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Kitesurf Location - Plage du Cavaou or Fos-sur-Mer ( ID plage_du_cavaou ) Hits: 2183

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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
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Type:	- Ocean	Rider Ability: - Beginner - Intermediate - Expert

Good for:	- Kitesurfing - Windsurfing - Surfing	Features: - Parking

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Water

Type:	- Shallow - Flat - Chop - Small Wave (< 1m) - Medium Wave (1-3m)	Hazards: No Information

Quality:	- Clean	Best Tide: - Tide Independent

Flat water with Mistral. Nice waves along the beach. Lots of space. Big shallow area.

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Location

Type:	- Sand	Size: - Medium

Hazards:	- None	Location crowds: - June - July - August

Long sandy beach with lots of space.

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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.

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Wind

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Best Months:	No Information	Wind Type: No Information

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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How to get there

Transport:

- Car

Access:

- Short Walk

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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Rules, Restrictions and Extra Info

Rules:

- None

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Nightlife

Mareseille is just 50km away.

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