Nouvelle Aquitaine Surf Spots

A sheltered right tucked against Capbreton's south port jetty, catching leftover swell when exposed beaches are too big.

Sheltered Capbreton sandie offering beginner-friendly a-frame peaks that favour lefts at low to mid tide.

Capbreton's most popular sandbar right, breaking alongside a groyne and picking up swells that shut down the open beaches.

Hossegor-area beach break firing hollow, punchy a-frame barrels over sand — one of the most photographed waves on the Landes coast.

Steep, hollow sandbank peaks wedged between two groynes in central Capbreton, best from low to mid tide on a solid NW swell.

Fast, hollow a-frame peaks beside a 800m wharf on the Gironde coast, with sandbars that shift after every significant swell.

Open sandy beachbreak with bowly a-frame peaks shaped by an underlying alios reef layer, best from low to mid tide.

Shifting sand-bottom peaks on the northern Medoc coast, capable of long hollow lefts when a solid SW-NW swell lines up.

Quiet, uncrowded beachbreak peaks in the pine forests north of Hourtin, working across all tides on SW-NW swells.

Mellow a-frame beach break on the Medoc coast with well-covered peaks best on incoming tide and E winds.

Powerful hollow a-frame beachbreak between Les Estagnots and La Graviere, firing best on NW swells at mid-to-high tide.

Hossegor's legendary world-class beach tube - a freight-train A-frame that breaks inches from the sand and snaps boards for breakfast.

Powerful Hossegor beachbreak that holds triple overhead-plus, favouring fast, hollow rights into a rip-scoured channel.

A long, mellow left-hander beside the St-Denis port jetty on Île d'Oléron, working best on big W-NW swells.

Long, mellow reef left on Île d'Oléron that only fires when large W-NW swells wrap around the island at high tide.

Fast, hollow a-frame reef at the northern tip of Île d'Oléron, firing on SW-NW swells at low to mid tide only.

Expansive a-frame beach break on Île d'Oléron with multiple shifting peaks and reliable swell exposure.

Punchy sandbar shorebreak on Île d'Oléron producing fast, hollow a-frame peaks close to the water's edge.

Shifting Landes sandbars delivering everything from rolling beach break to punchy A-frame barrels on the right morning.

Shifty Landes beachbreak with A-frame peaks at a river mouth, firing consistently but best avoided at high tide.

A-frame beach peaks flanking a tidal lake entrance on the Landes coast, best from NW swells at any tide.

Consistent Landes beach break with shifting sandbars delivering hollow peaks and fast rights across all tides.

Consistent Seignosse beach break firing quality A-frame peaks on W-NW swells, handles more size than its neighbours.

Seignosse's most consistent beachbreak, with defined left/right peaks off stable sandbars that work on virtually any swell.

Sandy A-frame beachbreak at the north end of the Seignosse coast, best when NW swell lines up the banks.

Shifting Landes beachbreak with fun a-frame peaks on all tides, best at higher water when the shorebreak fires.

Mellow Landes beachbreak A-frames firing on W-NW swells, ideal for progression surfing in a quiet pine-backed setting.

Mellow Les Landes beach break with consistent a-frame peaks across all tides, best read from the lighthouse above.

Quieter beachbreak alternative to Lacanau, offering powerful a-frame peaks on sand across all tides.

Popular sandy beachbreak with consistent surf, vibrant atmosphere, and powerful Atlantic swells.

Plage Sud Biscarosse offers quality beachbreak waves suitable for most surfers in Southwest France.

Twelve kilometres of Landes beachbreak producing a-frame peaks from mellow walls to hollow barrels on solid NW swells.

Mellow a-frame peaks over a rock ledge and sand bottom on Île de Ré, best ridden around mid tide.

Highly consistent Landes beach break with fast, hollow a-frame peaks shaped by a rivermouth across four beach sections.

Fast, hollow beach break peaks near Capbreton firing on NW swells with easterly offshores.

Isolated Landes beachbreak with A-frame peaks in both directions, best in light offshore easterlies on NW swell.

Sand-bottom A-frame at the southern tip of the Capbreton beach strip, shaped by shifting sandbars next to a water treatment plant.

Fast, punchy a-frame peaks inside the Bassin d'Arcachon, wrapping around Cap Ferret on larger SW-NW swells.

La Couarde's hollowst beach break on Île de Ré — two peaky sandbars either side of a wooden jetty, best on a solid west swell.

Powerful reef peak on Île de Ré delivering a punchy left and softer high-tide right over a shallow rock ledge.

Sandy A-frame beach break near an old blockhaus and jetty, best on SW-NW swells with an easterly wind.

One of Cap Ferret's better semi-secret beach breaks, throwing up fast a-frame peaks on shifting sandbars.

Exposed 15km Atlantic beachbreak firing hollow, fast a-frames on SW-NW swells with an east wind.

Hollow, fast a-frame beach peaks on the Landes coast, tucked behind a nudist colony with a reliably quiet lineup.

Bordeaux's surf hub: 14km of sandy A-frames that have hosted the WSL contest since 1979.

Remote, car-free beachbreak north of Carcans offering genuine solitude on fun, peaky A-frame sandbars.

Peaky, hollow sand break on the Cap Ferret peninsula firing on SW-NW swells, best before the outside bars close out.

A-frame beach break peaks on a sandy Gironde coast, best on morning offshores with W to NW swell.

Fast, bowly a-frame peaks on jetty-shaped sandbars along the Cap-Ferret coast, working across all tides.

A sheltered Gironde estuary sandbar firing hard, fast tubes on big high tides when the Atlantic coast is blown out.

Sandy A-frame beachbreak on Oléron's west coast that picks up more swell than its northern neighbour Vert-Bois.

Plage du Vivier offers consistent beach breaks with shifting sandbars in the Landes region.

Popular beachbreak offering consistent, punchy waves on France’s southwest coast.

Sheltered sandy bay break inside Royan that needs size and a solid westerly swell to show its best form.

Estuary-influenced sandbank peaks at the tip of the Médoc, running hollow and fast when a solid NW swell arrives.

Le Trencat offers consistent beach breaks with punchy waves and scenic surroundings in Southwest France.