France / New Aquitaine
Rivedoux-Plage
Rivedoux-Plage is a coastal resort area in New Aquitaine, France. Its longest mapped beach (Plage nord de Rivedoux-plage) stretches about 1.8 km and has a sand surface. The sea averages 20.0 °C in August, its warmest month, and 9.6 °C in February; it never reaches 21 °C on average.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
OpenStreetMap shows no lifeguard station within 1 km. Seasonal lifeguard posts are often unmapped, so check on site.
Services in the resort
- 14Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 6Public toilets
- –Showers
- 1Drinking water
- 15Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 7Hotels & guesthouses
- 3Campsites
- 5Grocery shops
- 2Water-sports spots
- 20Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 1Pharmacies & clinics
- 1Cash machines
- 4Bike rental
- 1Historic sites
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 12 restaurants, 1 bar and 1 fast-food outlet. Accommodation: 7 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 “Plage Nord”, 150 m from the beach centre, was rated Excellent for the 2025 season. It was Excellent in 11 of its 11 classified seasons since 2015.
- 2015Excellent
- 2016Excellent
- 2017Excellent
- 2018Excellent
- 2019Excellent
- 2020Excellent
- 2021Excellent
- 2022Excellent
- 2023Excellent
- 2024Excellent
- 2025Excellent
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 Rivedoux-Plage
Beach-day index 3.5/10 · France median 4.9
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 10.3 °C | 9.6 °C | 10.3 °C | 12.2 °C | 14.7 °C | 17.5 °C | 19.3 °C | 20.0 °C | 18.6 °C | 16.9 °C | 14.3 °C | 11.8 °C |
| High °C | 9° | 10° | 13° | 16° | 19° | 23° | 24° | 24° | 22° | 18° | 13° | 9° |
| Low °C | 3° | 2° | 4° | 7° | 10° | 13° | 15° | 15° | 12° | 10° | 6° | 3° |
| Rain mm | 86 | 62 | 68 | 53 | 60 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 45 | 82 | 91 | 92 |
| Cloud % | 71 | 64 | 61 | 58 | 60 | 56 | 50 | 50 | 48 | 61 | 65 | 67 |
| Wind m/s | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 5.2 |
| Daylight h | 9.0 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 14.9 | 15.8 | 15.5 | 14.2 | 12.6 | 11.0 | 9.5 | 8.7 |
| Record high/low | 15°/-9° | 19°/-10° | 22°/-6° | 26°/-2° | 29°/2° | 34°/5° | 36°/9° | 35°/9° | 32°/4° | 28°/-1° | 21°/-4° | 17°/-7° |
| Beach index | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 6.3 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 6.4 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
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 7.8/10 with highs of 24 °C, sea at 20.0 °C and 49 mm of rain.
That matches the median for beaches in France in the same month.
At its warmest the water here is 2.1 °C cooler than the France median for August (22.1 °C).
Across the year the sea averages 14.6 °C, cooler than 76% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
December is the wettest month (92 mm) and September the driest (45 mm); the yearly total is about 780 mm.
Daylight runs from 8.7 hours in December to 15.8 hours in June; in mid-August the sun rises at 07:03 and sets at 21:16 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces east-north-east (60°). Open water fills about 75% of the horizon close by, which makes it an exposed spot with water on most sides.
The sun sets over the sea in May–August; in mid-June it goes down at 21:57 local time on a bearing of 306°.
Sunrise is over the sea in every month.
The opposite shore is only about 5.0 km away to the east-north-east, which keeps the water sheltered from big waves. The beach is on an island of about 85 km².
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 9 m deep and 4 m at 3 km, a shallow, gently shelving sea floor. Behind the beach the ground is about 4 m above sea level 500 m inland and 9 m at 1.5 km, a flat coastal plain.
Within 1 km, the land is 45% built-up land, 31% grassland and 24% bare ground, sand or rock (satellite land-cover map, 2021): an urban beach. Water makes up 72% of that circle.
- Built 45%
- Grass 31%
- Bare 24%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Rochelle Île de Ré Airport La Rochelle | LRH | 5.6 km | east |
| Nantes Atlantique Airport Nantes | NTE | 113 km | north |
| Poitiers-Biard Airport Poitiers/Biard | PIS | 129 km | east |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 20 bus stops within 1.5 km and 15 mapped car parks within 1 km.
7 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 100.3K residents); within 30 km there are 45 (about 206.4K).
Around the beach
Historic sites
- La Redoute monument 540 m E
Diving & boat hire
- Fun Cycles 330 m N
- Ré'Motion 450 m NE
Campsites
- Camping Les Acacias 180 m NW
- Camping Les Fougères - Ushuaïa Village 420 m N
- Camping Campéole Le Platin 690 m NE
Map
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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 9.5 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w1497408059; 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_30TXS_20230809_0_L2A.
- Orientation: OpenStreetMap land polygons (ODbL). Depth and terrain: GEBCO 2020 grid.
- Bathing-water quality: European Environment Agency (site FRI3217297M017300).
- Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
- Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
- Search popularity: about 22.2K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.