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

Leucate and Gruissan, Occitanie, France

Wing foil sessions at Le Barcarès are mostly between April and June, usually starting between 13:00 and 17:00. Wing foil is 38% of all sessions at Le Barcarès.

Sessions, 12 months
160
Riders, 12 months
29
Sessions, 30 days
20
Record, 12 months
27.1 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
1Maxime Romero27.1 kn 50.2 km/h
2Fred Perrot26.8 kn 49.6 km/h
3Mathias MOLES24.5 kn 45.3 km/h
4Ferdinand Fransen24.3 kn 45.0 km/h
5Christophe Decroux23.3 kn 43.1 km/h
6Thierry Martin20.1 kn 37.2 km/h
7fabien gasser19.9 kn 36.8 km/h
8Johan Kessler19.5 kn 36.1 km/h
9Monny Cyril19.0 kn 35.2 km/h
10Anonymous rider19.0 kn 35.2 km/h

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When to go

Sessions by month

  • Jan2
  • Feb1
  • Mar11
  • Apr31
  • May19
  • Jun18
  • Jul9
  • Aug22
  • Sep15
  • Oct26
  • Nov6
  • Dec0

Sessions by time of day

Most sessions start between 13:00 and 17:00. Local start time.

  • 8:003
  • 9:005
  • 10:0013
  • 11:0014
  • 12:009
  • 13:0023
  • 14:0019
  • 15:0030
  • 16:0024
  • 17:0014
  • 18:006

Wind direction

Direction from weather model

  • NW60
  • SE47
  • N37
  • E12
  • NE2
  • S1
  • W1
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Questions

When is the best time for Wing foil at Le Barcarès?

Wing foil sessions at Le Barcarès are mostly between April and June. The busiest month is April, with 31 sessions in the last 12 months.

Is Wing foil at Le Barcarès better in the morning or in the afternoon?

Most sessions start between 13:00 and 17:00, local time. 22% start before noon and 78% from noon on.

How popular is Wing foil at Le Barcarès?

160 wing foil sessions by 29 riders in the last 12 months. That is 38% of all sessions at Le Barcarès.

What is the Wing foil speed record at Le Barcarès?

27.1 knots (50.2 km/h), Wing foil, on August 3, 2026. It is the fastest session at Le Barcarès on the Waterspeed leaderboard in the last 12 months.

Who is at the top of the Wing foil leaderboard at Le Barcarès?

Maxime Romero, with 27.1 knots on August 3, 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.