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Club nautique d'Arès, France

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About Club nautique d'Arès

Known for kitesurfing and sailing, by the OpenStreetMap map of the area. The shore faces S, so wind from the N blows out to sea (our estimate from the coastline). Facts: verified.

Water about 19°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

A spot for kitesurfing and sailing, as OpenStreetMap maps it, on a shore facing S. Wind from the S blows onshore, wind from the N blows out to sea, and wind from the W or E runs along the shore. It is sheltered to the open sea. The sea floor shelves gently: 10 m deep about 800 m out (1 in 79). The sea is about 12°C in February, its coldest month (4/3 or 5/4, boots and gloves), and 22°C in August, its warmest (2 mm shorty). For kitesurfing at expert level the best months are usually January and December, with about 2 good days in 7; in July and August, about 0. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Ares New Aquitaine. Within 5 km we also list 2 wind sports spots.

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From Chicago: about 17 h 20 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD), changing at Dublin Airport (DUB). About 11 flights a week that month.

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  2. Getting there. 55 min from the airport to Club nautique d'Arès.

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  3. Accommodation.

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Where it is

Club nautique d'Arès on Google Maps · Directions

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Forecast

Best on Sun 25: 18 kn gusting 39, side-shore. Water: waves 1.9 m.

The score for kite, coloured as on the area pages:GoodFairPoor

DayScoreWindGustsShoreWater
Sun 18Oct017knoffnot safechop
Mon 19Oct010kncross-offchop
Tue 20Oct09knonchop
Wed 21Oct5030knside1.6 mwaves
Thu 22Oct3820knside-on1.3 mwaves
Fri 23Oct5237knside2.6 mwaves
Sat 24Oct1824knside1.2 mwaves
Sun 25Oct5339knside1.9 mwaves
Mon 26Oct018knside-on1.3 mwaves
Tue 27Oct010knside1.2 mwaves

Day scores are the conditions out of 80. Wind is the day's best reading: the mean and the gusts in knots (10 kn is about 19 km/h); the arrow points where it blows to. Shore: "side" is side-shore, blowing along the beach, the safe way; "side-on" and "on" blow in towards it; "cross-off" and "off" blow out to sea, and offshore scores nothing for kite and windsurf. Water is the open sea's waves near the spot: flat under 0.3 m, chop to 0.8 m.

The season

Good kite days in a typical week, each month, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).

  1. Jan2of 7
  2. Feb1of 7
  3. Mar1of 7
  4. Apr1of 7
  5. May1of 7
  6. Jun1of 7
  7. Jul0of 7
  8. Aug0of 7
  9. Sep1of 7
  10. Oct1of 7
  11. Nov1of 7
  12. Dec2of 7

Typical, not a forecast. Reanalysis wind misses some local thermal winds, so a spot known for an afternoon breeze may do better than this.

Your trip, day by day

6 nights from Mon 19 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for kite. Change dates

  1. Mon 19 Oct
    Travel out

    Fly ORD to BOD, changing at DUB, then 55 min by road. About 17h 20 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Rest day

    Not enough of the right wind: 4 kn gusting 9, onshore. Water: chop.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Kite Club nautique d'Arès

    13 kn gusting 30, side-shore. Water: waves 1.6 m.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Kite Club nautique d'Arès

    11 kn gusting 20, side-onshore. Water: waves 1.3 m.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Kite Club nautique d'Arès

    16 kn gusting 37, side-shore. Water: waves 2.6 m.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Rest day

    Not enough of the right wind: 11 kn gusting 24, side-shore. Water: waves 1.2 m.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to BOD, changing at DUB, then 55 min by road. About 17h 20 door to door

Rough cost

About £1,000–£1,890 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing. A guide from typical prices, not a quote. Kit hire is not in it yet: we have no sourced price for it.

  • Flights £410–£855
  • To the UK airport £35–£65
  • Taxi £60–£100
  • Stay £255–£425
  • Food £240–£445

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