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Lafiténia


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France, Basque Country

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Surf Spot Characteristics
    Surf Quality
 wave qualityWorld Class
 experienceexperienced surfers
 surf frequencysometimes break
    Wave
typereef-rocky
 directionright
 bottomflat rocks
 power- fun
 normal lengthlong (150 to 300 m)
 good dayvery Long (300 to 500 m)
    Tide, Swell and Wind
 swell direction- NorthWest
- West
- SouthWest
 wind direction- SouthEast
- East
 swell sizestarts working at 1.0m-1.5m / 3ft-5ft and holds up to 3m+ / 10ft+
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Lafiténia Access
  near Acotz camping in St Jean-de-luz
  distancetake a car
  walkshort walk (5-15 mn)
  easy to find?OK
  public access?public access
  special accessDon't know
    More Details on Surfing
  week crowd ok
week-end crowd crowded
  dangers- rocks
- localism
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 Beautiful long peeling right, one of the classic waves of Europe. When the sections link up on bigger swells it is a great ride.
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DatumWGS84 [ Help ]
GPS Lat.43° 24.94351' N
GPS Long.1° 37.77939' W
PrecisionApproximate
 
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yann avatar
Lafiténia, France
By yann, 2009-05-09 07:15:00
Only 2 waves !
The swell rose up during the night up to 3m. I went to Guethary but the swell was to big for me: I had only my 6'8"and waves were around 4m... I decided to go to Lafitenia again. When I arrived, there were already 20 surfers in the water a
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yann avatar
Lafiténia, France
By yann, 2009-05-08 07:15:00
Lafitenia alone !
I never surfed Lafitenia and didn't knew where it was. This morning, I wake up early and, with a good map, I went to this spot. It was empty and beautiful 1.20 m glassy waves were breaking. I just ran on the road and jumped into the water. I wa
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Lafiténia, France
By Arne, 2009-03-21 19:44:15


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Lafiténia, France
By simon, 2008-11-10 11:04:45


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comment by Anonymous, 2008-09-03 19:48:05

just moved there from oz
It a fun cruisy wave that doesn't really break properly until it's head high, mellow locals if you show respect with lots of travelling europeans in the water. With the right swell direction and wind you can get some nice workable walls on the inside, but generally pretty fat.

comment by Anonymous, 2008-07-13 12:12:57

La fat ena
well just got back to australia from cheesy wine land (jai habite dans the sud ouest de Australie)I usally surf sucky beachbreaks and reef breaks in the north or south & Indonesia. I have been surfing for 25 years and I can say this.....Latfatena aint as easy as it looks, the wave is good fun, they have some good boards and the locals are cool .....enjoy...a bien tot

comment by Anonymous, 2007-10-22 11:22:14

La Fats
Overcrowded and definately over-rated.
Lafetania is also affectionately called Laugh ats, La Fats or La Farts. Can get good, doesn't happen very often.

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