About Nice

Nice is a town in Alpes-Maritimes, France. From Nice you can reach 3 surf spots, 1 ski resort, 2 kite spots, 2 windsurf spots, 1 sailing spot and 1 dive site. The nearest is Nice, a surf spot 0.2 km from the centre. Overture lists 386 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 1 of them campsites. The nearest airport is Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE), 6 km away.

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Staying in Nice

386 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 1 of them campsites (Overture places)
Nearest airports: Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE), 6 km, CUF, 98 km, TLN, 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 Nice.

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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. 2 spots stay in another town: within your drive, they count for Nice 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

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Keller19.5 kmabout 35 min by carStays in Antibes, 3 kmIntermediate and up

1 ft3 kJ

<1 ft2 kJ

3 ft64 kJ

2 ft29 kJ

3 ft42 kJ

2 ft12 kJ

3 ft39 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Keller, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	2, too small	1 ft3 smushy	3kJ	wind from the east, 14 knots	22°C
Mon 19Oct	1, too small	under 1 ft6 s	2kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 14 knots	22°C
Tue 20Oct	8, poor	3 ft6 smushy	64kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 20 knots	20°C
Wed 21Oct	20, too small	2 ft5 shollow	29kJ	wind from the south-west, 10 knots, offshore	22°C
Thu 22Oct	29, poor	3 ft5 shollow	42kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 4 knots, offshore	20°C
Fri 23Oct	12, too small	2 ft4 shollow	12kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 17 knots, offshore	22°C
Sat 24Oct	24, too small	3 ft6 shollow	39kJ	wind from the west, 22 knots, offshore	20°C

Nice0.2 kmabout 5 min by carIntermediate and up

2 ft5 kJ

2 ft20 kJ

3 ft26 kJ

3 ft32 kJ

2 ft12 kJ

1 ft3 kJ

2 ft18 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Nice, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	5, too small	2 ft4 shollow	5kJ	wind from the east, 10 knots	21°C
Mon 19Oct	11, too small	2 ft5 shollow	20kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 7 knots	22°C
Tue 20Oct	30, too small	3 ft4 shollow	26kJ	wind from the north-east, 8 knots, offshore	19°C
Wed 21Oct	16, too small	3 ft5 shollow	32kJ	wind from the south-west, 5 knots	21°C
Thu 22Oct	17, too small	2 ft4 shollow	12kJ	wind from the north, 5 knots, offshore	19°C
Fri 23Oct	7, too small	1 ft4 shollow	3kJ	wind from the west, 5 knots	21°C
Sat 24Oct	15, too small	2 ft5 shollow	18kJ	wind from the west, 9 knots	20°C

Villefranche sur mer3.4 kmabout 10 min by carStays in Villefranche-sur-MerIntermediate and up

1 ft4 kJ

2 ft14 kJ

3 ft34 kJ

3 ft33 kJ

2 ft20 kJ

1 ft5 kJ

3 ft32 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Villefranche sur mer, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	4, too small	1 ft4 shollow	4kJ	wind from the east, 10 knots	21°C
Mon 19Oct	6, too small	2 ft5 shollow	14kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 7 knots	22°C
Tue 20Oct	28, too small	3 ft5 shollow	34kJ	wind from the north-east, 8 knots, offshore	19°C
Wed 21Oct	13, too small	3 ft5 shollow	33kJ	wind from the south-west, 5 knots	21°C
Thu 22Oct	19, too small	2 ft5 shollow	20kJ	wind from the north, 5 knots, offshore	19°C
Fri 23Oct	7, too small	1 ft4 shollow	5kJ	wind from the west, 5 knots	21°C
Sat 24Oct	19, too small	3 ft5 shollow	32kJ	wind from the west, 9 knots	20°C

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