Windsurfing in Le Gosier

Hotel beach at Pointe de la Verdure that hosted the 2025 PWA Foil Slalom World Cup. Mild trade wind conditions, often on big gear.

Plage du Salako is a hotel beach at Pointe de la Verdure, on the Route des Hôtels, about 1.3 km west of Le Gosier town. You launch from a small cove in front of the hotels, with rock breakwaters on both sides. The trade wind blows from north-east to south-east, usually at 12 to 20 knots, and December to June is the best period. At La Datcha, the town beach about 1 km east on the same coast, east to south-east wind works best, sideshore from the left. From July, tropical lows and hurricanes can break up the trades. The PWA Foil Slalom World Cup raced here in April 2025. Conditions are often mild, so most riders sail big gear, and race marks can sit about 15 metres off the beach. Expect chop when the wind is up and flatter water in light wind. Windy days are not guaranteed: at the 2025 event only one of five days had good racing wind. Stay clear of the rock breakwaters at the sides of the cove. The cove is a swimming beach, and the town lists a water-sports base here with boats and jet skis, so keep a lookout. Seaweed can foul foils: at the 2025 event a racer finished a heat with weed stuck in hers.