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Wing foil at Gruissan (Leucate and Gruissan): when to go, record speeds and leaderboard

Leucate and Gruissan, Occitanie, France

The main season at Gruissan is in May, and wing foil sessions mostly start between 13:00 and 16:00. At Gruissan, 21% of sessions are Wing foil.

Sessions, 12 months
456
Riders, 12 months
97
Sessions, 30 days
3
Record, 12 months
38.9 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
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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When to go

Sessions by month

  • Jan0
  • Feb4
  • Mar5
  • Apr8
  • May373
  • Jun14
  • Jul11
  • Aug24
  • Sep12
  • Oct4
  • Nov1
  • Dec0

Sessions by time of day

Most sessions start between 13:00 and 16:00. Local start time.

  • 8:002
  • 9:0020
  • 10:0083
  • 11:0062
  • 12:0017
  • 13:0055
  • 14:00103
  • 15:0070
  • 16:0011
  • 17:0019
  • 18:0011
  • 19:003

Wind direction

Direction from weather model

  • NW238
  • N140
  • W47
  • SE16
  • E7
  • S4
  • SW4
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Questions

When is the best time for Wing foil at Gruissan?

Wing foil sessions at Gruissan are mostly in May. The busiest month is May, with 373 sessions in the last 12 months.

Is Wing foil at Gruissan better in the morning or in the afternoon?

Most sessions start between 13:00 and 16:00, local time. 37% start before noon and 63% from noon on.

How popular is Wing foil at Gruissan?

456 wing foil sessions by 97 riders in the last 12 months. That is 21% of all sessions at Gruissan.

What is the Wing foil speed record at Gruissan?

38.9 knots (72.1 km/h), Wing foil, on May 13, 2026. It is the fastest session at Gruissan on the Waterspeed leaderboard in the last 12 months.

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

Paula Acebo, with 38.9 knots on May 13, 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.