20 surf spots in Charente-Maritime, France, with 7 live cams. Each has a 16-day surf forecast and a local guide.
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Île de Ré – Pointe du Lizay Les Portes-en-Ré · Intermediate · Reef break The Pointe du Lizay, at the north-west tip of Île de Ré past the Baleines lighthouse, is the island's best-regarded wave and one of the few spots that faces…
Île de Ré – Le Petit Bec Les Portes-en-Ré · Intermediate · Beach break Petit Bec is the beach on the Pointe du Lizay, about a hundred metres west of the Lizay peak, where the Conche des Baleines curves round to the north coast.
Île de Ré – La Couarde (La Pergola) La Couarde-sur-Mer · Intermediate · Beach break The best-known wave on Ré's south coast breaks in front of the Pergola car park at La Couarde-sur-Mer.
Île de Ré – Le Gouyot Le Bois-Plage-en-Ré · Beginner · Reef break Le Gouyot is a small reef on Ré's south coast near Gros-Jonc, at Le Bois-Plage, where flat rock shelves give soft, playful lefts and rights.
Île de Ré – Les Grenettes Sainte-Marie-de-Ré · Beginner · Reef break Les Grenettes, below low cliffs at the hamlet of La Noue in Sainte-Marie-de-Ré, is the most surfed spot on the island.
Oléron – Chassiron Saint-Denis-d'Oléron · Advanced · Reef break Chassiron is the reef at the northern tip of Oléron, below the black-and-white lighthouse, and the island's most serious wave.
Oléron – Les Boulassiers La Brée-les-Bains · Beginner · Reef break Les Boulassiers is a flat rock reef on Oléron's sheltered north-east shore, just south of La Brée-les-Bains towards the Douhet harbour.
Oléron – Les Huttes Saint-Denis-d'Oléron · Intermediate · Beach break · live cam Les Huttes is the northernmost beach on Oléron's open west coast, a long strip of sand between the Chassiron point and Saint-Denis-d'Oléron.
Oléron – La Perroche Dolus-d'Oléron · Beginner · Beach break · live cam La Perroche is a small bay on Oléron's south-west coast at Dolus-d'Oléron, just beside La Rémigeasse, with a sailing base and boats moored in the cove.
Oléron – Passe du Treuil Dolus-d'Oléron · Intermediate · Beach break This is a short, powerful beach break on Oléron's south-west coast near Vert-Bois, a little north of Le Grand-Village-Plage.
Oléron – Vert Bois / Les Allassins Le Grand-Village-Plage · Beginner · Beach break Vert Bois is one of the most surfed stretches on Oléron, a sand beach break backed by pine forest on the island's south-west coast, with Les Allassins a few…
Oléron – Grand-Village Plage Le Grand-Village-Plage · Beginner · Beach break Grand-Village Plage is the open sand beach break at the end of the road through the forest from Le Grand-Village, part of the long run of beach between Vert…
Oléron – Saint-Trojan Grande Plage Saint-Trojan-les-Bains · Beginner · Beach break Saint-Trojan's Grande Plage is a long, Landes-style beach break of sandbars and many peaks, running south from the main access through the forest towards the…
Côte Sauvage – Pointe Espagnole La Tremblade · Intermediate · Beach break Pointe Espagnole is the northern access to the Côte Sauvage, the long, wild beach of sand, dunes and pine forest that runs south from the Maumusson strait to…
Côte Sauvage – La Bouverie / PK20 Les Mathes · Intermediate · Beach break The middle of the Côte Sauvage, between Pointe Espagnole and the La Coubre lighthouse, is about ten kilometres of open beach facing due west with nothing to…
Côte Sauvage – Phare de la Coubre La Tremblade · Intermediate · Beach break · live cam The beach below the La Coubre lighthouse is the southern end of the Côte Sauvage, where the coast starts to bend into the Gironde estuary.
Saint-Palais-sur-Mer – La Grande Côte Saint-Palais-sur-Mer · Intermediate · Beach break · live cam La Grande Côte is the long sand beach, about two and a half kilometres of dunes and forest, that runs from the Grande Côte point at Saint-Palais-sur-Mer…
Vaux-sur-Mer – Nauzan Vaux-sur-Mer · Beginner · Beach break · live cam Nauzan is a small cove beach between Saint-Palais-sur-Mer and Vaux-sur-Mer, just inside the mouth of the Gironde a couple of kilometres from Royan.
Royan – Pontaillac Royan · Beginner · Beach break · live cam The Conche de Pontaillac is a sandy cove on the western side of Royan, angled south-west into the mouth of the Gironde and well sheltered from the wind and…
Saint-Georges-de-Didonne – La Jetée Saint-Georges-de-Didonne · Intermediate · Jetty · live cam A right-hander that breaks off a jetty on the main beach of Saint-Georges-de-Didonne, deep inside the Gironde estuary, known locally as La Bouillasse.