Grande Plage

Biarritz · 🇫🇷 France

The elegant Basque resort where European surfing began.

Sea temperature

~20°C in the warm season

Water

Atlantic

Sand

Golden

Swimming

Patrolled, rips

Surf

Europe’s surf birthplace

Best time to visit

Jun–Oct

Setting

Belle-Époque resort

Beach type

Surf coast

Region

Europe

More beaches in France

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  Dune du Pilat

  Pyla-sur-Mer, Arcachon, France
• 
  La Graviere

  Soorts-Hossegor, Landes, France
• 
  Plage de la Cote des Basques

  Biarritz, France
• 
  Plage de Palombaggia

  Corsica, France
• 
  Plage de Pampelonne

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• 
  Calanque d'En-Vau

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More surf coast beaches

• 
  Fistral Beach

  Newquay, Cornwall, United Kingdom
• 
  La Graviere

  Soorts-Hossegor, Landes, France
• 
  Mundaka

  Urdaibai, Bizkaia, Spain
• 
  Plage de la Cote des Basques

  Biarritz, France

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