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Windsurf and Wing foil at Gruissan, Leucate and Gruissan: when to go, stats and leaderboard

Leucate and Gruissan, Occitanie, France

The main season at Gruissan is in May, and sessions mostly start between 14:00 and 16:00. Windsurf accounts for 57% of sessions.

Sessions, 12 months
2,141
Riders, 12 months
361
Sessions, 30 days
34
Record, 12 months
44.2 kn
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Leaderboard

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

Windsurf: top 10 by top speed

#RiderTop speedDate
1Noah Lund44.2 kn 81.9 km/h
2Nicolas WAREMBOURG44.0 kn 81.5 km/h
3Jordy Vonk40.0 kn 74.0 km/h
4Alexis belhache38.6 kn 71.4 km/h
5Jean-Loup Francis38.0 kn 70.4 km/h
6Yann FRA-537.9 kn 70.1 km/h
7Pierre Guibbal37.5 kn 69.4 km/h
8Pierre Mortefon37.4 kn 69.2 km/h
9Cyril Bosset36.5 kn 67.6 km/h
10Adriaan36.1 kn 66.9 km/h

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Wing foil: top 10 by top speed

#RiderTop speedDate
1Paula Acebo38.9 kn 72.1 km/h
2Bastien Escofet32.3 kn 59.9 km/h
3Freddie Strawson32.0 kn 59.3 km/h
4Alessandro José Tomasi31.9 kn 59.0 km/h
5Erik Rijsenbrij31.3 kn 57.9 km/h
6Julien Bontemps31.2 kn 57.7 km/h
7Ghio31.1 kn 57.6 km/h
8Proust Thomas30.6 kn 56.6 km/h
9Carl Gillet30.5 kn 56.4 km/h
10Pierre Proust30.5 kn 56.4 km/h

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Windfoil: top 10 by top speed

#RiderTop speedDate
1Pierre Mortefon39.8 kn 73.7 km/h
2Jean Le gall38.6 kn 71.4 km/h
3Cyril Bosset34.0 kn 63.0 km/h
4stephane BERNARD28.5 kn 52.8 km/h
5Raphaël MOULIN27.9 kn 51.6 km/h
6Sébastien Arrouays27.8 kn 51.4 km/h
7Owen Capitaine27.3 kn 50.5 km/h
8Michael George (K888)26.7 kn 49.5 km/h
9MH26.5 kn 49.1 km/h
10Alexis belhache23.3 kn 43.2 km/h

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Kitesurf: top 10 by top speed

#RiderTop speedDate
1Billy32.2 kn 59.7 km/h
2Yann FRA-532.2 kn 59.6 km/h
3thomas catinaud31.7 kn 58.7 km/h
4LECOINTRE NICOLAS30.8 kn 57.0 km/h
5Erwan Jauffroy28.6 kn 53.0 km/h
6Corentin Ricoux27.7 kn 51.3 km/h
7Frederic Fongaro21.8 kn 40.4 km/h
8Serin21.4 kn 39.6 km/h
9Julien Gauthier20.4 kn 37.7 km/h
10Olivier Capelle20.2 kn 37.4 km/h

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Sailing: top 10 by top speed

#RiderTop speedDate
1Davy Aufrère36.6 kn 67.8 km/h
2Alexis pesco35.8 kn 66.3 km/h
3blanc Stéphane MAF RODA33.5 kn 62.1 km/h
4Anonymous rider28.5 kn 52.8 km/h
5enael RIO28.1 kn 52.0 km/h
6Mathieu Baesen28.0 kn 51.9 km/h
7david holenweg26.5 kn 49.1 km/h
8Nicolas Berenger23.5 kn 43.6 km/h
9Gilles19.1 kn 35.4 km/h

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When to go

Sessions by month

  • Jan0
  • Feb11
  • Mar26
  • Apr58
  • May1,588
  • Jun74
  • Jul105
  • Aug118
  • Sep85
  • Oct71
  • Nov5
  • Dec0

Best month by sport

  • WindsurfMay932
  • Wing foilMay373
  • WindfoilMay58
  • KitesurfMay33
  • SailingMay24

Sessions by time of day

Most sessions start between 14:00 and 16:00. Local start time.

  • 7:003
  • 8:0017
  • 9:0098
  • 10:00385
  • 11:00238
  • 12:00158
  • 13:00199
  • 14:00337
  • 15:00461
  • 16:00107
  • 17:0092
  • 18:0034
  • 19:0010
  • 20:002

Sports

Wind direction

Direction from weather model

  • NW1,252
  • N448
  • W313
  • SE72
  • E22
  • S20
  • SW9
  • NE2
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Questions

When is the best time to go to Gruissan?

Sessions at Gruissan are mostly in May. The busiest month is May, with 1,588 sessions in the last 12 months.

Is Gruissan better in the morning or in the afternoon?

Most sessions start between 14:00 and 16:00, local time. 35% start before noon and 65% from noon on.

Which sports do people practise at Gruissan?

Windsurf (57%), Wing foil (21%), Windfoil (5%), Kitesurf (3%), and Sailing (1%). Waterspeed recorded 2,141 sessions here in the last 12 months.

What is the speed record at Gruissan?

44.2 knots (81.9 km/h), Windsurf, on May 16, 2026. It is the fastest session at Gruissan on the Waterspeed leaderboard in the last 12 months.

Who is at the top of the Windsurf leaderboard at Gruissan?

Noah Lund, with 44.2 knots on May 16, 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.