Check the Beach

Plage de Lavu Santu

South Corsica, Corsica, France

Plage de Lavu Santu 5 photos

  • Sunrise At Fautea Beach

    Sunrise At Fautea Beach. Oliver Griebl, CC BY 3.0. Source

  • Aller à la plage de Lavu Santu

    Aller à la plage de Lavu Santu. gianni from Asti, Italy, CC BY-SA 2.0. Source

  • First stop at the camping Fautea the small sandstone beach

    First stop at the camping Fautea the small sandstone beach. gianni from Asti, Italy, CC BY-SA 2.0. Source

  • Milky Way Ii

    Milky Way Ii. Oliver Griebl, CC BY 3.0. Source

  • Milky Way

    Milky Way. Oliver Griebl, CC BY 3.0. Source

Today at a glance

Best: 9 am to 3 pm, sunset 6:29 pm
Now
7.5
9 km/h5 mph wind, Great
9 am
7.9
7 km/h4 mph wind, Great
10 am
8.3
2 km/h1 mph wind, Great
11 am
8.3
6 km/h4 mph wind, Great
12 pm
8.6
7 km/h4 mph wind, Excellent
1 pm
8.3
9 km/h6 mph wind, Great
2 pm
8.3
13 km/h8 mph wind, Great
3 pm
6.5
13 km/h8 mph wind, Good
4 pm
6.2
14 km/h8 mph wind, Good
5 pm
6.0
13 km/h8 mph wind, Good
6 pm
6.0
12 km/h7 mph wind, Good

This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.

Best time to swim

Best: 9 am to 3 pm. Beach score for daylight hours, with wind in km/hmph underneath.

Air
15°C59°F
Water
23°C73°F
Wind
95 km/hmph WNW
Gusts
1811 km/hmph
Waves
0.2 m<1 ft
UV
0 low
Tide
falling
Rain
0%
Sunset
6:29 pm
Today
7.5GreatNow95
7.9Great9 am74
8.3Great10 am21
8.3Great11 am64
8.6Excellent12 pm74
8.3Great1 pm96
8.3Great2 pm138
6.5Good3 pm138
6.2Good4 pm148
6.0Good5 pm138
6.0Good6 pm127
Sat
5.6Good8 am85
5.6Good9 am96
5.9Good10 am85
6.1Good11 am53
6.2Good12 pm63
6.3Good1 pm53
8.2Great2 pm95
6.9Good3 pm117
6.2Good4 pm106
6.2Good5 pm85
6.1Good6 pm32
Green, 7 and upYellow, 4 to 7Red, under 4Best stretch

Tide, next 24 hours

Tide falling now. Low at 1 pm, -0.6 m. High at 7 pm, -0.3 m. Low at 2 am, -0.6 mLow 1 pm, -0.6 m2 ftHigh 7 pm, -0.3 m<1 ftLow 2 am, -0.6 m2 ftNow2 pm8 pm2 am8 am
  • Low 1 pm, -0.6 m2 ft
  • High 7 pm, -0.3 m<1 ft
  • Low 2 am, -0.6 m2 ft

Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.

Beach info

Lifeguards, parking and facilities before you head down.

Facilities

  • Food and drink1 within 1 km0.6 miNearest 480 m0.3 mi

Getting there

Nearest town
1.3 km0.8 miCavallone (village)
Nearest airport
24 km15 miBase aérienne 126 Solenzara (SOZ)

Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources

Nearby beaches

Where to stay near the beach

Compare hotels and apartments near Plage de Lavu Santu.

Partner links

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The days ahead

Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.

  • Sat8.2 GreatBest 2 pm to 3 pmWind up to 11 km/h7 mph, rain 0%
  • Sun7.6 GreatBest 1 pm to 5 pmWind up to 8 km/h5 mph, rain 0%
  • Mon9.1 ExcellentBest 7 am to 12 pmWind up to 7 km/h4 mph, rain 0%
  • Tue8.4 GreatBest 8 am to 4 pmWind up to 8 km/h5 mph, rain 2%
  • Wed9.1 ExcellentBest 7 am to 1 pmWind up to 6 km/h3 mph, rain 0%
  • Thu6.5 GoodBest 7 am to 6 pmWind up to 5 km/h3 mph, rain 11%