Saintes Maries Surf Break

Saintes Maries Surf Guide

Lat Long: 43.45° N 4.42° E

Issued: 7 pm 09 Jun 2026 (local time)

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Today's Saintes Maries sea temperature is
19.4° C

1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year

Saintes Maries surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Saintes Maries Surf Guide

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.

Saintes Maries Spot Info

Type:Rating:Reliability:Todays Sea Temp*:
Beach1rarely breaks
19.4°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite

Surfing Saintes Maries:

The best conditions reported for surf at Saintes Maries occur when a South-southeast swell combines with an offshore wind direction from the Northwest.

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Interactive Saintes Maries surf break location map. View information about nearby surf breaks, their wave consistency and rating compared to other spots in the region. Current swell conditions from local buoys are shown along with live wind speed and direction from nearby weather stations. Click icons on the map for more detail. 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, 40 km (25 miles) away.

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Saintes Maries Surf Forecasts:
Todays Surf Summary
Wednesday, 10 June 2026, 03:09 Local Time
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Wave (m)
Period (s) - - - -
Wind (km/h)
25
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20
20
Wind State cross-
off		 off cross-
off		 off

Tides at Saintes Maries

Current tide and informaton
For Saintes Maries, 0 km from Saintes Maries.
Next High Water: 04:37am | 0.22m
Tidal range Clock
Next Low Water: 11:37am | 0.05m
IS AT (local time)

Saintes Maries Sea Temperature

Sunny with pleasantly warm air temperatures (feeling like 21.0 °C once we account for wind), yet at 19.4 °C the sea remains several degrees colder than the air at Saintes Maries. The majority of surfers will need a spring wetsuit though a summer suit or even a shorty may suffice for a short session.

Today, many surfers would wear a spring wetsuit.
Current Temp*: 19.4°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite
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Swell History at Saintes Maries

Surf stats for Saintes Maries, see the swell variation by month or season on the history page here.

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Wind History at Saintes Maries

Wind stats for Saintes Maries, see the variation in direction and stength by month or season on the history page here.

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