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Cagnes-sur-Mer · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Today's take
Best window: 09:00–19:00. Excellent conditions.
Water temperature
22.5 °C
Verdict
Glassy
Underwater visibility
~26.1 m
satellite reading from 3 days ago
When to go
Good from 09:00 to 19:00.
Pin colours:swimmablecautionnot advisedconditions not loaded yet
Forecasts come from ~8 km resolution models: very local effects (a sheltering pier, a lagoon pass) are not captured.
Wave heights are significant heights: individual waves up to 2× this height still occur.
Four wave models are compared for this point: EWAM, GWAM, Météo-France WAM and ECMWF WAM.
Tide times derived from modelled sea level (± a few tens of minutes) — not official tide tables.
Missing data is shown as missing — never silently estimated.
Weather and marine data: Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0), wave models from the Deutscher Wetterdienst (CC BY 4.0). Forecasts are not guarantees. · Data fetched at 03:28 UTC
Water clarity generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.
Windows, comfort score and verdicts are computed by oswim from this data — modified values, not the institutes' raw figures.
min 6 · max 15 km/h · north-east sector · gusts 31 km/h
No thunderstorms forecast.
World Triathlon: stop on lightning
Offshore wind · 5 – 15 km/h
No wind-driven offshore drift.
RNLI / lifeguard warning · measured drift (coastguard): 2–4 % of the wind · Beaufort scale
Visibility · 14 – 39 km
Good visibility.
Loss of bearings and collision risk
Jellyfish: no recent info. If you're there, tell us what you see — even “none” helps the next swimmer.
Water quality · Excellent · 2025 season
Computed from the samples of the last four bathing seasons. It says what the water here has been, not what it is today: after heavy rain, even an excellent beach degrades for a day or two.
Health authority classification (EU directive 2006/7/EC), published once per bathing season
Do you know whether this beach is lifeguarded?
Nearest lifeguarded beach: (1.2 km).
The spot is easily reached from the Cagnes-sur-Mer seafront, with straightforward access to the water from the shore.
Worth knowing
The sandy seabed in this stretch of the Baie des Anges hides a quietly fascinating world, from sea pens to cuttlefish and octopus blending into the marine scenery.
Spot profile pending on-site verification.