La Graviere

Soorts-Hossegor, Landes · 🇫🇷 France

One of the planet's finest beach-break barrels, drawing the pro surf tour to Hossegor's shifting sandbanks each autumn.

Sea temperature

~21°C in the warm season

Water

Powerful blue-green Atlantic

Sand

Golden sand with a steep shorebreak and shifting banks

Swimming

Dangerous, heavy shorebreak and rips, strong swimmers only

Surf

World-class barreling beach break, host of pro-tour events

Best time to visit

September-October for autumn swells

Setting

Open Landes dune coast lined with pine forest

Beach type

Surf coast

Region

Europe

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