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Grande Côte - Saint Palais, France

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Near Grande Côte - Saint Palais. Photo: Cobber17, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Grande Côte - Saint Palais

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

The spot faces SW (213°), so it takes swell from the SW. The wind blows offshore from the NE (33°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 4–15 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves gently: 10 m deep about 800 m out (1 in 78). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 10°C in January, its coldest month (4/3 or 5/4, boots and gloves), and 21°C in August, its warmest (2 mm shorty). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually January, February, March and April, with about 1 good days in 7; in June and July, about 0. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is La Palmyre, 2.7 km away (about 5 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 1 wind sports spot.

Water about 18°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.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to LRH, changing at Dublin Airport (DUB).

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  2. Getting there. 1 h 20 from the airport to Grande Côte - Saint Palais.

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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 18Oct293 ft10 ssoft116kJ15°C
Mon 19Oct152 ft15 scrumbling106kJ14°C
Tue 20Oct423 ft12 ssoft315kJ15°C
Wed 21Oct53 ft10 ssoft112kJ16°C
Thu 22Oct06 ft9 smushy618kJ16°C
Fri 23Oct010 ft12 smushy2,355kJ16°C
Sat 24Oct07 ft9 ssoft824kJ16°C
Sun 25Oct07 ft10 smushy1,002kJ18°C
Mon 26Oct07 ft9 smushy746kJ18°C
Tue 27Oct06 ft8 ssoft454kJ18°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 LRH, changing at DUB, then 1h 20 by road. About 17h 35 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Surf Côte sauvage - Le 27

    Best 11:00 to 14:00 local time: 4 ft at 12 s, wind 8 kn (15 km/h).

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 3 ft at best.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to LRH, changing at DUB, then 1h 20 by road. About 17h 35 door to door

The plan picks the best of 6 spots near La Palmyre each day: Côte sauvage - Le 27, Côte sauvage - Le 43, Côte sauvage - Le 46, Côte sauvage - Le 47, Côte sauvage - Phare de la Coubre (lighthouse), Grande Côte - Saint Palais.

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Rough cost

About £1,125–£2,100 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 LRH, estimated from distance and season, changing at DUB, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£405–£845
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£1,125–£2,100

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

Places to eat near La Palmyre

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