Check the Beach

Plage de Franco

North Province, New Caledonia

Today at a glance

Calmest: 4 pm to sunset, sunset 6:06 pm
6 am
8.3
7 km/h5 mph wind, Great
7 am
8.5
6 km/h4 mph wind, Excellent
8 am
8.4
11 km/h7 mph wind, Great
9 am
7.8
10 km/h6 mph wind, Great
10 am
6.3
12 km/h7 mph wind, Good
11 am
4.4
12 km/h8 mph wind, Fair
12 pm
3.7
12 km/h7 mph wind, Poor
1 pm
5.0
11 km/h7 mph wind, Fair
2 pm
3.9
12 km/h8 mph wind, Poor
3 pm
4.4
11 km/h7 mph wind, Fair
Now
4.5
12 km/h8 mph wind, Fair
5 pm
4.7
14 km/h8 mph wind, Fair
6 pm
5.0
12 km/h7 mph wind, Fair

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

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Forecast, hour by hour

Beach score for daylight hours, today and tomorrow. Wind in km/hmph underneath.

Air
25°C77°F
Water
25°C76°F
Wind
128 km/hmph E
Gusts
3119 km/hmph
Waves
0.9 m3 ft
UV
3 low
Tide
rising
Rain
77%
Sunset
6:06 pm
Today
8.3Great6 am75
8.5Excellent7 am64
8.4Great8 am117
7.8Great9 am106
6.3Good10 am127
4.4Fair11 am128
3.7Poor12 pm127
5.0Fair1 pm117
3.9Poor2 pm128
4.4Fair3 pm117
4.5FairNow128
4.7Fair5 pm148
5.0Fair6 pm127
Sat
8.7Excellent6 am64
8.6Excellent7 am64
9.3Excellent8 am106
9.0Excellent9 am117
7.2Great10 am117
6.8Good11 am106
6.2Good12 pm106
5.7Good1 pm117
5.6Good2 pm138
5.1Fair3 pm138
5.9Good4 pm117
7.0Great5 pm106
7.3Great6 pm127
Green, 7 and upYellow, 4 to 7Red, under 4Calmest stretch

Tide, next 24 hours

Tide rising now. High at 5 pm, 1.2 m. Low at 12 am, 0.2 m. High at 6 am, 1.0 m. Low at 12 pm, 0.3 mHigh 5 pm, 1.2 m4 ftLow 12 am, 0.2 m<1 ftHigh 6 am, 1.0 m3 ftLow 12 pm, 0.3 m<1 ftNow10 pm4 am10 am4 pm
  • High 5 pm, 1.2 m4 ft
  • Low 12 am, 0.2 m<1 ft
  • High 6 am, 1.0 m3 ft
  • Low 12 pm, 0.3 m<1 ft

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

The days ahead

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

  • Sun9.4 ExcellentBest 6 am to 10 amWind up to 14 km/h8 mph, rain 3%
  • Mon8.8 ExcellentBest 6 am to 8 amWind up to 13 km/h8 mph, rain 22%
  • Tue8.8 ExcellentBest 2 pm to 6 pmWind up to 12 km/h8 mph, rain 26%
  • Wed9.9 ExcellentBest 6 am to 7 pmWind up to 17 km/h10 mph, rain 2%
  • Thu8.0 GreatBest 3 pm to 7 pmWind up to 18 km/h11 mph, rain 18%

Beach info

Facilities and the beaches next door.

Facilities

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Getting there

Nearest airport
18 km11 miPiste ULM Muéo (PDC)

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

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