Downwinders

• Canet-en-Roussillon - Angelès-sur-Mer 19 km video
• La Côte Radieuse - Le Cap Béar 14 km SUP video
• Collioure
• Montpellier
  • Palavas-les-Flots
    • Frontignan - Palavas-les-Flots 18 km Downwindfun
    • Palavas - Le Grau-du-Roi 16-17 km Downwindfun, video, more video
    • Catching waves close to shore video, video, more video
    • Palavas Kayak Club (and surfskis)
  • Espiguette - Carnon 11 km video, Downwindfun
  • Frontignan - Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer (Flamingo Run) 50 km foil video
  • Port Camargue - La Grande-Motte 5-6 km
• Port Vendres - Saint Cyprien 12 km video

Surf

• Palavas vid1, vid2
• …

(Côte d'Azur is the French Riviera)

Locales

• Cannes
  • Cannes Jeunesse lessons
• Hyères - Oursinières 10 km Downwindfun
• Marseilles
  • Downwind
    • (Marseilles harbor gets downwindable swell for laps, but as mentioned under surf - crowds, traffic and parking can be problems in town)
    • Corbières (Plage de la Lave) - Pointe Rouge 14 km video
    • Étang de Berre Run 17 - 19 km Downwindable.com, Smoking SUP downwind video
      • Étang de Berre is a lagoon/lake fed freshwater by rivers and canals and connected to the Mediterranean by a canal
      • Best wind direction: Wind from the North, from full North to North-West, (very rare North-East)
        Best season: From April / May to September / October. July / August: perfect to try it out for the first time. Be careful in the winter months with the strong winds of the Mistral because the water is very cold, between 5 and 7 °C. And this run gets far from land, working with a wind that is more off shore the more northerly the wind is. (Ed. At least it is enclosed in the lagoon, the coastal runs with an offshore wind can send you toward Corsica, Sardinia, or Africa)
      • Put-in: St Chamas 19.3 km paddle, Istres (Pointe Monteau) 17.5 km paddle
      • Take-out: Jaï beach, Côté la Mède
    • La Ciotat
      • La Ciotat - Six-Fours-les-Plages (Six-Fours Run) 18 km Downwindfun, Downwindable.com, Surfski vid, SUP cranking downwind, Another cranking SUP video, Foil Vid
        • Bandol - Six-Fours-les-Plages (one of the beaches there - Plage de la Coudoulière, Plage du Cros,…) 7 km
      • La Ciotat - St Cyr 6 km
      • Marseille - La Ciotat approx. 35 km
      • La Ciotat - Corsica approx 300 km 2019 SUP attempt
  • Surf
    • Épluchures Beach & Pointe Rouge - crowds, traffic and parking can be a challenge
  • Clubs
    • Club Nautique Provençal
  • Dealers/Equipment
    • ​​​​​​ ​Kayak Attitude
    • ….

• Toulon
  • Tour Royale - l'Almanarre 18 km Downwindable.com, Downwindfun
  • Fort Sainte Louis - l'Almanarre 16 km video
  • Garonne - Saint Mandrier 6 km round trip video
  • OC downwind camp video

Races in France