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Marseille - La digue de la pointe rouge, France

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About Marseille - La digue de la pointe rouge

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

The spot faces W (263°), so it takes swell from the W. The wind blows offshore from the E (83°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits beginners and up. It works in 3–11 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves steeply: 10 m deep about 150 m out (1 in 15). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hollow. The sea is about 13°C in February, its coldest month (4/3 wetsuit and boots), and 23°C in August, its warmest (2 mm shorty). The town to stay in is Marseille, 6.3 km away (about 15 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 2 surf spots, 2 wind sports spots and 11 dive sites.

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 17 h 45 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. 45 min from the airport to Marseille - La digue de la pointe rouge.

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  3. Accommodation.

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Plages du Prado, 3 km away

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Forecast

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

DayScoreSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct71 ft4 shollow4kJ16°C
Mon 19Oct4under 1 ft7 s2kJ21°C
Tue 20Oct62 ft6 shollow18kJ18°C
Wed 21Oct102 ft5 smushy26kJ17°C
Thu 22Oct172 ft4 smushy14kJ16°C
Fri 23Oct273 ft4 smushy32kJ19°C
Sat 24Oct233 ft5 smushy35kJ14°C
Sun 25Oct292 ft4 smushy10kJ16°C
Mon 26Oct52 ft5 smushy9kJ15°C
Tue 27Oct91 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 beginner surfers. Change dates

  1. Mon 19 Oct
    Travel out

    Fly ORD to MRS, changing at CDG, then 45 min by road. About 17h 45 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 2 ft at best.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 16 of 80.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 2 ft at best.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Surf Marseille - La digue de la pointe rouge

    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 25 of 80.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to MRS, changing at CDG, then 45 min by road. About 17h 45 door to door

The plan picks the best of 3 spots near Marseille each day: Epluchures Beach, La verrerie, Marseille - La digue de la pointe rouge.

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Rough cost

About £1,095–£2,060 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
Taxiairport and back, shared£45–£75
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£1,095–£2,060

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

Places to eat near Marseille

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