With all the wonderful destinations available for a surf holiday in France, researching the right beach for you is important when considering your time and money.

 

Research the potential hazards of each beach and the skill required for the waves. Learning how the waves break, when and how to surf it, plus having a little insight into how crowded the beaches tend to be, will ensure a smoother surf trip.

Here are our top five choices for France’s best surfing destinations.
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5. La Sauzaie

La Sauzaie is made up of a rocky reef and the beaches are often crowded. So why did it make number 5 on our list? La Sauzaie beach hosts the WQS Pays de La Loire Surf Pro Competition – this means that surfing in these waves gives you bragging rights to say “I have surfed on the waves of pros” no matter what your skill level is. If nothing else, that’s totally rad dude.


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4. Les Casernes

This beach has space, lots and lots of space, on and off shore, which means it’s uncrowded. The waves, whilst not amazing, are plentiful. Les Casernes boasts several sandy beachies with lefts and rights everywhere.

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3. Les Cavaliers

This beach has some mixed ratings and reviews, some will tell you it has the best waves they’ve ever surfed, while other surfers are less enthusiastic. It varies from surfer to surfer, but the official rating of Les Cavaliers is 3.5 stars. The waves at Les Cavaliers are fairly consistent and provides a great surfing experience all year round. Just offshore is a sandbar giving surfers of every level the ability to enjoy this particular beach. The downside of this beach is that it’s usually crowded. Lame…

Xabi Eyheramendy's photo of Les Cavaliers
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2. Estagnots

With a wave quality rating of 4 stars, Estagnots was once the host of the WCT. With a mostly consistent wave and few hazards, this beach attracts surfers from all over the world. Estagnots also has both left and right waves and is normally uncrowded despite it’s popularity.


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1. Lacanau

As always, we’ve saved the best for last. Lacanau is a very popular surfing destination boasting a unique surfing culture since 1979. It has a long coastline, meaning there is enough space for many surfers to enjoy its waves. It caters to surfers of all skill levels, has beach breaking waves, few hazards, a sandy bottom and left and right waves – culminating in Lacanau receiving a wave quality rating of 5 stars.

 

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