21 surf spots in Vendée, France, with 14 live cams. Each has a 16-day surf forecast and a local guide.
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Noirmoutier – Barbâtre Barbâtre · Beginner · Beach break · live cam Barbâtre, at the southern end of the Île de Noirmoutier, has a few short beach-break peaks along its west-facing shore, with patches of rock among the sand.
La Barre-de-Monts – La Grande Côte La Barre-de-Monts · Beginner · Beach break · live cam La Grande Côte is the wild, dune-backed beach at Fromentine, running south from the Noirmoutier bridge and the Fromentine channel along the edge of the Pays…
Notre-Dame-de-Monts – Plage Centrale Notre-Dame-de-Monts · Beginner · Beach break · live cam The central beach of Notre-Dame-de-Monts is a long, flat sand beach in front of the pedestrian seafront, with shifting sandbars and the town's water-sports…
Saint-Jean-de-Monts – Grande Plage Saint-Jean-de-Monts · Beginner · Beach break · 2 live cams Saint-Jean-de-Monts has a huge, flat town beach running south-east from the Estacade pier towards the Golf, Demoiselles and Salins beaches on the road to…
Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez – La Parée Préneau Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez · Beginner · Beach break La Parée Préneau is a wide, dune-backed beach on the edge of the Pays de Monts forest, between Saint-Jean-de-Monts and Sion.
Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez – Sion Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez · Intermediate · Reef break Off the Corniche at Sion-sur-l'Océan, a left breaks over flat rock slabs and, on its few good days, can peel for 150 to 300 metres or more.
Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie – Grande Plage Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie · Beginner · Beach break · live cam The Grande Plage at Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie is the town beach below the seafront promenade, a sand-bottomed beach break with rights and lefts of ordinary…
Brétignolles – La Sauzaie Brétignolles-sur-Mer · Advanced · Reef break · live cam La Sauzaie is the Vendée's best-known wave and one of the few true reef breaks on the French Atlantic coast: hollow, fast rights and lefts breaking over a…
Brétignolles – Plage des Dunes Brétignolles-sur-Mer · Beginner · Beach break Plage des Dunes is a long, dune-backed beach south of Brétignolles-sur-Mer, with four or five sandbar peaks spread over about two kilometres that shift around…
Brem / Olonne – Plage des Granges Les Sables-d'Olonne · Beginner · Beach break Plage des Granges sits at the northern edge of the Forêt d'Olonne, at the mouth of the Havre de la Gachère channel, where the Olonne beaches meet those of…
Olonne – Sauveterre Les Sables-d'Olonne · Intermediate · Beach break Sauveterre is a dune-backed beach in the Forêt d'Olonne with a mix of sand and rock, a few kilometres south of La Sauzaie.
Les Sables-d'Olonne – L'Aubraie Les Sables-d'Olonne · Intermediate · Beach break A wild, west-facing beach at the start of the Olonne forest, north of La Chaume, inside a protected natural area.
Les Sables-d'Olonne – Grande Plage Les Sables-d'Olonne · Beginner · Beach break · live cam The town beach of Les Sables-d'Olonne, a long south-facing curve of sand in front of the Remblai promenade, with the surfing mostly between the Grande Cale…
Les Sables-d'Olonne – Tanchet Les Sables-d'Olonne · Advanced · Reef break · 2 live cams The best-known wave in Les Sables-d'Olonne: a beach break set between two rock reefs, in front of the Lac de Tanchet on the southern edge of town towards…
Jard-sur-Mer – La Grange Jard-sur-Mer · Intermediate · Point break A left point on the western shore of Jard-sur-Mer, at the Plage de la Mine between the cliffs towards Pointe du Payré and the town beaches, reached past the…
Saint-Vincent-sur-Jard – Plage de Clemenceau Saint-Vincent-sur-Jard · Beginner · Beach break · live cam A narrow beach in front of Georges Clemenceau's seaside house at Saint-Vincent-sur-Jard, with rocks around the point and along the shore.
Longeville-sur-Mer – Les Conches Longeville-sur-Mer · Beginner · Beach break · 2 live cams The central stretch of the long Longeville bay, a straight sand beach backed by dunes and the pine and oak forest of Longeville.
Longeville-sur-Mer – Bud Bud Longeville-sur-Mer · Advanced · Beach break · live cam The best-known wave in the Vendée south of Les Sables: a long, straight, exposed beach break at the southern end of the Plage des Conches, under dunes and the…
La Tranche-sur-Mer – La Terrière La Tranche-sur-Mer · Beginner · Beach break The northern beach of La Tranche-sur-Mer, a long sandy stretch reached through the pine forest beyond the village of La Terrière, just south of Bud Bud.
La Tranche-sur-Mer – Le Phare (Groin du Cou) La Tranche-sur-Mer · Intermediate · Point break A right point below the Groin du Cou lighthouse at the western end of La Tranche-sur-Mer, where swells wrap around the headland and peel over a flat rock shelf.
La Tranche-sur-Mer – L'Embarcadère La Tranche-sur-Mer · Intermediate · Jetty La Tranche's legendary storm refuge, beside the town jetty in the sheltered bay facing the Île de Ré.
Vendée in the guides
Surfing in November November turns the dial towards winter across Europe: swells grow, the reefs and points light up from the Basque Country to Ericeira, Cornwall and Thurso, and the beaches belong to locals again. Pack a thicker suit, or head for the islands.