Check the Beach

Plage de la Tortue

Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Plage de la Tortue 3 photos

  • Cap Dramont in the distance

    Cap Dramont in the distance. Einaz80, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source

  • Cap Dramont in the distance 2

    Cap Dramont in the distance 2. Einaz80, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source

  • Vent De Vagues

    Vent De Vagues. Adrien Orages, CC BY 3.0. Source

Today at a glance

Best: 5 pm to sunset, sunset 6:37 pm
8 am
5.6
12 km/h7 mph wind, Good
9 am
5.4
10 km/h6 mph wind, Fair
10 am
6.0
6 km/h4 mph wind, Good
11 am
5.1
3 km/h2 mph wind, Fair
12 pm
4.4
5 km/h3 mph wind, Fair
1 pm
2.7
3 km/h2 mph wind, Poor
2 pm
3.9
4 km/h2 mph wind, Poor
3 pm
4.9
8 km/h5 mph wind, Fair
4 pm
5.2
9 km/h5 mph wind, Fair
5 pm
7.5
22 km/h14 mph wind, Great
6 pm
7.2
23 km/h15 mph wind, Great

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

Best time to swim

Best: 5 pm to sunset. Beach score for daylight hours, with wind in km/hmph underneath.

Air
12°C54°F
Water
22°C71°F
Wind
106 km/hmph NW
Gusts
2214 km/hmph
Waves
0.3 m<1 ft
UV
0 low
Tide
—
Rain
0%
Sunset
6:37 pm
Today
5.6Good8 am127
5.4Fair9 am106
6.0Good10 am64
5.1Fair11 am32
4.4Fair12 pm53
2.7Poor1 pm32
3.9Poor2 pm42
4.9Fair3 pm85
5.2Fair4 pm95
7.5Great5 pm2214
7.2Great6 pm2315
Sat
5.0Fair8 am1912
5.0Fair9 am1912
4.3Fair10 am2515
4.1Fair11 am2717
4.1Fair12 pm2717
4.3Fair1 pm2616
4.3Fair2 pm2918
4.5Fair3 pm2817
6.4Good4 pm2817
4.8Fair5 pm2515
4.8Fair6 pm2213
Green, 7 and upYellow, 4 to 7Red, under 4Best stretch

Tide, next 24 hours

Tide steady now. Low at 12 pm, -0.5 m. High at 6 pm, -0.3 m. Low at 1 am, -0.6 mLow 12 pm, -0.5 m2 ftHigh 6 pm, -0.3 m1 ftLow 1 am, -0.6 m2 ftNow12 pm6 pm12 am6 am
  • Low 12 pm, -0.5 m2 ft
  • High 6 pm, -0.3 m1 ft
  • Low 1 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

  • Showers270 m880 ft away
  • Drinking water380 m0.2 mi away
  • Parking2 within 500 m0.3 miNearest 260 m860 ft. Listed as free
  • Food and drink6 within 1 km0.6 mi
  • SurfaceSand

Getting there

Nearest bus stop
180 m580 ftCap Boulouris
Nearest town
3.5 km2.2 miSaint-Raphaël (town)
Nearest airport
19 km12 miAéroport de Cannes-Mandelieu (CEQ)

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

Nearby beaches

Where to stay near the beach

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The days ahead

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

  • Sat6.4 GoodBest 4 pm to 5 pmWind up to 29 km/h18 mph, rain 0%
  • Sun6.8 GoodBest 11 am to 5 pmWind up to 44 km/h27 mph, rain 0%
  • Mon8.7 ExcellentBest 1 pm to 6 pmWind up to 16 km/h10 mph, rain 0%
  • Tue8.8 ExcellentBest 8 am to 2 pmWind up to 10 km/h6 mph, rain 0%
  • Wed6.7 GoodBest 8 am to 6 pmWind up to 9 km/h5 mph, rain 0%
  • Thu6.4 GoodBest 8 am to 6 pmWind up to 8 km/h5 mph, rain 0%