Surf spots and live cams in French Mediterranean

• Le Racou Argelès-sur-Mer · Intermediate · Beach break
  A small beach at the south end of Argelès, where the long sandy coast of Roussillon meets the first rocks of the Côte Vermeille.
• Canet-Plage – south of the port Canet-en-Roussillon · Beginner · Beach break
  The beach just south of the harbour jetty of Canet-en-Roussillon, near Perpignan.
• Narbonne-Plage Narbonne · Beginner · Beach break
  The long sandy beach of Narbonne-Plage, on the Aude coast.
• Maguelone Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone · Intermediate · Beach break
  A wild sandy beach on the lido south of Montpellier, near the old Maguelone cathedral.
• Palavas – Les Coquilles Palavas-les-Flots · Beginner · Beach break · live cam
  The town beaches of Palavas, south of Montpellier.
• Carnon – Les Roquilles Mauguio · Intermediate · Jetty
  A beach break next to the jetties between Palavas and Carnon.
• La Grande-Motte Beginner · Beach break
  The beaches of La Grande-Motte, east of Montpellier, between the jetties of the resort.
• La Couronne Martigues · Intermediate · Reef break
  A left near Cap Couronne on the Côte Bleue, west of Marseille.
• L'Arquet Martigues · Advanced · Reef break
  A hollow reef next to La Couronne, by the lighthouse road.
• Sausset-les-Pins – La Corniche Sausset-les-Pins · Intermediate · Reef break
  East of the port of Sausset, the Corniche has three small beaches between rock groynes, from the Menhir to the Dalle (also called L'Hermitage).
• Les Laurons Martigues · Intermediate · Reef break
  A rocky reef in a cove near the Ponteau power station, at the west end of the Côte Bleue.
• Le Prado – Bonneveine Marseille · Beginner · Beach break
  The city beaches of the Prado in Marseille: four beaches (Roucas Blanc, Borély, Bonneveine and Vieille Chapelle) between breakwaters.
• Pointe Rouge – La Digue Marseille · Intermediate · Jetty
  Waves along the breakwater of the Pointe Rouge port in south Marseille, an easy spot that catches west swells after a mistral.
• Cap Saint-Louis – Le Liouquet La Ciotat · Advanced · Point break
  A right that wraps around Cap Saint-Louis, between La Ciotat and Les Lecques.
• Les Lecques Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer · Intermediate · Beach break
  The 1.4 km main beach of Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer, in a bay that looks across to La Ciotat.
• Brutal Beach – Bonnegrâce Six-Fours-les-Plages · Beginner · Beach break
  Bonnegrâce beach in Six-Fours, nicknamed Brutal Beach: about 1 km of beaches split by jetties, facing west.
• Les Sablettes La Seyne-sur-Mer · Beginner · Beach break
  A long sandy beach on the isthmus of Saint-Mandrier, near Toulon.
• L'Almanarre Hyères · Intermediate · Beach break
  The long west-facing beach of the Giens tombolo in Hyères, one of the best-known windsurf and kite spots in Europe.
• Gigaro La Croix-Valmer · Intermediate · Beach break
  A sandy beach below the hills of La Croix-Valmer, near Saint-Tropez, at the edge of the protected Cap Lardier coast.
• Capo di Feno Ajaccio · Intermediate · Beach break
  A bay 15 km west of Ajaccio, also called the Anse de Minaccia: a beach of over 1 km facing west-south-west, plus a reef of rights towards the cape.
• Ruppione Pietrosella · Advanced · Beach break
  A sandy bay on the south shore of the Gulf of Ajaccio, near Porticcio.
• Portigliolo Belvédère-Campomoro · Intermediate · Beach break
  A long beach on the Gulf of Valinco, south of Propriano.
• Pinarellu Zonza · Intermediate · Reef break
  A reef break in the bay of Pinarellu, north of Porto-Vecchio.
• Sainte-Restitude – Fiume Secco Calvi · Intermediate · River mouth
  An A-frame on a rocky reef at the mouth of the Fiume Secco, in the bay of Calvi.
• Algajola Beginner · Beach break
  The sandy beach east of the old village of Algajola, in Balagne between Calvi and L'Île-Rousse.
• Lozari Belgodère · Intermediate · River mouth
  A long sandy beach east of L'Île-Rousse, with a river mouth at its west end.

French Mediterranean in the guides

• Surfing in November
  Cap Saint-Louis, the best right point on the French Mediterranean, needs the south-west swells that the colder months bring.
• Mediterranean storm surf
  Roussillon and Languedoc beaches for the marin, the reefs and points of the Côte Bleue and La Ciotat for mistral and south-west swells, and the west coast of Corsica.