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Le Pin Sec


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Surf Spot Characteristics
    Surf Quality
 wave qualityRegional Classic
 experienceall surfers
 surf frequencyregular
    Wave
typebeach-break
 directionright and left
 bottomsandy
 power- hollow
- fast
- fun
 normal lengthnormal (50 to 150m)
 good daylong (150 to 300 m)
    Tide, Swell and Wind
 swell direction- NorthWest
- West
- SouthWest
 wind direction- SouthEast
- East
- NorthEast
 swell sizestarts working at less than 1m / 3ft and holds up to 2.5m+ / 8ft+
 tide positionall tides
 tide movementrising and falling tides
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Le Pin Sec Access
  When you get off the boat at Soulac, after crossing the gironde river,or from Bordeaux, head for Hourtin, Le Pin Sec is sign-posted on the way, its only about 15 mins north of Hourtin.
  distancetake a car
  walkinstant access (<5 mn)
  easy to find?easy to find
  public access?public access
  special accessDon't know
    More Details on Surfing
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  dangers- rips / undertow
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 The spot is just over the dunes from this campsite, right on the beach. If you see some bunkers burried in the sand then you know you're at the right place!
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  Atmosphere We stopped off at Le Pin Sec on the way down to Lacanau, for the first session of the trip. Looked about 2-3ft from the dune, was actually more like 5ft, and then some when the tide dropped! Considering this was mid-august, I thought the place was pretty sick. Not one person in sight until about mid-day, all learners, so many peaks....mmmmmmmmmmmm.
  General Uncrowded for sure, I surfed it with a friend, never once talked to anyone else, nobody about! let alone get hassled for a wave. Loads of food places on the dune, and 2 cafe's. Look north, nobody, look south, nobody, sweet.
 
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DatumWGS84 [ Help ]
GPS Lat.45° 16.10902' N
GPS Long.1° 9.97604' W
PrecisionApproximate
 
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yann avatar
Le Pin Sec, France
By yann, 2008-10-12 10:00:00
Good rights
We started the session with a lots of logistics: 5 surfers, 4 cars, rendez-vous all along the way, etc. We went to Le Gurp. But when we arrived, it was small: only one meter. Waves were beautiful but I expected more. We drove back to Le Pin Sec (an
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Le Pin Sec, France
By yann, 2008-10-09 11:30:00
Yeah!
I wantedsolid waves and I got them! The swell was long : 11s so I decided to go to the north. At le Pin sec, it was nearly unsurfable. The paddle was hard. But  after, I surfed 10 really good waves, rights and lefts. It was a solid 2m. As the
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chris avatar
Le Pin Sec, France
By chris, 2008-10-04 09:45:00
Solid
Back to Le pin sec. Solid swell. Hesitation between here and northern spots such as Le Gurp, L'Amélie. But finally, this was the best choice. A surfer coming back from thenorth said it was too small for Le Gurp and not good at Soulac.
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Le Pin Sec, France
By yann, 2008-10-04 09:30:00
yes !
The tide was too high when we arrived. But when we started to surf it was perfect. A righ-left wave, a lot of current, long walls and jpower. It was a good session even it was hard to caugh the waves.  
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Le Pin Sec, France
By yann, 2007-11-10 09:20:00
Perfect and alone
I started to go to Le Porge. Even if the waves were beautiful to see (photos below) because of the fog, they were unsurfable. Since 2 monthes, there is still no sandbanks.I stayed to see waves during half an hour. Then I have decided to drive to th
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comment by Anonymous, 2008-04-24 15:58:02

beginner
hohoho
i love PIN SEC it is so a lovely place and i nice spot -i think so- i learned surfing last year at pin sec and we had such a good time with the teacher (nice guy) so now i tried to surf more- (i go to canary this winter yeah for surf lessons!)this summer i will comme back to the pin sec..see you there. tomtom

comment by René (Dutch Surf Experience), 2007-10-18 12:39:32

Amen!
That's the spirit...
Lovely to see it's still pumpin' at PS. Can't wait to get back there next summer. And hopefully the sand bars will be as exceptionally good as they were this year. I (and some with me, Sven for instance) will never forget the early morning session on BIG Sunday in the beginning of august! Blazing offshore wind, huge waves and perfectly clean. No crowds at all, since it was really big:-)
Yeah, want to have an onther go!!

comment by Anonymous, 2007-08-26 17:05:52


yes thats the rules.... and its normal ....everywhere ...threat the people with respect and fuck all the jealous people...

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