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Wing foil and Sailing at Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur: when to go, stats and leaderboard

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Most sessions at Marseille are recorded between January and October, with starts between 14:00 and 16:00. Wing foil leads with 34% of sessions.

Sessions, 12 months
1,267
Riders, 12 months
111
Sessions, 30 days
110
Record, 12 months
35.2 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
1Proust Thomas35.2 kn 65.1 km/h
2Mérik Regnault32.6 kn 60.3 km/h
3Ghio30.0 kn 55.6 km/h
4Abel LAMBEAUX29.9 kn 55.4 km/h
5Frédéric Huet29.8 kn 55.2 km/h
6Gonzague29.7 kn 55.0 km/h
7Oscar Leclair29.3 kn 54.2 km/h
8Hugo Boy29.2 kn 54.1 km/h
9Adrien Beague29.2 kn 54.0 km/h
10Hassler28.6 kn 52.9 km/h

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Sailing: top 10 by top speed

#RiderTop speedDate
1Shane Diviney30.2 kn 55.9 km/h
2enael RIO28.6 kn 52.9 km/h
3Mérik Regnault25.9 kn 48.0 km/h
4Emy Combet24.0 kn 44.4 km/h
5Anonymous rider21.6 kn 40.0 km/h
6Ice Haddad21.3 kn 39.4 km/h
7Bruno Barbarin19.4 kn 36.0 km/h
8Thomas Seegmuller15.9 kn 29.5 km/h
9Marcus Darras14.6 kn 27.1 km/h
10Max FEDI14.5 kn 26.9 km/h

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Windsurf: top 10 by top speed

#RiderTop speedDate
1Cordonnier31.2 kn 57.7 km/h
2Samy Tellissi29.8 kn 55.2 km/h
3David Sauteur29.3 kn 54.2 km/h
4raphael PAOLI29.2 kn 54.1 km/h
5Xavier CHATRON-COLLIET27.9 kn 51.7 km/h
6Victor27.4 kn 50.8 km/h
7Mel Ancet26.7 kn 49.4 km/h
8Marion Couturier26.5 kn 49.0 km/h
9Robin Marle24.4 kn 45.1 km/h
10STEPHANE MAIRE24.3 kn 45.0 km/h

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Kitesurf: top 10 by top speed

#RiderTop speedDate
1Nils de Ligondes29.5 kn 54.7 km/h
2Nassim Messaoui19.1 kn 35.4 km/h
3Clément Bassier19.0 kn 35.1 km/h

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When to go

Sessions by month

  • Jan114
  • Feb93
  • Mar131
  • Apr117
  • May118
  • Jun93
  • Jul107
  • Aug134
  • Sep175
  • Oct152
  • Nov33
  • Dec0

Best month by sport

  • Wing foilAugust55
  • SailingOctober51
  • WindsurfMarch27
  • SUPJune16
  • PowerboatFebruary9
  • KitesurfAugust10
  • EfoilSeptember8

Sessions by time of day

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

  • 2:001
  • 3:000
  • 4:000
  • 5:001
  • 6:0012
  • 7:006
  • 8:0022
  • 9:0034
  • 10:0058
  • 11:0062
  • 12:0052
  • 13:00142
  • 14:00301
  • 15:00226
  • 16:00129
  • 17:0099
  • 18:0078
  • 19:0032
  • 20:009
  • 21:002
  • 22:001

Sports

Wind direction

Direction from weather model

  • NW367
  • N309
  • SE235
  • W175
  • SW66
  • E57
  • S50
  • NE8
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Questions

When is the best time to go to Marseille?

Sessions at Marseille are mostly between January and October. The busiest month is September, with 175 sessions in the last 12 months.

Is Marseille better in the morning or in the afternoon?

Most sessions start between 14:00 and 16:00, local time. 15% start before noon and 85% from noon on.

Which sports do people practise at Marseille?

Wing foil (34%), Sailing (17%), Windsurf (14%), SUP (6%), and Powerboat (4%). Waterspeed recorded 1,267 sessions here in the last 12 months.

What is the speed record at Marseille?

35.2 knots (65.1 km/h), Wing foil, on January 14, 2026. It is the fastest session at Marseille on the Waterspeed leaderboard in the last 12 months.

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

Proust Thomas, with 35.2 knots on January 14, 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.