32 surf spots in Pays Basque, France, with 19 live cams. Each has a 16-day surf forecast and a local guide.
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Anglet – La Barre Anglet · Intermediate · Beach break · live cam La Barre is Anglet's smallest and northernmost beach, boxed in between two long jetties at the mouth of the Adour.
Anglet – Les Cavaliers Anglet · Advanced · Beach break · live cam Les Cavaliers, on the south side of the long jetty north of Anglet, is the town's best-known and most powerful beach break.
Anglet – Les Dunes Anglet · Intermediate · Beach break Les Dunes is the wildest-feeling stretch of the Anglet coast, backed by dunes rather than a promenade.
Anglet – L'Océan Anglet · Intermediate · Beach break · live cam L'Océan is an open beach break in the middle of the Anglet strip, sharing its sandbars with Les Dunes to the north.
Anglet – La Madrague Anglet · Beginner · Beach break La Madrague and Petite Madrague have good sandbanks in front of their car parks and are regarded as a classic Anglet beach break.
Anglet – Les Corsaires Anglet · Beginner · Beach break Les Corsaires is a friendly beach break between Marinella and Madrague, sheltered by long rock groynes that help hold the sandbanks in place.
Anglet – Marinella Anglet · Intermediate · Beach break · live cam Marinella is a beach break between two rock groynes, next to Sables d'Or, with short, fairly mellow lefts and rights.
Anglet – Les Sables d'Or Anglet · Beginner · Beach break · live cam Les Sables d'Or is the best-known beach of the Chambre d'Amour district, set between groynes in front of the promenade.
Anglet – Le Club Anglet · Intermediate · Beach break · live cam Le Club is a short beach below the Chambre d'Amour promenade, near the cliff that rises toward the Biarritz lighthouse.
Anglet – Petite Chambre d'Amour Anglet · Intermediate · Beach break · 2 live cams The Petite Chambre d'Amour is the southern end of Anglet, under the cliff that climbs to the Biarritz lighthouse, and was once known as the VVF beach.
Biarritz – Grande Plage Biarritz · Intermediate · Beach break · 2 live cams The Grande Plage is Biarritz's town beach, curving across the bay from the Hôtel du Palais to the Bellevue rocks in front of the casino.
Biarritz – Côte des Basques Biarritz · Beginner · Beach break · live cam The Côte des Basques, under the cliffs south of the Rocher de la Vierge, is where surfing in Europe began and is still known as its cradle.
Biarritz – Marbella Biarritz · Intermediate · Beach break Marbella continues the Côte des Basques to the south, a wider and wilder sandy beach divided by rocky outcrops.
Biarritz – Milady Biarritz · Beginner · Beach break Milady is a large, busy family beach at the south end of Biarritz, with a seafront promenade and accessible-beach facilities.
Bidart – Ilbarritz Bidart · Intermediate · Reef break Ilbarritz is a beach of just over 300 m below the Château d'Ilbarritz and its golf course, on the border between Biarritz and Bidart.
Bidart – Pavillon Royal Bidart · Intermediate · Beach break Pavillon Royal is Bidart's longest sandy beach, more than a kilometre long and with a wild, remote feel.
Bidart – Erretegia Bidart · Intermediate · Beach break Erretegia is a natural beach of a few hundred metres in a green cove north of Bidart centre, and the start of the coastal path to Saint-Jean-de-Luz.
Bidart – Plage du Centre Bidart · Intermediate · Beach break The Plage du Centre is Bidart's village beach, about 500 m of sand under green cliffs, recognisable by its sea wall that is nearly a hundred years old.
Bidart – Uhabia Bidart · Beginner · Beach break Uhabia is the widest and largest beach in Bidart, where the small Uhabia river reaches the sea.
Guéthary – Parlementia Guéthary · Advanced · Reef break · live cam Parlementia, between Guéthary and Bidart, is the Basque Country's best-known big-wave reef, often compared to Sunset Beach in Hawaii.
Guéthary – Les Alcyons Guéthary · Advanced · Reef break Les Alcyons is a long left over the reef in front of the Alcyons jetty at Guéthary harbour, with a strong reputation among good surfers.
Guéthary – Avalanche Guéthary · Expert · Reef break Avalanche is a powerful outer-reef left that breaks off the end of the Alcyons jetty at Guéthary harbour, over flat rock.
