Plage du Cavaou or Fos-sur-Mer ( ID plage_du_cavaou )      Hits: 718
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Continent: Europe Country: France Next Big City (Airport):  Marseille Next Town: Martigues, Fos-sur-Mer Latitude:   43.4312 Longitude: 4.9184 Edit or submit information Type: - Ocean Rider Ability: No Information Good for: - Kitesurfing - Windsurfing - Surfing Features: No Information
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Water Type: - Shallow - Flat - Chop - Small Wave (< 1m) - Medium Wave (1-3m) Hazards: No Information Quality: No Information Best Tide: No Information Flat water with Mistral. Nice waves along the beach. Lots of space. Big shallow area. Edit
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Type: - Sand Size: - Medium Hazards: No Information Beach crowds: No Information
Long sandy beach with lots of space. Edit
Weather
Spring: - Shorty - Normal Wetsuit Summer: - Shorts Fall: - Shorty - Normal Wetsuit Winter: - Normal Wetsuit - Thick Wetsuit / Drysuit
Nice in summer, just shorts. Shorty or normal wetsuit during spring and autumn. Thicker wetsuit during winter. Edit
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Best Direction:	- N - E - ESE - SE - SSE - S	Main Direction: No Information

This beach works in E, SE, S, W and SW. Mistral is offshore and gusty, but great for speed sessions. Further west the beach curves, making SW and NE sideshore.

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From Marseille westwards to Martigues, then to Fos-sur-Mer. From here take Route des Plages and cross the little bridge and keep following it until you see the beach to the left.

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Edit  Nightlife Mareseille is just 50km away.

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