Closest city: Wissant
Closest airport: Le Touquet
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Rating
Spot info
One
of the most famous spot in Europe and the main wave spot of France,
Wissant’s gorgeous fine sand beach makes a wide curve between the Cap
Gris-Nez (Grey-Nose Cape) and the Cap Blanc-Nez (White-Nose Cape).
A very large beach of nice and soft sand at low tide, it could be a bit
far away to walk to the sea when it's low tide. At high tide there is
only a little part of sand which is enough to put the stuff of
everyone. There are no rocks. No problem to launch and land kites.
The coast of the two capes is a national site protected since 1987. Nice town with home made beer!
Rules:
No restrictions at the moment. Just respect the place and other riders, and let things remain like they're now.
| Rider level: | Intermediate |
| Type: | Beach |
| Bottom Type: | Sandy, |
| Current: | Don't know |
| Tide: | No tide dependency |
| Dangers: | Other water craft,Extreme cold |
| Week frequency: | Crowded |
| Weekend frequency | Crowded |
| Water quality: | Murky |
Access
From Paris take the motorway A26 to Calais and then A16 to Boulogne. Follow the direction Wissant and then the direction "La Plage" (the beach). And there you are...
| Distance to city: | Near a town |
| Access time: | Less then 5min |
| Special access: | No access issues |
Wind, weather and season
You can sail with these direstions: S/SE/E/NE. Sideshore NNE and SSW.
| Wind type: | Don't know |
| Wind force: | Medium (16 - 25 knots) |
| Wind direction typical: | NorthEast |
| Best wind direction: | SouthWest |
| Best direction relative: | Cross-Shore |
| Wind starts: | In the afternoon |
| Season: | January-December |
| Local wind website: | Local wind info |