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Pointe Alègre 40.2

#4760 of 5756 surf spots in the world · 🇫🇷 France · Var · near Toulon

Wind is the enemy here, gentle enough to learn.

Beginner friendlyBeginner
Pointe Alègre, France
Photo: Fadli Mehmed · CC BY 3.0 · source
Surf score40.2 /100
Surfable days60% of the year
Clean days0% groundswell + friendly wind
Groundswell0% period 11 s+
Typical size0.7 m 2.4 ft median
Water20°C a 2 mm shorty

Best time to surf Pointe Alègre

It rarely works. The nearest airport is CEQ (39 km) and the nearest town is Toulon (59 km).

MonthSurfableCleanSizeWaterSuit
Jan79%0%1.0 m15°C4/3
Feb78%0%1.0 m14°C4/3
Mar75%0%1.0 m15°C4/3
Apr59%0%0.7 m16°C3/2
May55%0%0.6 m19°C3/2
Jun41%0%0.5 m24°Cvest
Jul35%0%0.5 m26°Cboardies
Aug32%0%0.4 m27°Cboardies
Sep48%0%0.6 m23°Cvest
Oct66%0%0.8 m21°C2mm
Nov81%0%1.1 m18°C3/2
Dec75%0%1.0 m16°C3/2

What is under Pointe Alègre

Eight kilometres out along its swell window the sea floor is still shallow, 17 m.

Depth 8 km out17 m
Depth 4 km out13 m

Measured, not estimated: NOAA ETOPO 2022 global relief at 15 arc-seconds, about 460 m per cell, sampled along this spot’s own swell window. At that scale the survey sees passes and channels; it cannot see a reef ledge, so nothing here is said about how the wave breaks.

Why 40.2

Seven parts, each normalised 0 to 1 and multiplied by its weight; the sum is scaled so the best spot in the world scores 100. Wave quality and what the spot does on its best days carry more than half of it, which is what separates this from a ranking of where the water is warm.

Wave quality 34.7%
12.6
Best days 22.4%
6.5
Clean days 18.4%
0.0
Consistency 10.2%
6.9
Season spread 4.1%
2.6
Water comfort 6.1%
2.8
Access 4.1%
3.4

The detail

Faces 140° with 36% open water around it. Friendly morning wind 85% of days. Mean peak period 5.4 s. Days over 3 m: 0%. On its best tenth of days it reaches 1.6 m, with a peak period of 7 s. Mellow days (0.4 to 1.2 m): 56%. Months that work: 8 of 12. Coordinates 43.294, 6.617 (OpenStreetMap).

Live here

8 homes for sale within 30 km of Pointe Alègre, up to 60,000 euro. Houses and flats you can move into, never plots of land. Cheapest right now €12,500. Checked 2026-09-13. Listings from Bien'ici and the agents themselves; we take no part in the deal.

€12,500House · 35 m² · 2 roomsGrimaud3 km from the spot →€19,000House · 30 m² · 3 roomsPuget-sur-Argens20 km from the spot →€38,000Flat · 47 m² · 3 roomsVidauban21 km from the spot →€45,000House · 40 m² · 4 roomsGassin7 km from the spot →€49,500House · 28 m² · 3 roomsSaint-Raphaël19 km from the spot →€52,000Flat · 15 m² · 1 roomLe Muy19 km from the spot →

What it costs to be here

Living here
€1,380/ month
typically €1,210 – €1,540
Rent, one bedroom€727
Groceries€289
Eating out€166
Getting around€98
Phone + internet€102
Renting by the month, cooking most days, local transport.
One month here
€2,690/ month
typically €2,370 – €3,020
Somewhere to stay€1,590
Eating out€565
Car, transfers, fuel€366
Data + extras€174
Short stays, eating out, a car or transfers.
49% cheaper if you live here instead of visiting

Remote spot, so the local estimate is 15% below the country average. Estimate: World Bank PPP price level for France (2025, United States = 1.00) applied to a fixed surfer basket, then adjusted for how remote the spot is. Your own number moves with the season and how you live.

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