Cap Saint-Louis – Le Liouquet
La Ciotat · French Mediterranean · France
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A right that wraps around Cap Saint-Louis, between La Ciotat and Les Lecques. Surf guides call it the best right point on the French Mediterranean: it can run for about 200 m, and it can be hollow and powerful. Everyone from Marseille to Toulon waits for it.
- Level
- Advanced
- Break
- Point break, reef
- Waves
- Rights
- Crowd
- Packed
- Season
- autumn, winter
- Boards
- A shortboard.
When it works
✓ A south-west swell with a north-east wind.
When it doesn't
✕ Small swells and onshore south-east wind.
Watch out for
- reef
- rocks
- crowds
Best months
January, February, March, October, November, December
Local tips
For experienced surfers. Wear booties for the urchins, and expect a big crowd on good days.
Getting there
On the D559 between La Ciotat and Les Lecques, at the Le Liouquet hamlet.
Travel notes
- How often it works
- Unreliable: it needs a proper south-west swell, so it breaks only a few days a year.
- Crowd and vibe
- Very crowded when it works; a victim of its fame.
- Camping and vans
- Camping Les Baumelles in Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer is about 2 km away. Nearest campsite about 2 km away.
- Facilities
- Few at the spot; services in La Ciotat and Les Lecques.
- Water quality
- No bathing site is monitored at the point itself.
Ideal conditions
- Swell
- S–WSW best, SSE–W works
- Size
- 1.2–2.2 m offshore swell; starts at 0.8 m, holds to 3.5 m
- Period
- 5 s minimum, best from 9 s
- Wind
- Offshore N–E; handles onshore up to 12 km/h
- Tide
- low, mid, high best
- Faces
- S (190°)
Live cam
No cam at this spot yet: the forecast and the guide are on the map.
In the guides
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