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Grande Plage des Lecques, France

Stay in Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer: see the trip Its beds, the way there and every spot near it.

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About Grande Plage des Lecques

Facing, offshore wind, exposure, level and swell range are estimated. Facts: verified, surf details estimated.

The spot faces SW (220°), so it takes swell from the SW. The wind blows offshore from the NE (40°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits beginners and up. It works in 4–15 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves moderately: 10 m deep about 400 m out (1 in 38). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would crumble. The sea is about 14°C in January, its coldest month (4/3 wetsuit and boots), and 24°C in August, its warmest (no wetsuit). The town to stay in is Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer, 2 km away (about 5 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 3 surf spots.

Water about 20°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 18 h 05 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Marseille Provence Airport (MRS), changing at Charles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG). About 14 flights a week that month.

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  2. Getting there. 1 h 10 from the airport to Grande Plage des Lecques.

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  3. Accommodation.

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  4. Hire and lessons.

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Where it is

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Forecast

Grande Plage des Lecques does not suit beginners. This is the forecast for intermediates, so you can see what it does.

The score for intermediates, coloured as on the area pages:GoodFairPoorToo bigToo small

DayScoreInter­mediateSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct92 ft4 smushy7kJ18°C
Mon 19Oct21 ft6 smushy5kJ21°C
Tue 20Oct125 ft5 smushy134kJ18°C
Wed 21Oct42 ft6 smushy18kJ16°C
Thu 22Oct92 ft6 smushy20kJ16°C
Fri 23Oct243 ft4 smushy32kJ19°C
Sat 24Oct193 ft5 smushy31kJ16°C
Sun 25Oct113 ft4 smushy23kJ18°C
Mon 26Oct142 ft6 smushy14kJ18°C
Tue 27Oct71 ft3 smushy1kJ19°C

Day scores here are the conditions out of 80; a trip's score on the results is the same conditions out of 100. The journey never scores. The forecast reaches about 10 days. Energy is the swell's power in kJ per metre of wave, from its height and interval: it grows with the square of each, so a long-period swell hits far harder than a short one the same size. The word under the swell is the wave's shape, our estimate from the sea floor. Wind is in knots: 10 kn is about 19 km/h. The arrow points where the wind blows to; offshore wind, blowing from the land out to sea, is green and says so.

Your trip, day by day

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

  1. Mon 19 Oct
    Travel out

    Fly ORD to MRS, changing at CDG, then 1h 10 by road. About 18h 05 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 20 of 80.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 2 ft at best.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 2 ft at best.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Surf Cap St Louis Left

    Best 11:00 to 14:00 local time: 3 ft at 4 s, wind 2 kn (4 km/h).

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 29 of 80.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to MRS, changing at CDG, then 1h 10 by road. About 18h 05 door to door

The plan picks the best of 3 spots near Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer each day: Cap Saint Louis, Cap St Louis Left, Grande Plage des Lecques.

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Rough cost

About £1,155–£2,160 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing a room. A guide from typical prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book.

WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to MRS, estimated from distance and season, changing at CDG, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£435–£905
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Hire car6 days, shared£105–£175
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, shared£255–£425
Food7 days eating out£240–£445
Board and wetsuit5 days, or about £85 to fly your own£85–£145
Total£1,155–£2,160

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026: where they come from. Lessons, lift-pass deals and insurance are extra.

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