About Porto-Vecchio

Porto-Vecchio is a town in Corse-du-Sud, France. From Porto-Vecchio you can reach 5 surf spots and 1 windsurf spot. The nearest is hobbie cat, windsurf rental and lessons, a windsurf spot 7.3 km from the centre. Overture lists 55 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 6 of them campsites. The nearest airport is FSC, 18 km away.

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Staying in Porto-Vecchio

55 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 6 of them campsites (Overture places)
Nearest airports: FSC, 18 km, AJA, 54 km, OLB, 80 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 Porto-Vecchio.

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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. 4 spots stay in another town: within your drive, they count for Porto-Vecchio 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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Etang de l'Ovu Santu17.3 kmabout 30 min by carStays in Pinarellu, 4 km

1 ft1 kJ

2 ft9 kJ

3 ft28 kJ

2 ft30 kJ

1 ft5 kJ

<1 ft0 kJ

1 ft4 kJ

Forecast and score for beginner surfers at Etang de l'Ovu Santu, each day
Day	Score for beginners	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	12, too small	1 ft3 smushy	1kJ	wind from the south-east, 4 knots	24°C
Mon 19Oct	52, good	2 ft4 smushy	9kJ	wind from the north-north-west, 4 knots	21°C
Tue 20Oct	14, poor	3 ft4 smushy	28kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 1 knot	19°C
Wed 21Oct	56, good	2 ft6 smushy	30kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 13 knots, offshore	20°C
Thu 22Oct	22, too small	1 ft4 smushy	5kJ	wind from the west, 9 knots, offshore	20°C
Fri 23Oct	4, too small	under 1 ft3 s	0kJ	wind from the south, 0 knots	21°C
Sat 24Oct	24, too small	1 ft4 smushy	4kJ	wind from the west, 6 knots, offshore	19°C

Punta di Testa14.5 kmabout 25 min by carStays in Pinarellu, 2 km

1 ft1 kJ

2 ft9 kJ

3 ft29 kJ

2 ft38 kJ

1 ft5 kJ

<1 ft1 kJ

1 ft5 kJ

Forecast and score for beginner surfers at Punta di Testa, each day
Day	Score for beginners	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	7, too small	1 ft3 s	1kJ	wind from the south-east, 4 knots	24°C
Mon 19Oct	32, too small	2 ft4 smushy	9kJ	wind from the north-north-west, 4 knots	21°C
Tue 20Oct	33, poor	3 ft4 smushy	29kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 1 knot	19°C
Wed 21Oct	38, fair	2 ft6 smushy	38kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 11 knots	20°C
Thu 22Oct	10, too small	1 ft4 smushy	5kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 3 knots, offshore	20°C
Fri 23Oct	3, too small	under 1 ft4 s	1kJ	wind from the south, 0 knots	21°C
Sat 24Oct	13, too small	1 ft4 smushy	5kJ	wind from the west, 6 knots, offshore	19°C

Vardiolla14.4 kmabout 25 min by carStays in Pinarellu, 2 km

1 ft0 kJ

2 ft6 kJ

3 ft20 kJ

2 ft15 kJ

1 ft3 kJ

<1 ft0 kJ

1 ft3 kJ

Forecast and score for beginner surfers at Vardiolla, each day
Day	Score for beginners	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	5, too small	1 ft3 s	0kJ	wind from the south-east, 4 knots	24°C
Mon 19Oct	23, too small	2 ft3 smushy	6kJ	wind from the north-north-west, 4 knots, offshore	21°C
Tue 20Oct	37, fair	3 ft4 smushy	20kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 1 knot	19°C
Wed 21Oct	22, too small	2 ft6 smushy	15kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 13 knots, offshore	20°C
Thu 22Oct	6, too small	1 ft4 smushy	3kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 3 knots	20°C
Fri 23Oct	3, too small	under 1 ft3 s	0kJ	wind from the south, 0 knots	21°C
Sat 24Oct	8, too small	1 ft4 smushy	3kJ	wind from the west, 5 knots, offshore	19°C

Espuma7.4 kmabout 15 min by carIntermediate and up

1 ft1 kJ

2 ft8 kJ

4 ft61 kJ

2 ft23 kJ

1 ft3 kJ

1 ft1 kJ

1 ft3 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Espuma, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	4, too small	1 ft3 s	1kJ	wind from the south-east, 6 knots	24°C
Mon 19Oct	16, too small	2 ft4 shollow	8kJ	wind from the north, 10 knots	22°C
Tue 20Oct	26, poor	4 ft5 shollow	61kJ	wind from the south, 10 knots	21°C
Wed 21Oct	23, too small	2 ft6 shollow	23kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 16 knots, offshore	21°C
Thu 22Oct	6, too small	1 ft4 shollow	3kJ	wind from the west, 13 knots, offshore	20°C
Fri 23Oct	4, too small	1 ft3 shollow	1kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 6 knots, offshore	22°C
Sat 24Oct	6, too small	1 ft5 shollow	3kJ	wind from the west, 9 knots, offshore	19°C

Pinarellu13 kmabout 25 min by carStays in PinarelluNeeds 4 ft+

1 ft0 kJ

2 ft6 kJ

4 ft65 kJ

2 ft27 kJ

1 ft2 kJ

<1 ft0 kJ

1 ft1 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Pinarellu, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	4, too small	1 ft3 s	0kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 4 knots	25°C
Mon 19Oct	13, too small	2 ft4 smushy	6kJ	wind from the north, 7 knots	22°C
Tue 20Oct	32, poor	4 ft5 smushy	65kJ	wind from the south, 10 knots	20°C
Wed 21Oct	18, too small	2 ft6 smushy	27kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 14 knots, offshore	20°C
Thu 22Oct	5, too small	1 ft4 smushy	2kJ	wind from the west, 14 knots, offshore	20°C
Fri 23Oct	2, too small	under 1 ft4 s	0kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 3 knots, offshore	22°C
Sat 24Oct	5, too small	1 ft4 smushy	1kJ	wind from the west, 10 knots, offshore	19°C

Distances are in a straight line from the middle of Porto-Vecchio, 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 Porto-Vecchio

hobbie cat, windsurf rental and lessons 7.3 km · stays here

Places to eat near Porto-Vecchio

Chez AnnaItalian · in the centre
Chez JojoFrench · in the centre
L'OsteriaItalian · in the centre
Pizza du BastionPizza · in the centre
Shirley's BarPancake house · in the centre
Alta RoccaFrench · 0.1 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

Porto-Vecchio, France

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Where it is

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