Considered the best beach break (sand waves) on the continent, the Landes has become the epicentre of European surfing. From Moliets in the north to Labenne in the south, more than thirty kilometres of seafront take the full brunt of the generous swells of the Bay of Biscay… A surfer's paradise.
International waves
Spots for all levels
In the north of Seignosse, the superb beach breaks of the spots of Moliets, Messanges, Vieux-Boucau, offer magnificent long and hollow waves. For lovers of less populated waves, these are the resorts to favor. Going down the coast towards the south, from Seignosse, Hossegor à Capbreton, the rugged beach breaks can offer some great tubes. This is the destination where surfing next to one of Europe's best surfers is commonplace. Further south, located on the edge of the Basque Country, Labenne is the ideal place for experienced surfers, the waves are hollow and powerful in shore break. It is also a place where bodyboarders ride. Each spot allows the expression of all levels, go to the schools to, well accompanied, take your first foams and all the advice of the spots adapted to your level! You will learn to know the subtleties of the Landes waves.
With sandbanks shaped and reshaped by winter storms and high equinox tides which sculpt the waves on sunny days... Back to the perfect recipe!!
Experienced professionals
Wise advice
Before putting on the wetsuit, it is good to get as much advice, exchange ideas and meet people as possible so that the experience becomes perfect. Take a lesson with a professional invites you to practice but also to meet people and also teaches codes, priorities and respect for water. Surf schools, equipment rental or sales shop, surf shop, surf house, ... the world of surfing is vast and meeting people is easy to fully enjoy the session with the right gestures and good practices. The equipment is also an important topic to discuss with them.
Innovative and efficient equipment
Find the board of your dreams
In the south of the Landes there is a concentration of shops sharp and general public. Equipment is rented by the day, by the week... Jumpsuits, planking new or used, wax, it's all there! Surf shops and skate shops abound in the Pédebert business park in Soorts-Hossegor. Well known because it has long hosted the clearance sale of the biggest surf brands during the Easter weekend. The seafronts and city centers of coastal resorts also have their dedicated stores. Artisan shapers create custom boards. Go and meet them to find your happiness.
All-season sessions
Warm for a cold spell
The image of surfing makes you dream and fits perfectly with the heat and summer atmospheres. However, surfing is all year. The equipment, the presence of professionals in the field and, above all, the waves allow you to erase the cliché of an activity limited to the August sun. Come on, what if we offered you a little winter surf? Warm for a cold snap?
Sessions for everyone
Breaking the codes by breaking the waves
And let's dispel another belief: surfing is accessible to everyone, small, large, new athletes and even people with reduced mobility. Professionals equip themselves, organize themselves and put all their strength into breaking the codes. More and more of them meet the criteria of the label handisurfing. Meet those from our territory.
Surf style
Once slip, always slip
Far from the waves of the ocean, the immense expanses of calm water of lakes or rivers offer fans of stand-up paddle another experience. A total immersion in generous and incredibly silent nature. Sliding is also expressed through skateboarding. There is something for everyone here too: longskate to move on the kilometers of cycle paths. In carving mode on the pump tracks or more technical to evolve in the many skate parks of the sector.
Immerse yourself in Landes Atlantique Sud
Start with the essentials
The very identity of the territory comes alive around natural pillars and a strong personality that we seek to preserve in order to better share them.
