🇫🇷 Plage du Jaï (Étang de Berre)
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Best directionN
Wind speed15–28kt
SeasonApr – Oct
Skill levelIntermediate
WaterFlat lagoon
Ridden forKitesurfing
A vast inland saltwater lagoon near Marseille where the Mistral funnels down off the Rhône valley over water flat enough to forget you're not at the coast.
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Getting thereOn the narrow spit separating the Étang de Berre from the Mediterranean, about 15 minutes north of Marseille Marignane Airport (MRS). A car is needed; ample…
HazardsA genuinely narrow, hard-packed launch bordered by stone breakwaters, concrete sea defense blocks, and a road wall downwind. Flawless kite steering…
Best time of dayAfternoon, when the NW Mistral or a warm southerly thermal blows cleanly across the…
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