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surfing in France
  France has some of the best beach breaks in the world and a lot of various spots (reef, rivermouth,etc..). The nightlife is pretty hot and the wine destroies your legs for the morning session. you just can't say you surf if you don't pass on summer in France in your life.
Location: Western Europe, bordering the Bay of Biscay and English Channel, between Belgium and Spain, southeast of the UK; bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Italy and Spain
Geographic coordinates: 46 00 N, 2 00 E
Coastline: 3,427 km
Climate: generally cool winters and mild summers, but mild winters and hot summers along the Mediterranean; occasional strong, cold, dry, north-to-northwesterly wind known as mistral
Terrain: mostly flat plains or gently rolling hills in north and west; remainder is mountainous, especially Pyrenees in south, Alps in east
Natural hazards: flooding; avalanches
Currency: euro (EUR)

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1 Normandy 49 surf spots 0 surf zones
2 Brittanny North 49 surf spots 0 surf zones
3 Brittany South 46 surf spots 0 surf zones
4 Vendee 21 surf spots 0 surf zones
5 Charente Maritime 20 surf spots 0 surf zones
6 Gironde 21 surf spots 0 surf zones
7 Landes 30 surf spots 0 surf zones
8 Basque Country 27 surf spots 0 surf zones
9 Mediterranean 59 surf spots 0 surf zones
10 Corsica 20 surf spots 0 surf zones


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France at a glance
 
Location: Western Europe, bordering the Bay of Biscay and English Channel, between Belgium and Spain, southeast of the UK; bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Italy and Spain.
Geographic coordinates: 46° 0' N, 2° 0' E
Coastline: 3,427 km km
Climate: generally cool winters and mild summers, but mild winters and hot summers along the Mediterranean; occasional strong, cold, dry, north-to-northwesterly wind known as mistral
Terrain: mostly flat plains or gently rolling hills in north and west; remainder is mountainous, especially Pyrenees in south, Alps in east
Elevation: lowest point: Rhone River delta -2 m highest point: Mont Blanc 4,807 m
Natural hazards: flooding; avalanches; midwinter windstorms; drought; forest fires in south near the Mediterranean
Currency: Euro
Population: 60,424,213 (July 2004 est.)
Languages: French 100%, rapidly declining regional dialects and languages (Provencal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish)
Capital: Paris
Divisions: 22 regions (regions, singular - region); Alsace, Aquitaine, Auvergne, Basse-Normandie, Bourgogne, Bretagne, Centre, Champagne-Ardenne, Corse, Franche-Comte, Haute-Normandie, Ile-de-France, Languedoc-Roussillon, Limousin, Lorraine, Midi-Pyrenees, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Pays de la Loire, Picardie, Poitou-Charentes, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, Rhone-Alpes note: metropolitan France is divided into 22 regions (including the "territorial collectivity" of Corse or Corsica) and is subdivided into 96 departments; see separate entries for the overseas departments (French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Reunion) and the overseas territorial collectivities (Mayotte, Saint Pierre and Miquelon)

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comment by Anonymous, 2007-08-28 07:19:43

Biarritz- Cotes de Basque
Early August, a good solid 4-8 ft. day, NW swell , fair plus shape at the Cotes de Basque.Very crowded, much like San Onofre in California, but a mellow crew.Extreme tide swings can change everything and the swell was followed by hard onshores and stormy conditions, the same day.Follow the lifeguard instructions/flag system or you could be beached!

comment by foster , 2007-08-12 16:23:56

surfing hossegor in September
hi all , going for a surf trip to Hossegor september 22-29. going alone and would like to know if anyone is keen to share an apartment.

comment by Yannick Yellow Board , 2007-08-08 13:58:13

! French roads changing numbers !
Dear all,

Since 1st January 2006, 18.000 kilometers of French "National roads" are being re-numbered. The end date of this move is not known yet (Aug. 2008).
Until now, a "National road" had a number beginning by N and some numbers to identify it on a map.
The change of numbers will leave no track of the initial reference, so don't even try a guess-work, you could loose yourself !
As a matter of fact, ALL FRENCH MAPS are now OUTDATED until the change is officially ended.
Check this link (in french) :
http://www.equipement.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/press_rn_frnace_a_cle2136a5.pdf

...and stay tuned regarding the official closure of this dumb, silly, chaotic project.

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simon avatar
Lacanau, France
By simon, 2008-05-12 12:12:49


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Lacanau, France
By simon, 2008-05-11 14:11:25


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yann avatar
Le Porge, France
By yann, 2008-05-11 08:00:00
Small and fun !

I didn't expected much waves this morning but we decided to have a look. And we found this: a 80cm - 1m perfection !!!  

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Les Estagnots, France
By simon, 2008-05-10 11:09:51


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Le Porge, France
By yann, 2008-05-10 11:00:00
small

Waves were small, really small. We were not at the best moment of the tide but we had some fun with Peter as it was its first session. 

But I get a really good moment: a nearly 1m wave came, I caught it with my longboard and I t
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Trip: Biscarrosse
By yann, From 2008-04-25 to 2008-05-03
I went to Biscarosse for my Holidays. I didn't expected much surf as the weather forecast seemed bad. But it has been pretty good except 3 days. I get some excellent sessions on excellent sandbanks.
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Trip: Normandy Christmas 2007
By yann, From 2007-12-22 to 2007-12-28
Classic Christmas Holidays and I get some fun surf ! youpi....
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Trip: Spain / France 2007
By Rod TuTu, From 2007-05-23 to 2007-11-06

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Trip: Brittany 2007
By yann, From 2007-10-28 to 2007-11-03
I went again to South Brittany around Douarnenez. My objective was to surf the rare left of "la pointe du leydé" but no big swell came this year... But it was not a problem at the end. A long clean swell (2.5m, 12s) came from NW with
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Trip: Normandy
By yann, From 2007-08-05 to 2007-08-09

I am back home and it's good... Of course I know I won't have a lot a waves because of the summer. And I miss a good session the day before I come here. As I don't come back very often, I realize how beautiful the coastline is here.
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