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Wing foil and Windsurf at Hyères, Hyères and Giens: when to go, stats and leaderboard

Hyères and Giens, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

The main season at Hyères is between March and October, and sessions mostly start between 12:00 and 18:00. Wing foil accounts for 29% of sessions.

Sessions, 12 months
2,436
Riders, 12 months
330
Sessions, 30 days
223
Record, 12 months
37.4 kn
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Leaderboard

Best session of each rider in the last 12 months, from the Waterspeed leaderboard. Updated every day.

Wing foil: top 10 by top speed

#RiderTop speedDate
1Loire36.8 kn 68.2 km/h
2Proust Thomas34.5 kn 63.9 km/h
3Oscar Leclair33.3 kn 61.6 km/h
4Hugo Boy32.6 kn 60.3 km/h
5Ghio30.6 kn 56.6 km/h
6Robin Marle29.5 kn 54.6 km/h
7Bastien Escofet29.2 kn 54.1 km/h
8Mérik Regnault28.2 kn 52.3 km/h
9Nico Chatzi26.7 kn 49.4 km/h
10césar Hardelay26.3 kn 48.8 km/h

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Windsurf: top 10 by top speed

#RiderTop speedDate
1Pierre Mortefon37.4 kn 69.2 km/h
2Abel LAMBEAUX36.6 kn 67.7 km/h
3Charly Djen36.4 kn 67.5 km/h
4Neels Pechoux35.1 kn 65.0 km/h
5Noah Vinther34.4 kn 63.8 km/h
6Vincent Helluin34.1 kn 63.1 km/h
7Alek Montalbetti32.9 kn 61.0 km/h
8Sylvain Cote32.8 kn 60.7 km/h
9Anonymous rider32.1 kn 59.5 km/h
10Eric de Barberin30.8 kn 57.0 km/h

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Kitesurf: top 10 by top speed

#RiderTop speedDate
1Marsan33.2 kn 61.4 km/h
2Nicolas Parlier32.6 kn 60.3 km/h
3Aldo Fontenay-vieux32.5 kn 60.2 km/h
4Geoffrey Vancassel31.6 kn 58.5 km/h
5Laurent Gonzalez30.1 kn 55.8 km/h
6Frédéric Passedoit24.8 kn 46.0 km/h
7Benoit Varlot24.2 kn 44.9 km/h
8BOUTON23.8 kn 44.0 km/h
9Nils de Ligondes23.5 kn 43.5 km/h
10Valentin (Team WBC)22.9 kn 42.4 km/h

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Windfoil: top 10 by top speed

#RiderTop speedDate
1Maxime29.9 kn 55.3 km/h
2Abel LAMBEAUX29.3 kn 54.2 km/h
3Gildas Brodu28.1 kn 52.1 km/h
4Jeremy26.6 kn 49.2 km/h
5MH25.9 kn 47.9 km/h
6marsha23.4 kn 43.3 km/h
7Felix23.2 kn 43.0 km/h
8FRED TORLOTING22.7 kn 42.1 km/h
9stirwen8322.2 kn 41.2 km/h
10Marc Piguet21.1 kn 39.1 km/h

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Sailing: top 10 by top speed

#RiderTop speedDate
1enael RIO31.9 kn 59.1 km/h
2Jill Paland30.2 kn 55.9 km/h
3Mérik Regnault30.0 kn 55.5 km/h
4Shane Diviney28.2 kn 52.3 km/h
5Tobia Torroni20.7 kn 38.3 km/h
6Xav20.4 kn 37.8 km/h
7Clovis Avargues20.4 kn 37.7 km/h
8Adrien Beague19.8 kn 36.6 km/h
9Edoardo mancinelli scotti18.8 kn 34.9 km/h
10Jonathan18.4 kn 34.1 km/h

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When to go

Sessions by month

  • Jan114
  • Feb81
  • Mar203
  • Apr394
  • May292
  • Jun202
  • Jul289
  • Aug292
  • Sep203
  • Oct332
  • Nov34
  • Dec0

Best month by sport

  • Wing foilOctober137
  • WindsurfApril93
  • KitesurfJuly41
  • ParawingMay42
  • WindfoilJuly28
  • SailingApril37
  • SUPMay16
  • FoilJanuary26
  • PowerboatAugust23
  • DownwindMay13

Sessions by time of day

Most sessions start between 12:00 and 18:00. Local start time.

  • 6:001
  • 7:005
  • 8:0013
  • 9:0043
  • 10:00124
  • 11:00195
  • 12:00261
  • 13:00337
  • 14:00419
  • 15:00382
  • 16:00317
  • 17:00212
  • 18:0091
  • 19:0031
  • 20:005

Sports

Wind direction

Direction from weather model

  • W792
  • E625
  • N535
  • SW317
  • SE69
  • NW68
  • S18
  • NE12
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Questions

When is the best time to go to Hyères?

Sessions at Hyères are mostly between March and October. The busiest month is April, with 394 sessions in the last 12 months.

Is Hyères better in the morning or in the afternoon?

Most sessions start between 12:00 and 18:00, local time. 16% start before noon and 84% from noon on.

Which sports do people practise at Hyères?

Wing foil (29%), Windsurf (25%), Kitesurf (10%), Parawing (10%), and Windfoil (4%). Waterspeed recorded 2,436 sessions here in the last 12 months.

What is the speed record at Hyères?

37.4 knots (69.2 km/h), Windsurf, on March 6, 2026. It is the fastest session at Hyères on the Waterspeed leaderboard in the last 12 months.

Who is at the top of the Wing foil leaderboard at Hyères?

Loire, with 36.8 knots on March 18, 2026. The top 10 is on this page; the full leaderboard is on leaderboard.waterspeedapp.com.

Data: Waterspeed leaderboard sessions. Town positions: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.