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Saintes Maries in Provence is a fairly exposed beach break. Autumn and winter are the optimum times of year for waves. Offshore winds are from the northwest. Waves more likely to be from local windswells than distant groundswells and the best wave direction is from the southeast. The beach breaks offer lefts and rights. Surfable at all stages of the tide. It very rarely gets crowded here.

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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Saintes Maries:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Trois Montagne	3 mi
Second closest break	Les Laurons Centrale Edf	28 mi
Third closest break	Le Prado	29 mi
Fourth closest break	Carro	29 mi
Fifth closest break	La Couronne (Plage)	30 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Saintes Maries:
Closest wave buoy	Lion Buoy	94 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Nice Buoy	167 mi
Third closest wave buoy	Gascogne Buoy	485 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	Greenwich Buoy	525 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	Sandettie Buoy	543 mi
Tide stations nearest to Saintes Maries:
Closest tide station	St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands	505 mi
Second closest tide station	St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands - READ flaterco	505 mi
Third closest tide station	Terneuzen, Netherlands	546 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Newhaven, England	548 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Newhaven, England	548 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Saintes Maries:
Closest ski area	Mont Ventoux (France)	63 mi
Second closest ski area	Prat Peyrot (France)	64 mi
Third closest ski area	Valdrome (France)	91 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Ceuze Gap (France)	104 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Col de Rousset (France)	106 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Saintes Maries:
Closest city location	Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer (France)	2 mi
Second closest city location	Aigues-Mortes (France)	16 mi
Third closest city location	Saint-Gilles (France)	16 mi
Fourth closest city location	Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhone (France)	17 mi
Fifth closest city location	Arles (France)	17 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Saintes Maries is Garons (Nimes) Airport (FNI) in France, 34 km (21 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Saintes Maries is Mediterranee (Montpellier) Airport (MPL), also in France, 44 km (27 miles) away.
• Third is Provence (Marseille) Airport (MRS) in France, 59 km (37 miles) away.
• Caumont (Avignon) Airport (AVN) in France is 61 km (38 miles) away.
• Aix Les Milles (Aix-les-milles) Airport (QXB), also in France is the fifth nearest airport to Saintes Maries and is 72 km (45 miles) away.