France / Occitanie
Cap d'Agde
Cap d'Agde is a coastal resort area in Occitanie, France. Its longest mapped beach (Plage naturiste Cap d'Agde) stretches about 1.5 km. The sea averages 22.0 °C in August, its warmest month, and 11.8 °C in February; it is 21 °C or warmer in July–August.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
OpenStreetMap marks nudism here as “yes”.
OpenStreetMap shows no lifeguard station within 1 km. Seasonal lifeguard posts are often unmapped, so check on site.
Services in the resort
- 132Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 11Public toilets
- –Showers
- 5Drinking water
- 52Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 30Hotels & guesthouses
- 1Campsites
- 14Grocery shops
- 6Water-sports spots
- 2Marinas & slipways
- 33Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 3Pharmacies & clinics
- 9Cash machines
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 109 restaurants, 5 cafés, 17 bars and 1 fast-food outlet. Accommodation: 30 hotels and guesthouses.
Counted within 1 km of the beach (bus stops 1.5 km) from OpenStreetMap features and Overture Maps places, release of 2026-10. Unmapped does not mean absent.
Bathing water quality
The official EU bathing-water site “Heliopolis”, 160 m from the beach centre, was rated Good for the 2025 season. It was Excellent in 9 of its 11 classified seasons since 2015.
- 2015Excellent
- 2016Excellent
- 2017Excellent
- 2018Excellent
- 2019Excellent
- 2020Excellent
- 2021Excellent
- 2022Excellent
- 2023Excellent
- 2024Good
- 2025Good
Source: European Environment Agency, EU Bathing Water Directive assessments · national site profile. Classes are based on four seasons of bacteriological sampling.
Month by month
October at Cap d'Agde
Beach-day index 5.0/10 · France median 4.9
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 12.4 °C | 11.8 °C | 12.3 °C | 13.7 °C | 16.2 °C | 19.3 °C | 21.2 °C | 22.0 °C | 20.1 °C | 18.3 °C | 16.1 °C | 13.9 °C |
| High °C | 10° | 11° | 14° | 18° | 22° | 27° | 30° | 29° | 25° | 20° | 15° | 11° |
| Low °C | 4° | 4° | 6° | 9° | 13° | 17° | 19° | 19° | 16° | 12° | 8° | 5° |
| Rain mm | 52 | 39 | 48 | 59 | 49 | 30 | 20 | 25 | 51 | 82 | 73 | 46 |
| Cloud % | 66 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 59 | 48 | 38 | 43 | 48 | 62 | 64 | 63 |
| Wind m/s | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 5.0 |
| Daylight h | 9.3 | 10.5 | 11.9 | 13.4 | 14.7 | 15.4 | 15.1 | 14.0 | 12.6 | 11.1 | 9.8 | 9.0 |
| Record high/low | 19°/-2° | 20°/-7° | 24°/-3° | 28°/3° | 33°/5° | 41°/10° | 37°/13° | 38°/14° | 34°/9° | 31°/2° | 23°/-0° | 18°/-4° |
| Beach index | 2.7 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 5.3 | 8.1 | 8.9 | 9.1 | 8.1 | 5.0 | 2.9 | 2.8 |
Long-term monthly averages: air from NASA POWER (2001–2020), sea from NOAA OISST (1991–2020); records are the extremes of 2001–2020. How the index works.
When to go
The beach-day index peaks in July–August; August scores 9.1/10 with highs of 29 °C, sea at 22.0 °C and 25 mm of rain.
In August that is 1.1 points above the median of the 625 beaches in France covered by this atlas.
Across the year the sea averages 16.4 °C, cooler than 66% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
October is the wettest month (82 mm) and July the driest (20 mm); the yearly total is about 570 mm.
Daylight runs from 9.0 hours in December to 15.4 hours in June; in mid-August the sun rises at 06:50 and sets at 20:51 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces south-east (130°). Open water fills about 47% of the horizon close by, which makes it an open stretch of shore.
At no time of year does the sun set over the sea here: sunset bearings run from 238° to 304°, behind the land.
Sunrise is over the sea in every month.
Straight out to the south-east there is open water for more than 2,000 km, so the beach is exposed to long ocean swell.
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 9 m deep and 26 m at 3 km, a shallow, gently shelving sea floor. Behind the beach the ground is about 2 m above sea level 500 m inland and 0 m at 1.5 km, a flat coastal plain.
Within 1 km, the land is 38% built-up land, 35% grassland and 9% bare ground, sand or rock (satellite land-cover map, 2021): a partly built-up setting. Water makes up 51% of that circle.
- Built 38%
- Grass 35%
- Bare 9%
- Wetland 9%
- Shrub 6%
Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m). Orientation from OpenStreetMap land polygons sampled in 36 directions; depths and heights from the GEBCO 2020 grid (about 450 m cells), indicative only.
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Béziers Vias airport Béziers | BZR | 14.9 km | west |
| Montpellier-Méditerranée Airport Montpellier/Méditerranée | MPL | 46.5 km | north-east |
| Perpignan-Rivesaltes (Llabanère) Airport Perpignan/Rivesaltes | PGF | 82.1 km | south-west |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 33 bus stops within 1.5 km and 52 mapped car parks within 1 km.
4 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 39.5K residents); within 30 km there are 47 (about 294.4K).
Around the beach
Attractions & museums
- Musée de l'Éphèbe et d'archéologie sous-marine museum 300 m NE
- Luna Park Cap d'Agde attraction 850 m SW
- Dino World attraction 960 m SW
- Mirande Yves attraction 960 m SW
- Apocalypse du Luna Park attraction 980 m SW
Islands in view
- Île Saint-Martin 240 m SW
- Île des Marinas 650 m SW
- Île des Pêcheurs 730 m S
- Île des Loisirs 940 m SW
Lighthouses & piers
- E pier 100 m S
- F pier 140 m S
- G pier 280 m S
- H pier 310 m S
- I pier 320 m S
- J pier 380 m S
Marinas
- Cap Saint Martin Marina 250 m SW
- Yachting Lodge 620 m SE
Diving & boat hire
- Batoloc 90 m NW
- Loca-Velo 140 m NE
- Bateau Ecole 180 m W
- Boat School Booster Lapointe Olivier 210 m W
- Cap'Oceima Nautisme 700 m E
- Capvelo34 760 m S
Campsites
- Aire Camping Car De La Clape 510 m E
Map and nearby beaches
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| Beach | Distance | Warmest sea | Length | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cap d'Agde | – | 22.0 °C | 1.5 km | – |
| Marseillan-Plage | 2.5 km NE | 22.0 °C | 1.2 km | Sand |
| Vias-Plage | 9.3 km W | 22.0 °C | 992 m | – |
- Marseillan-Plage2.5 km NECompare
- Vias-Plage9.3 km WCompare
Data on this page
- Air temperature, rain, cloud, wind, humidity: NASA POWER climatology 2001–2020, 0.5° grid.
- Sea temperature: NOAA OISST v2.1 monthly normals 1991–2020, nearest ocean cell 11.3 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w25661665; restaurants, cafés, bars and lodging: Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0).
- Towns and time zone: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Airports: OurAirports (public domain). Sunrise and sunset: NOAA solar equations.
- Satellite view: Copernicus Sentinel-2 (ESA), scene S2A_31TEH_20250811_1_L2A.
- Orientation: OpenStreetMap land polygons (ODbL). Depth and terrain: GEBCO 2020 grid.
- Bathing-water quality: European Environment Agency (site FRJ1334003M034090).
- Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
- Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
- Search popularity: about 2.9K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.