France
Kitesurfing in Le Barcarès
4 kite spots and kite centres are mapped around Le Barcarès (France) in OpenStreetMap. The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Perpignan-Rivesaltes (Llabanère) Airport (PGF), 15 km in a straight line.
- Windiest months
- November-March
- Prevailing wind
- NWfrom north-west, 321°
- Windiest month
- 12.4knots on average (6.4 m/s), February
- Nearest airport
- PGFPerpignan-Rivesaltes (Llabanère) Airport, 15 km
Forecast and webcams
Before you go
Forecasts often disagree. When Windguru, ALADIN and Windy agree, it is worth going.
- Windguruspot Les Trois Colonnes, Port-Barcarès↗
- ALADINCzech CHMI model (Ventusky)↗
- Windywind and gusts right here↗
Webcams nearby
Live images from cameras within 25 km of the spot. Click to open the camera on Windy.com.
Webcams: Windy.com
Tips for this spot
- Offshore wind carries you away from land. Do not ride it without a rescue boat.
- When a storm is coming, get out of the water and land the kite at once. Gusts before a storm are violent and a kite overhead is the highest point around.
- New spot: ask locals about shallows, currents and where people launch.
Wind across the year
When it blows here
Windier months: November-March. The prevailing wind blows from the north-west (321°).
windiest monthsaverage wind in knots, NASA POWER; below the month in m/s
Values by month
| January | 12.2 knots · 6.3 m/s |
|---|---|
| February | 12.4 knots · 6.4 m/s |
| March | 11.5 knots · 5.9 m/s |
| April | 10.9 knots · 5.6 m/s |
| May | 10.7 knots · 5.5 m/s |
| June | 9.4 knots · 4.8 m/s |
| July | 9.7 knots · 5.0 m/s |
| August | 9.3 knots · 4.8 m/s |
| September | 9.6 knots · 4.9 m/s |
| October | 10.6 knots · 5.5 m/s |
| November | 12.0 knots · 6.2 m/s |
| December | 11.6 knots · 6.0 m/s |
Monthly mean wind at 10 m from the NASA POWER model (MERRA-2, grid of about 50 km, 2001-2025 climatology), converted to knots and m/s. It shows the pattern across the year, not the wind on the beach: local thermal wind is often stronger.
Spots and schools
Mapped in OpenStreetMap
Kite spot
Kite school Leucate
Sky Fly
SurfOne
Getting there
Nearest airports
- PGFPerpignan-Rivesaltes (Llabanère) Airport, Perpignan/Rivesaltes15 km in a straight line
- BZRBéziers Vias airport, Béziers63 km in a straight line
Nearby
Other places nearby
Sources: OpenStreetMap (ODbL), Wikidata (CC0), NASA POWER, OurAirports. Data downloaded 16 October 2026. About Le Barcarès: Wikipedia · Wikidata
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