All readings for La Favière: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day
Forecast and score for beginner surfers at La Favière, each day
DayScore for beginnersSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct5, too small1 ft3 smushy1kJwind from the east, 7 knots22°C
Mon 19Oct2, too small1 ft6 smushy5kJwind from the east-north-east, 15 knots21°C
Tue 20Oct7, poor3 ft5 smushy48kJwind from the east, 19 knots18°C
Wed 21Oct18, too small2 ft5 smushy15kJwind from the west, 10 knots, offshore19°C
Thu 22Oct16, too small2 ft5 smushy9kJwind from the west, 9 knots, offshore19°C
Fri 23Oct39, fair3 ft4 smushy25kJwind from the west-north-west, 11 knots, offshore21°C
Sat 24Oct13, too small1 ft5 smushy6kJwind from the west-north-west, 10 knots, offshore18°C
Le Lavandou - Front de mer0.5 kmabout 5 min by car1 ft1 kJwind from the east-north-east, 8 knots, too small1 ft5 kJwind from the east-north-east, 16 knots, too small3 ft48 kJwind from the east, 21 knots, poor2 ft15 kJwind from the west, 14 knots, offshore, too small2 ft9 kJwind from the west-north-west, 8 knots, offshore, too small3 ft25 kJwind from the west-north-west, 13 knots, offshore, poor1 ft6 kJwind from the north-west, 13 knots, offshore, too small
All readings for Le Lavandou - Front de mer: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day
Forecast and score for beginner surfers at Le Lavandou - Front de mer, each day
DayScore for beginnersSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct4, too small1 ft3 smushy1kJwind from the east-north-east, 8 knots21°C
Mon 19Oct2, too small1 ft6 smushy5kJwind from the east-north-east, 16 knots21°C
Tue 20Oct7, poor3 ft5 smushy48kJwind from the east, 21 knots19°C
Wed 21Oct15, too small2 ft5 smushy15kJwind from the west, 14 knots, offshore19°C
Thu 22Oct13, too small2 ft5 smushy9kJwind from the west-north-west, 8 knots, offshore19°C
Fri 23Oct34, poor3 ft4 smushy25kJwind from the west-north-west, 13 knots, offshore20°C
Sat 24Oct11, too small1 ft5 smushy6kJwind from the north-west, 13 knots, offshore18°C
Gigaro19.1 kmabout 35 min by carStays in La Croix-Valmer, 4 kmIntermediate and up1 ft1 kJwind from the east, 7 knots1 ft3 kJwind from the east-north-east, 14 knots4 ft73 kJwind from the east-north-east, 18 knots2 ft18 kJwind from the west, 10 knots2 ft12 kJwind from the north-west, 7 knots3 ft29 kJwind from the west-north-west, 11 knots1 ft11 kJwind from the west-north-west, 13 knots
All readings for Gigaro: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day
Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Gigaro, each day
DayScorefor Inter­mediateSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct6, too small1 ft3 shollow1kJwind from the east, 7 knots21°C
Mon 19Oct2, too small1 ft6 shollow3kJwind from the east-north-east, 14 knots21°C
Tue 20Oct26, poor4 ft6 shollow73kJwind from the east-north-east, 18 knots18°C
Wed 21Oct6, too small2 ft6 shollow18kJwind from the west, 10 knots20°C
Thu 22Oct11, too small2 ft5 shollow12kJwind from the north-west, 7 knots20°C
Fri 23Oct28, too small3 ft4 shollow29kJwind from the west-north-west, 11 knots22°C
Sat 24Oct8, too small1 ft6 shollow11kJwind from the west-north-west, 13 knots18°C

Distances are in a straight line from the middle of Le Lavandou, 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).

Kite near Le Lavandou

Windsurf near Le Lavandou

Dive near Le Lavandou

Places to eat near Le Lavandou

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