Cargese Surf Break

Cargese Surf Guide

Lat Long: 42.13° N 8.60° E

Issued: 1 pm 20 Jun 2026 (local time)

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Today's Cargese sea temperature is
23.5° C

2.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year

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

Cargese Surf Guide

Cargese in Corsica is an exposed reef break that only works when conditions are just right. Summer in particular tends to be flat. Offshore winds are from the northeast with some shelter here from northwest winds. Most of the surf comes fis in the form of windswells and the ideal wave angle is from the west southwest. There is no reef break. Good surf at all stages of the tide. Rarely crowded here. Take care to avoid the rocks.

Cargese Spot Info

Type:Rating:Reliability:Todays Sea Temp*:
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23.5°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite

Surfing Cargese:

The best conditions reported for surf at Cargese occur when a West-southwest swell combines with an offshore wind direction from the Northeast.

Explore Cargese Location Map

Interactive Cargese 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 Cargese is Campo Dell Oro (Ajaccio) Airport (AJA) in Corse Isl., 28 km (17 miles) away (directly). The second nearest airport to Cargese is Saint Catherine (Calvi) Airport (CLY), also in Corse Isl., 48 km (30 miles) away.

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Cargese Surf Forecasts:
Todays Surf Summary
Saturday, 20 June 2026, 16:15 Local Time
Saturday 20Sun
5PM8PM11PM2AM
Wave (m)
Period (s) - - - -
Wind (km/h)
15
10
5
10
Wind State cross-
off		 cross-
off		 cross-
off		 off

Tides at Cargese

Current tide and informaton
For Sagone, 8 km from Cargese.
Next High Water: 02:43am | 0.28m
Tidal range Clock
Next Low Water: 07:31pm | 0.05m
IS AT (local time)

Cargese Sea Temperature

A hot sunny day, feeling like 30.0 °C even after we account for wind, and warm water temperature (23.5 °C) too at Cargese. Surfers may need a thin summer wetsuit or at least a rash vest to block the UV. Otherwise, warm enough for just board shorts.

Today, many surfers would wear a summer wetsuit.
Current Temp*: 23.5°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite
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Swell History at Cargese

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

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Wind History at Cargese

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

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