SPOTS
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0Biscarrosse-Plage
Biscarrosse is the gateway to the endless sandbars of Les Landes. It’s a lively little town with different accesses to the beach so different options to surf. The best banks are mostly producing rippable waves on a not too high tide but low tide can give some hollow peelers too. To the south...
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0La Sud
One of the reasons why the Hossegor area is so popular. Next to the pumping powersurf there are some sheltered spots around and La Sud is a good choice for the non-chargers on bigger swells. Beginners will enjoy the smaller waves. It can also deliver easy but very rippable lefts that everyone...
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0Moliets-Plage
Moliets has the largest beach in les landes. The long walk to the water and the absence of a car park close to the beach keeps the crowds down, allthough the summer surf camp tsunami brings in a lot of people. The rivermouth of the courant du Huchet shapes good banks from time to time and keeps...
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0Les Bourdaines
Les Bourdaines and Les Estagnots are the most popular Seignosse spots thanks to huge car parks, short accesses to the waves and pretty stable banks. After the destroying winter swells there’s sometimes not much going on but the smoother summerswells always get something in to shape for high...
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0Soustons-Plage
South of the Vieux Boucau rivermouth is an beach access with a longer walk. So a quick check is impossible and that keeps the crowds down, although in summer every path is walked… Close to the river there’s often a good bank and to the south is a long stretch with stable banks every couple...
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0Les Culs Nus
Here things are getting serious. Culs nus means bare bums as it’s a nudist beach but you can lose your pants too in the powerful shorebreak. Here are the normal beachbreaks from up north transforming into the thicklipped barrels of La Graviere. Needs a bit bigger swell to start the action but...
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0Les Estagnots
Just as Les Bourdaines a popular hang out because you can easily park and quickly check the waves that almost always offer a ride. Unfortunately the campervan party is over since this summer, you can’t park anymore if your ride is higher than 1,8 meter. Les Estagnots has always good banks on...
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0La Nord
The place to be if the swell is climbing up to double overhead and more but the spot is rideable at a smaller size too on bigger boards or sups. The outside sand bank is the most steady one around and favours rights, which are the best choice if you want to get back to the peak as the lefts will...
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0Vieux Boucau
Vieux Boucau has some huge campings that are villages on its own, the coastal road gets closer to the sea and the Hossegor area attracting more year-round surfers and travellers is nearby. Read: from here on the crowds grow and won’t go down until you reach Spain. Sometimes the rivermouth...
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0Contis-Plage
Charming little village with a picture-postcard lighthouse in the background. As almost everywhere in the Landes the surf depends on the banks, sometimes they’re there, sometimes they’re not. Contis has a rivermouth which can help form them. Even in summer not overcrowded. In the high season...
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0Messanges
If you love the peace and quiet of the forest and the dunes, this is your spot. There’s a chill camping car park, a parking lot at the base of the dune and a restaurant on top of it and that’s it. The village with some bars and a surf shop is a couple of kilometer inland. Messanges had some...
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0Le Penon
Le Penon is a bit of a little village on its own and the start of the classic surftrip between Capbreton and Seignosse: park, climb the dune, check the waves and repeat till you found your spot. To the north the road turns inland and checking different breaks will take more time. There’s a...
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0Mimizan-Plage
Mimizan is one of the bigger villages in Les Landes but it’s a bit lost in the woods, so it’s only buzzing in summer. Local Vincent Duvignac didn’t have to fight the crowds and made it to European Champ. Other local and bodyboarder Nicolas Capdeville did even better with 3 world titles. So...
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0La Gravière
This Hossegor surfspot is were the magic happens. Deeper water powers the waves up to hit the shore hard. Or your head or your board… In that process there is joy to find: barrels! Hossegor thanks his worldwide known name at this fickle wild beast that the pros tame every year during a leg of...
