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L'Arène, France

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Plage Grande Mer à Cassis (France) en mai 2017
Near L'Arène, 1 km away. Photo: Benoît Prieur, CC0, Wikimedia Commons

About L'Arène

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

The spot faces SW (210°), so it takes swell from the SW. The wind blows offshore from the NE (30°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up, because of a steep sea floor. It works in 3–13 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves very steeply: 10 m deep about 50 m out (1 in 7). 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 23°C in August, its warmest (2 mm shorty). The town to stay in is Cassis, 1 km away (about 5 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 1 wind sports spot and 2 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 55 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.

    See flights ORD → MRS · Skyscanner from about £435 returnAd

  2. Getting there. 1 h from the airport to L'Arène.

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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 experts, coloured as on the area pages:GoodFairPoorToo bigToo small

DayScoreSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct41 ft4 shollow6kJ17°C
Mon 19Oct11 ft6 s2kJ21°C
Tue 20Oct66 ft5 smushy153kJ19°C
Wed 21Oct32 ft6 shollow16kJ17°C
Thu 22Oct52 ft5 shollow17kJ17°C
Fri 23Oct133 ft4 shollow35kJ19°C
Sat 24Oct83 ft5 shollow28kJ16°C
Sun 25Oct62 ft4 shollow22kJ18°C
Mon 26Oct51 ft5 shollow10kJ18°C
Tue 27Oct31 ft3 shollow1kJ18°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 expert surfers. Change dates

  1. Mon 19 Oct
    Travel out

    Fly ORD to MRS, changing at CDG, then 1h by road. About 17h 55 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Rest day

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

  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
    Rest day

    Too small: 3 ft at best.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 3 ft at best.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to MRS, changing at CDG, then 1h by road. About 17h 55 door to door

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Rough cost

About £1,115–£2,090 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£65–£105
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£1,115–£2,090

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

Places to eat near Cassis

Within 2 km of the town centre, listed by how complete the listing is (website, opening hours, cuisine) and whether two sources name it. Not a judgement of the food: we have no reviews. Listings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps Foundation. Credits

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