Tamaris, France

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Martigues, 5 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: Marseille Provence Airport (MRS), 16 km.

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About Tamaris

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

The spot faces S (185°), so it takes swell from the S. The wind blows offshore from the N (5°). 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 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). No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Martigues, 5 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: Marseille Provence Airport (MRS), 16 km. 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 17 h 35 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

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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Getting there. 35 min from the airport to Tamaris.
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No town nearby
No stay checked for this site yet: Martigues, 5 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: Marseille Provence Airport (MRS), 16 km.
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Forecast

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

Forecast and score for beginner surfers at Tamaris, each day
Day	Score for beginners	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	12, too small	1 ft4 shollow	4kJ	wind from the north-north-west, 12 knots, offshore	17°C
Mon 19Oct	1, too small	under 1 ft4 s	0kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 12 knots	21°C
Tue 20Oct	3, too small	1 ft5 smushy	9kJ	wind from the south-east, 20 knots	19°C
Wed 21Oct	17, poor	2 ft5 smushy	23kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 12 knots	18°C
Thu 22Oct	20, too small	2 ft5 smushy	19kJ	wind from the north-west, 12 knots	17°C
Fri 23Oct	39, fair	3 ft4 smushy	30kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 3 knots	20°C
Sat 24Oct	34, poor	2 ft4 smushy	20kJ	wind from the north-west, 10 knots	17°C
Sun 25Oct	28, too small	2 ft4 smushy	16kJ	wind from the north-west, 9 knots	18°C
Mon 26Oct	26, too small	2 ft5 shollow	15kJ	wind from the north-west, 13 knots, offshore	23°C
Tue 27Oct	9, too small	1 ft3 smushy	1kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 4 knots	20°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

Mon 19 Oct
Travel out
Fly ORD to MRS, changing at CDG, then 35 min by road. About 17h 35 door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 1 ft at best.
Wed 21 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 29 of 80.
Thu 22 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 26 of 80.
Fri 23 Oct
Surf Tamaris
Best 11:00 to 14:00 local time: 3 ft at 4 s, wind 3 kn (6 km/h).
Sat 24 Oct
Surf Tamaris
Best 17:00 to 20:00 local time: 2 ft at 4 s, wind 10 kn (18 km/h).
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
Fly ORD to MRS, changing at CDG, then 35 min by road. About 17h 35 door to door

Rough cost

About £825–£1,605 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing a room. A guide from typical prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book. No town nearby, so no stay is in it.

Rough cost per person for this trip
What	How we worked it out	Each
Flights	return ORD to MRS, estimated from distance and season, changing at CDG, full-service airlines, with a hold bag	£435–£905
To the UK airport	parking or the train, there and back	£35–£65
Taxi	airport and back, shared	£30–£45
Food	7 days eating out	£240–£445
Board and wetsuit	5 days, or about £85 to fly your own	£85–£145
Total		£825–£1,605

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

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