Normandy Surf Spots

A-frame boulder-and-sand beach break west of a Norman rivermouth, best on rare glassy SW-wind days.

Shingle beach on the Côte d'Albâtre producing peaky, mellow boulder-bottom waves best suited to beginners at mid to high tide.

Tucked-away Normandy shingle cove producing soft, forgiving peaks over a boulder bottom, best at low to mid tide.

Slow, crumbly urban beachbreak under the Cap de la Hève cliffs, firing only on rare W-NW swell wraps.

Mellow, crumbly beachbreak peaks at the Touques estuary mouth, best for beginners on W-NW swells.

Crumbly beach and reef peaks south of Granville, working only on W-NW swells and best checked from the clifftop above.

Long, hollow left-hander wrapping over a boulder bottom on the Côte d'Albâtre, sheltered by the Pointe de Chicard headland.

Fickle but potentially excellent left peeling along a concrete jetty on the Cotentin Peninsula's northeast tip.

A-frame peak on the Cotentin coast breaking over rock ledge and sand, best from mid to high tide on SW-NW swells.

Sheltered boulder-bottom left east of Dieppe's ferry port, best on mid to high tide with W-NW swell.

Rare but rewarding Norman left peeling off a rocky reef near a harbour wall, with a hollow shorebreak option on big NW swells.

Expansive Normandy beachbreak running south from the dunes near Le Poux to the Carteret lighthouse, picking up SW to NW swells.

Normandy beachbreak producing multiple shifting peaks across a wide sandy bay, best on SW to NW swells.

Punchy left-favouring peaks beneath Normandy's iconic limestone arches, best on SW swells at mid tide.

A-frame peaks over mixed reef and sand in a sheltered Normandy bay, firing on strong SW swell combos.