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Plage de Portisol, France

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Plage de Portisol. Photo: Dnaiel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Plage de Portisol

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

The spot faces SW (233°), so it takes swell from the SW. The wind blows offshore from the NE (53°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits beginners and up. It works in 2–10 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves steeply: 10 m deep about 200 m out (1 in 19). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hollow. 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 Sanary-sur-Mer, 1 km away (about 5 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 8 surf spots and 4 wind sports 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 15 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 20 from the airport to Plage de Portisol.

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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

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

DayScoreSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct162 ft4 smushy11kJ19°C
Mon 19Oct71 ft4 smushy3kJ20°C
Tue 20Oct175 ft5 smushy136kJ19°C
Wed 21Oct21 ft6 smushy10kJ17°C
Thu 22Oct42 ft5 smushy15kJ17°C
Fri 23Oct273 ft4 smushy33kJ19°C
Sat 24Oct62 ft6 smushy26kJ14°C
Sun 25Oct142 ft4 smushy21kJ17°C
Mon 26Oct21 ft5 smushy8kJ16°C
Tue 27Oct91 ft3 smushy1kJ17°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 20 by road. About 18h 15 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Surf Roc Amour

    Best 11:00 to 14:00 local time: 3 ft at 6 s, offshore wind.

  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 Plage de Portisol

    Best 11:00 to 14:00 local time: 3 ft at 4 s, offshore wind.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 13 of 80.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to MRS, changing at CDG, then 1h 20 by road. About 18h 15 door to door

The plan picks the best of 4 spots near Sanary-sur-Mer each day: Embiez - Le Phare, Plage de Portisol, Portissol, Roc Amour.

The trip from Sanary-sur-Mer, with every spot near it

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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