Mediterranean Surf Spots

Mellow, low-power beachbreak in the Camargue wetlands, best near the harbour or Petit Rhône rivermouth on bigger swells.

Marseille's crowded city beach break - mellow, forgiving a-frame peaks between seawalls, best for beginners on any tide.

Below-average Mediterranean beachbreak that briefly cleans up on NE offshores after strong southerly swells.

Sandy a-frame peaks at Carnon's Les Roquilles jetty, the go-to break for the Montpellier surf crowd.

A-frame reef peaks sheltered between cliffs near Carry-le-Rouet, breaking best on rare S to SW swells with NW offshores.

Sheltered Mediterranean reef peak with hollow rights and longer lefts, best in rare S-SW swell with Mistral offshore.

East Marseille's best right: long, hollow reef walls wrapping a sheltered headland, firing on solid SW and SE swells.

A-frame reef peaks around Cap Couronne offering powerful lefts and hollow rights depending on wind direction.

A punchy reef right on the Six-Fours peninsula that fires on rare SW swell with easterly winds keeping it clean.

The longest left in the Alpes-Maritimes, a punchy reef break near Cap d'Antibes that fires on S-W swells.

The best wave near Perpignan - a sheltered left beside a harbour jetty that needs rare E-SE swell to fire.

Côte Bleue's main surf hub with shifting a-frame peaks over uneven reef on the Sausset-les-Pins waterfront.

Rare, powerful reef peak in a sheltered Med bay, firing hollow lefts and a dangerous dry-reef right on the biggest S swells.

Sandy Mediterranean beach peaks around Palavas harbour, with multiple jetty-shaped breaks ideal for beginners.

Sérignan Plage offers fun, consistent beach breaks on the Mediterranean coast near Béziers.

Mellow Mediterranean beach break near Gruissan harbour, firing on SE swells with the Tramontane blowing offshore.

Rare but genuine rivermouth lefts at the Var estuary, delivering hollow barrels on S swells when conditions align.

Long, punchy left wrapping around the Pointe du Marégau on rare SE-SW swells in the French Mediterranean.

A-frame beach peaks in the Gulf of St-Tropez firing on rare E swells, sheltered from the Mistral and bigger than St-Tropez itself.

Onshore-dependent sandbars along the Cannes waterfront producing occasional peaks and barrels on SE swell.

Sheltered French Riviera reef break producing short, punchy peaks on rare E-S swells.

Rarely firing Mediterranean beachbreak near Fréjus harbour, shaped by jetties, best on E swell with W winds.

Rare but rewarding Mediterranean reef peak with longer lefts at St Jean, firing only on strong, sustained E-S swells.

A-frame beachbreak near Six-Fours that comes alive on SE swells, best in the Mistral with peaks for all abilities.

Fickle Mediterranean beach break between Sète and Marseillan, best near jetties where sand banks and wind shelter align.

Fickle Mediterranean reef left at Arène beach near Cassis, sheltered by the mistral when conditions align.