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Quote: Originally posted by lesley47 on 08/2/2014

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Please can anyone tell me if there are any good surfing beaches in Brittany. We don't want to drive too far, taking the caravan over for the first time and fancy going to Brittany.

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Lacanau Ocean is the place to be.......they hold a leg of  the World Surfing Championships there every August, hence the number of surfing shops along the coast road.

During the championships there is an amazing vibe everywhere, all the big sponsors like Billabong and Swatch are in evidence, and you get to see some amazing stunts.

We go every few years and camp a few kilometres away in Lacanau Lac at  Le Tedey.

also look at Hossegor which is a few miles down the coast nr Mimizan.

Tether end - there is now a E LeClerc in Moutchic, its a big one too!!!

Please don't forget this is a resurrected thread from 2012 - and was restarted by someone asking about surfing beaches in Brittany!  Almost all the recent answers are about locations further south.

I did suggest that the OP started a new thread but he doesn't seem to have done that.

All I read was surfing West coast, so I immediately thought  Aquitaine (as most surfers do). Despite this the E Leclerc was there in all it glory in 2011.

There is some surfing in Brittany but no where near as good as Aquitaine, plus the fact that the area is very sport orientated, hence the World Championships. The lacs tend to concentrate on sailing and wind surfing....so yes its quite breezy along this area.

We are do for a re-visit, maybe 201, but got to investigate the Midi Pyrenees first.

Lacanau and Le Tedey are perfect for a young family, we often see families cycling along the many cycle pistes between the beaches withe their body boards on their backs.

Lovely area