France / Occitanie
Plage des Aresquiers
Plage des Aresquiers is an 860 m-long beach facing south-east on the Mediterranean Sea, 3.7 km south-east of Vic-la-Gardiole (Occitanie, France). 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.
Month by month
October at Plage des Aresquiers
Beach-day index 4.9/10 · 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 | 13.8 °C | 16.2 °C | 19.4 °C | 21.2 °C | 22.0 °C | 20.1 °C | 18.4 °C | 16.1 °C | 13.9 °C |
| High °C | 11° | 11° | 15° | 18° | 22° | 26° | 29° | 29° | 25° | 20° | 15° | 11° |
| Low °C | 5° | 5° | 7° | 10° | 14° | 18° | 21° | 20° | 17° | 14° | 9° | 6° |
| Rain mm | 48 | 36 | 44 | 53 | 44 | 28 | 17 | 22 | 52 | 78 | 79 | 45 |
| Cloud % | 64 | 59 | 56 | 54 | 52 | 41 | 32 | 36 | 43 | 58 | 63 | 62 |
| Wind m/s | 6.7 | 6.9 | 6.3 | 5.9 | 5.6 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 5.4 | 6.1 | 6.8 | 6.6 |
| Daylight h | 9.3 | 10.5 | 11.9 | 13.4 | 14.7 | 15.4 | 15.1 | 14.0 | 12.6 | 11.1 | 9.7 | 9.0 |
| Record high/low | 18°/-2° | 19°/-5° | 22°/-2° | 27°/4° | 32°/8° | 40°/11° | 36°/15° | 38°/15° | 33°/10° | 30°/4° | 22°/1° | 17°/-2° |
| Beach index | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 5.2 | 8.1 | 8.8 | 9.0 | 7.8 | 4.9 | 2.6 | 2.6 |
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 9.0/10 with highs of 29 °C, sea at 22.0 °C and 22 mm of rain.
In August that is 1.0 points above the median of the 625 beaches in France covered by this atlas.
Across the year the sea averages 16.5 °C, cooler than 66% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
November is the wettest month (79 mm) and July the driest (17 mm); the yearly total is about 550 mm.
Daylight runs from 9.0 hours in December to 15.4 hours in June; in mid-August the sun rises at 06:48 and sets at 20:50 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces south-east (125°). Open water fills about 44% 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 about 300 km of open sea lies before the next coast, enough for large swells to build.
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 7 m deep and 16 m at 3 km, a shallow, gently shelving sea floor. Behind the beach the ground is about 0 m above sea level 500 m inland and 3 m at 1.5 km, a flat coastal plain.
Within 1 km, the land is 44% wetland, 22% grassland and 13% tree cover (satellite land-cover map, 2021): a largely natural setting. Water makes up 85% of that circle.
- Wetland 44%
- Grass 22%
- Tree 13%
- Built 10%
- Bare 10%
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.
Photos
From above
Facilities within 1 km
- –Restaurants, cafés & bars
- –Public toilets
- –Showers
- 3Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 2Bus stops (1.5 km)
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.
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montpellier-Méditerranée Airport Montpellier/Méditerranée | MPL | 16.9 km | north-east |
| Béziers Vias airport Béziers | BZR | 41.0 km | west |
| Nîmes-Arles-Camargue Airport Nîmes/Garons | FNI | 57.9 km | north-east |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 2 bus stops within 1.5 km and 3 mapped car parks within 1 km.
5 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 40.7K residents); within 30 km there are 60 (about 599.2K).
Map and nearby beaches
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| Beach | Distance | Warmest sea | Length | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plage des Aresquiers | – | 22.0 °C | 860 m | – |
| Frontignan-Plage | 2.7 km SW | 22.0 °C | 3.3 km | Sand |
| Palavas-les-Flots | 11.3 km NE | 22.0 °C | 3.5 km | Sand |
- Frontignan-Plage2.7 km SWCompare
- Palavas-les-Flots11.3 km NECompare
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 10.7 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w1415828865; restaurants, cafés, bars and lodging: Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0).
- Water body, status and length: Wikidata (CC0).
- Towns and time zone: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Airports: OurAirports (public domain). Sunrise and sunset: NOAA solar equations.
- Photos: Wikimedia Commons, author and licence under each image.
- Satellite view: Copernicus Sentinel-2 (ESA), scene S2A_31TEJ_20230909_0_L2A.
- Orientation: OpenStreetMap land polygons (ODbL). Depth and terrain: GEBCO 2020 grid.
- Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
- Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
- Search popularity: about 8.1K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.