Brem / Olonne – Plage des Granges

Les Sables-d'Olonne · Vendée · France

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Plage des Granges sits at the northern edge of the Forêt d'Olonne, at the mouth of the Havre de la Gachère channel, where the Olonne beaches meet those of Brem-sur-Mer. It is an open sand beach break with fun, short rights and lefts that can stretch to a hundred metres or more on good days. It picks up swell better than many neighbouring spots, works at all stages of the tide and rarely gets crowded, and the wild dune-and-forest setting is a big part of its appeal. A surf school on the beach makes it a regular venue for lessons.

Level
Beginners
Break
Beach break, sand
Waves
Lefts and rights
Crowd
Some company
Season
autumn, winter, spring, summer
Boards
Foam boards, longboards and mid-lengths, or a shortboard when the banks are firing.

When it works

✓ A west to south-west swell of one to two metres with an east wind, at any stage of the tide.

When it doesn't

✕ Onshore wind blows it out quickly, and big swells over about two metres close out the banks.

Watch out for

  • rips
  • currents

Best months

January, February, March, April, May, September, October, November, December

Local tips

Spring, and March in particular, is when clean days are most common. Keep away from the Gachère channel mouth at the northern end, where the outflow can pull you along. Only the northern access is lifeguarded in summer; further south the beach is unsupervised, which also means fewer people in the water.

Getting there

From Olonne take the D80 north for about nine kilometres and follow the signs to the beach on Rue des Granges; a large free car park, with a summer snack bar, sits a short walk along a path from the sand.

Travel notes

How often it works
Surf-forecast rates it fairly consistent, and wannasurf says it picks up swell better than other spots nearby. Summer is still often flat.
Crowd and vibe
It is rarely crowded and suits all levels. Beyond the lifeguarded northern access, the beach is almost empty.
Camping and vans
Camping La Gachère is about 1.5 km away. Yelloh! Village Le Chaponnet in Brem-sur-Mer is about 3 km. Nearest campsite about 1.5 km away.
Facilities
There is a summer snack bar by the car park, a surf school and a lifeguard post at the northern access only.
Water quality
We found no recent official results for Les Granges. The nearest monitoring point with data, Les Dunes in Brétignolles (about 3 km north), was rated good every season from 2022 to 2025.

Ideal conditions

Swell
WSW–WNW best, SW–NW works
Size
1–2 m offshore swell; starts at 0.6 m, holds to 2.8 m
Period
8 s minimum, best from 11 s
Wind
Offshore NNE–ESE; handles onshore up to 12 km/h
Tide
mid best
Faces
WSW (251°)

Live cam

No cam at this spot yet: the forecast and the guide are on the map.

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