Basque Country Surf Spots

Transient Anglet sandbars producing punchy peaks and occasional piping lefts and rights when conditions align.

Historic Basque Country jetty left offering hollow walls and occasional big-wave tow-in conditions at the Adour rivermouth.

Jetty-influenced sandbars along the Anglet coast producing fast, steep lefts best from low to mid tide.

Highly consistent Anglet beachbreak with bowly peaks off two jetties and punchy tubes in the shorebreak at high tide.

Consistent A-frame sand peaks at the southern end of Anglet's beach strip, also known as Chambre d'Amour.

High-consistency A-frame beachbreak beside the Adour jetty in Anglet, firing on NW swells with fast, bowly rights.

Jetty-shaped sandbar peaks in Anglet firing hollow lefts and rights on W to NW swell, best at all tides.

Jetty-flanked Anglet sandbar offering fast a-frame peaks that can fire on W-NW swells with any easterly wind.

Consistent Anglet sand-bottom peaks firing left and right off jetties, with hollow tubes on the best days.

France's premier big-wave left reef, breaking over an uneven shelf off Guéthary with walls reaching 7m+ on NW swells.

Rocky bay near Guéthary with a defined left, a fun central A-frame, and a right that wakes up at bigger sizes.

Guéthary's big-wave reef right: a deep-water bombora that holds massive NW swells and rewards those on the right equipment.

Short, hollow left reef beside Guéthary harbour that barrels hard over a shallow shelf on N and NW swells.

Bidart Centre offers consistent beach breaks with fun peaks for various skill levels.

A-frame beach peaks over a rock ledge and sand bottom near St Jean de Luz, best mid to high tide on NW swell.

Biarritz's legendary beginner beach - the birthplace of French surfing - with mellow A-frame peaks on a sandy tide-dependent shore.

Reef-anchored beach peaks near Biarritz producing mellow, forgiving walls best suited to beginners on a dropping tide.

A-frame pocket beach in Biarritz with crumbly walls off rocky outcrops, best at low to mid tide on NW swells.

Mixed reef-and-sand a-frame at Bidart's central beach, best on clean NW swell with SE winds.

Mellow mixed reef-and-sand beach below low cliffs near Bidart, popular with surf schools on small to mid-sized W-NW swells.

Long sandy beachbreak near the Spanish border with multiple A-frame peaks, best for beginners and surf schools.

Reef-anchored beach break at the southern end of Côte des Basques producing steep wedges on W-N swells at low to mid tide.

Europe's premier big-wave tow-in reef, an offshore rock ledge that fires on only the season's largest NW swells.

Jetty-shaped point left at the Adour mouth with hollow sections and powerful walls, for experienced surfers only.

Rocky bay near Saint-Jean-de-Luz offering long, rolling lefts on a mixed reef-sand bottom that rarely hits its best.

Biarritz's iconic city beach offering fun, varied sand peaks from 1-2.5m on W-NW swells, with rocks shaping the south end.

A long, walling right point break in the Basque Country, beloved by all craft and backed by Quiksilver's European HQ.

Fast, bowly reef-and-sand peaks at Biarritz's southern end, best on NW swell and falling tide.

Sandy a-frame beachbreak known locally as Le Métro, firing hard in overhead W-NW swells with punchy barrels on either side.

Le Miramar offers fun beachbreak waves in the heart of Biarritz, suitable for most surfers.

A long, hollow right wrapping around the north jetty of Saint-Jean-de-Luz bay, firing on NW-N swells.

Sheltered bay peaks near Socoa Fort firing on NW-N swells, with a localised reef tucked near the Nivelle river mouth.