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Wing foil and Sailing at La Rochelle, New Aquitaine: when to go, stats and leaderboard

New Aquitaine, France

The main season at La Rochelle is between March and July, and sessions mostly start between 14:00 and 17:00. Wing foil accounts for 40% of sessions.

Sessions, 12 months
556
Riders, 12 months
43
Sessions, 30 days
48
Record, 12 months
33.9 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
1Quentin Giboin33.9 kn 62.8 km/h
2Proust Thomas33.7 kn 62.5 km/h
3Victor Glatre33.4 kn 61.8 km/h
4Pierre Proust33.0 kn 61.2 km/h
5Carl Gillet28.0 kn 51.8 km/h
6Aaron Rolain27.5 kn 50.9 km/h
7Basile Maurange24.8 kn 46.0 km/h
8Pierre Mesnage24.3 kn 45.0 km/h
9Pierre Lhote24.0 kn 44.4 km/h
10Vj Gaming23.3 kn 43.1 km/h

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Sailing: top 10 by top speed

#RiderTop speedDate
1Jules Rouquette33.5 kn 62.0 km/h
2PROUST Éric18.3 kn 33.9 km/h
3Vandromme Antoine16.3 kn 30.1 km/h
4Cotten15.1 kn 28.0 km/h
5Jean-Yves LLOBET15.0 kn 27.7 km/h
6erwan liberge14.5 kn 26.9 km/h
7Anonymous rider14.1 kn 26.1 km/h
8Michael Ebmeyer11.2 kn 20.8 km/h
9Marix B11.0 kn 20.4 km/h
10Cenzo Gatta8.0 kn 14.9 km/h

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Windsurf: top 10 by top speed

#RiderTop speedDate
1Marlon Lucat27.8 kn 51.5 km/h
2FX gombeaud27.4 kn 50.7 km/h
3Thomas Denarnaud22.1 kn 41.0 km/h
4Lili Giboin22.0 kn 40.8 km/h
5Philippe Briche20.4 kn 37.8 km/h
6Quentin Giboin19.7 kn 36.5 km/h
7antoine guillot18.8 kn 34.9 km/h
8MARIE BALZEAU16.6 kn 30.7 km/h
9Colombié14.9 kn 27.6 km/h
10Marix B12.6 kn 23.4 km/h

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When to go

Sessions by month

  • Jan23
  • Feb24
  • Mar87
  • Apr53
  • May59
  • Jun45
  • Jul70
  • Aug42
  • Sep61
  • Oct75
  • Nov17
  • Dec0

Best month by sport

  • Wing foilMarch34
  • SailingOctober30
  • WindsurfMarch23
  • PowerboatSeptember12

Sessions by time of day

Most sessions start between 14:00 and 17:00. Local start time.

  • 6:001
  • 7:000
  • 8:003
  • 9:0017
  • 10:0046
  • 11:0015
  • 12:0012
  • 13:0034
  • 14:00151
  • 15:00120
  • 16:0076
  • 17:0053
  • 18:0022
  • 19:006

Sports

Wind direction

Direction from weather model

  • N139
  • W136
  • NW72
  • NE59
  • SW57
  • E49
  • S29
  • SE15
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Questions

When is the best time to go to La Rochelle?

Sessions at La Rochelle are mostly between March and July. The busiest month is March, with 87 sessions in the last 12 months.

Is La Rochelle better in the morning or in the afternoon?

Most sessions start between 14:00 and 17:00, local time. 15% start before noon and 85% from noon on.

Which sports do people practise at La Rochelle?

Wing foil (40%), Sailing (29%), Windsurf (18%), Powerboat (11%), and Foil (1%). Waterspeed recorded 556 sessions here in the last 12 months.

What is the speed record at La Rochelle?

33.9 knots (62.8 km/h), Wing foil, on September 2, 2026. It is the fastest session at La Rochelle on the Waterspeed leaderboard in the last 12 months.

Who is at the top of the Wing foil leaderboard at La Rochelle?

Quentin Giboin, with 33.9 knots on September 2, 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.