Plage de la Cote des Basques

Biarritz · 🇫🇷 France

The cradle of European surfing, a cliff-framed Atlantic beach where longboarders have carved swell since the 1950s.

Water at Plage de la Cote des Basques (Biarritz, France) runs to about 22°C at the height of the season, and May-October, best surf in autumn is the window to aim for.

Sea temperature

~22°C in the warm season

Water

Green-blue Atlantic, often lively

Sand

Dark golden sand that vanishes at high tide

Swimming

Only at low to mid tide, strong currents and disappearing beach

Surf

Legendary longboard break, birthplace of European surfing

Best time to visit

May-October, best surf in autumn

Setting

Backed by cliffs and Belle Epoque villas with views to the Spanish Pyrenees

Beach type

Surf coast

Region

Europe

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