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Tam Tam Wind Shop, France

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About Tam Tam Wind Shop

Known for windsurfing, by the OpenStreetMap map of the area. The shore faces SW, so wind from the NE blows out to sea (our estimate from the coastline). Facts: verified.

Water about 22°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

A spot for windsurfing, as OpenStreetMap maps it, on a shore facing SW. Wind from the SW blows onshore, wind from the NE blows out to sea, and wind from the NW or SE runs along the shore. It is sheltered to the open sea. The sea floor shelves steeply: 10 m deep about 100 m out (1 in 10). The sea is about 14°C in February, its coldest month (4/3 wetsuit and boots), and 26°C in August, its warmest (no wetsuit). For windsurfing at intermediate level the best months are usually January and December, with about 3 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Bonifacio.

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From Chicago: about 17 h 55 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to FSC, changing at Charles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG).

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  2. Getting there. 35 min from the airport to Tam Tam Wind Shop.

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  3. Accommodation.

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  4. Hire and lessons.

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Where it is

Tam Tam Wind Shop on Google Maps · Directions

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Forecast

Best on Sun 25: 19 kn gusting 25, side-onshore. Water: waves 0.8 m.

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

DayScoreWindGustsShoreWater
Sun 18Oct09knside-onchop
Mon 19Oct022knoffnot safechop
Tue 20Oct023kncross-offchop
Wed 21Oct1634knside-on0.8 mwaves
Thu 22Oct6234knside-on1.1 mwaves
Fri 23Oct6823knonchop
Sat 24Oct035knside-on1.5 mwaves
Sun 25Oct8025knside-on0.8 mwaves
Mon 26Oct015knoffnot safe1.2 mwaves
Tue 27Oct010knoffnot safechop

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

  1. Jan3of 7
  2. Feb2of 7
  3. Mar2of 7
  4. Apr2of 7
  5. May2of 7
  6. Jun2of 7
  7. Jul2of 7
  8. Aug2of 7
  9. Sep2of 7
  10. Oct2of 7
  11. Nov2of 7
  12. Dec3of 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 windsurf. Change dates

  1. Mon 19 Oct
    Travel out

    Fly ORD to FSC, changing at CDG, then 35 min by road. About 17h 55 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Rest day

    Not enough of the right wind: 17 kn gusting 23, cross-offshore. Offshore: not safe to ride. Water: chop.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Rest day

    Not enough of the right wind: 26 kn gusting 34, side-onshore. Water: waves 0.8 m.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Windsurf Tam Tam Wind Shop

    22 kn gusting 34, side-onshore. Water: waves 1.1 m.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Windsurf Tam Tam Wind Shop

    16 kn gusting 23, onshore. Water: chop.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Rest day

    Not enough of the right wind: 27 kn gusting 35, side-onshore. Water: waves 1.5 m.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to FSC, changing at CDG, then 35 min by road. About 17h 55 door to door

Rough cost

About £1,010–£1,920 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 £455–£945
  • To the UK airport £35–£65
  • Taxi £25–£40
  • Stay £255–£425
  • Food £240–£445

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