France · Charente-Maritime
Plage de Couny
Charente-Maritime, France
On the beach
Right now
Live conditions from Open-Meteo, refreshed hourly.
7-day outlook
7-day marine forecast from Open-Meteo.
Water temperature
Next 7 days, °C
Wave height
Next 7 days, metres
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| Day | Water temp (°C) | Wave height (m) |
|---|---|---|
| Wed 2 | 21.8 | 0.8 |
| Thu 3 | 22.2 | 0.7 |
| Fri 4 | 22.2 | 0.8 |
| Sat 5 | 22.9 | 0.9 |
| Sun 6 | 22.4 | 1.0 |
| Mon 7 | 22.3 | 1.3 |
| Tue 8 | 22.1 | 1.6 |
Typical water temperature by month
Modeled estimatePlausible seasonal climatology derived from latitude, for illustration — not a measured average.
Monthly water temperature
Typical range across the year, °C
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| Month | Typical water temp (°C) |
|---|---|
| Jan | 15 |
| Feb | 14 |
| Mar | 15 |
| Apr | 17 |
| May | 19 |
| Jun | 22 |
| Jul | 24 |
| Aug | 24 |
| Sep | 24 |
| Oct | 22 |
| Nov | 20 |
| Dec | 17 |
Location & nearby beaches
Nearby beaches
- Plage de la Conche Des Baleines1.3 kmCharente-Maritime
- Plage Du Gros Jonc3.0 kmCharente-Maritime
- Plage de la Loge3.6 kmCharente-Maritime
- Plage de Trousse Chemise4.4 kmCharente-Maritime
Distances calculated as straight-line (haversine) from official coordinates.
How do you get to Plage de Couny?
- By car: there's parking about ~320 m from the beach.
- Bus stop: Saint-Clément-des-Baleines - Plage de Couny, about ~230 m away.
Food, stays & town
- Nearest village: Les Portes-en-Ré, about ~2.3 km away.
What kind of beach is this?
With no facilities mapped nearby, this beach is usually on the quiet side even in season — worth knowing if you're after solitude, but also worth bringing your own water and shade.
Estimated from OpenStreetMap surroundings data (ODbL).
- A quiet swim
Is the water clean at Plage de Couny?
Plage de Couny sits on a stretch of coast classed as a coastal bathing site, carrying an official EU Bathing Water rating of Excellent for the 2025 season. Under the EU Bathing Water Directive, national authorities test for intestinal enterococci and E. coli through the season and report the results the following spring — the 2025 rating was published in spring 2026, and 2026's won't follow until spring 2027. In addition to that yearly rating, some national authorities — for Croatia, the national environmental authority — publish individual water sample results during the season itself, ahead of the annual report. It sits in Charente-Maritime. There's parking about ~320 m from the beach.
That rating has been consistent: every one of the 11 classified seasons on record has come back Excellent or Good. The most reliable swimming window here typically runs from July–September, with the water usually at its warmest around August. Outside that window it's cooler and often quieter. It's been a consistently reliable spot too — the rating has held at Excellent for 11 straight years. The nearest town, Les Portes-en-Ré, is about ~2.3 km away.
That “Excellent” label comes from a full season of official water sampling, not a single test — it's one step on a four-point scale (Excellent, Good, Sufficient, Poor) reassessed once a year. Today's actual conditions can differ from the seasonal average, so for a live snapshot see the “Right now” and 7-day outlook panels above.