Guéthary – Cenitz Guéthary · Intermediate · Reef break Cenitz is a protected reef bay just south of Guéthary, with three waves over sharp rock: a long, slow left in the south of the bay that suits improving…
Saint-Jean-de-Luz – Mayarko Saint-Jean-de-Luz · Intermediate · Reef break Mayarko is a 400 m beach in the Acotz district, between Lafitenia and Cenitz, with a fairly soft reef wave breaking over a rock slab partly covered by sand.
Saint-Jean-de-Luz – Lafitenia Saint-Jean-de-Luz · Advanced · Point break Lafitenia is a long, peeling right that breaks over sharp rock from the north end of a green, little-built cove in the Acotz district, and is one of the…
Saint-Jean-de-Luz – Erromardie Saint-Jean-de-Luz · Advanced · Point break Erromardie, also called la falaise, is a sand-and-pebble beach north of Saint-Jean-de-Luz bordered by the coastal path.
Saint-Jean-de-Luz – Sainte-Barbe Saint-Jean-de-Luz · Advanced · Jetty · live cam Sainte-Barbe is a right that breaks along the jetty at the north end of the bay of Saint-Jean-de-Luz, over flat rock, and is also known as la plaque.
Saint-Jean-de-Luz – Grande Plage Saint-Jean-de-Luz · Beginner · Beach break · 2 live cams The Grande Plage sits inside the bay of Saint-Jean-de-Luz, protected by three breakwaters, and is usually flat.
Ciboure – Socoa / La Bougie Ciboure · Beginner · Beach break · live cam La Bougie lies on the Socoa side of the bay of Saint-Jean-de-Luz, in line with the mouth of the Untxin river, and is named after the harbour beacon surfers…
Urrugne – Belharra Urrugne · Expert · Reef break Belharra, sometimes called Belharra-Perdun, is a reef plateau 14–18 m deep about 2.5 km off the coast between Socoa and Hendaye, northwest of the bay of…
Hendaye – Grande Plage Hendaye · Beginner · Beach break · 2 live cams Hendaye's Grande Plage is a sandy beach over 3 km long that faces north across the bay toward Hondarribia.
Hendaye – Les Deux Jumeaux Hendaye · Advanced · Reef break · live cam Les Deux Jumeaux is a powerful right off the reef near the two big rocks of the same name at the northeast end of Hendaye beach.
Pays Basque in the guides
Surfing in January Guéthary's reefs, the Lafitenia point and the jetties of Saint-Jean-de-Luz come alive on long-period swells that close out the beaches.
Surfing in February The reefs and points of Guéthary and Saint-Jean-de-Luz work on long-period swells, with Hendaye's sheltered bay as the easy option on the biggest days.
Surfing in March The Anglet beaches and the reefs of Guéthary all work on spring swells, with the Côte des Basques for gentler days.
Surfing in April April brings long, light evenings and steady spring swells to coasts that are only starting to wake up, from Cornwall and Ireland to Portugal and the Basque Country. The water is still cold, but the season of easy road trips has begun.
Surfing in May May is a sweet spot for intermediates and improvers: the water starts to warm, the swell is steady but rarely huge, and the summer crowds have not arrived yet, from Portugal and north Spain to Cornwall, Wales and Ireland.
Surfing in June The Côte des Basques and the Anglet beaches give fun, small-wave surfing with cafés and promenades behind them.
Surfing in July July is peak holiday time across Europe. The water is warm in the south, the beaches are lively and the waves are usually small and friendly, which makes it a great month to learn, and a tricky one to find space.
Surfing in August Hendaye's long, sheltered beach and the Côte des Basques are made for families and learners in the warmest water of the year.
Surfing in September Anglet's beaches catch every swell, Biarritz offers gentle longboard waves, and the reefs further south start waking up on the bigger days. The town life is still in summer mode.
Surfing in October Anglet's beaches are reliable, and on bigger days the reefs and points around Guéthary and Saint-Jean-de-Luz start to break for the first time in the season.
Surfing in November The reefs of Guéthary and the points around Saint-Jean-de-Luz need the bigger swells that November brings. Anglet stays reliable on smaller days.
Surfing in December December brings the shortest days and some of the year's biggest swells across Europe, from the Basque reefs to Nazaré, Thurso and the Cliffs of Moher. Chase the clean windows between storms, hide in the sheltered corners, or fly south to the islands.
Basque coast road trip Anglet's beaches, Biarritz's Côte des Basques, the reefs of Guéthary and the points of Saint-Jean-de-Luz, all within a short drive.
Best spots to learn to surf The Côte des Basques is where European surfing began, and travel guides recommend Hendaye and Bidart for beginners.
Summer family surf trip Hendaye's sheltered bay and the gentle Côte des Basques in Biarritz are ideal for first waves.