From the garage
to the wave.

Labenne is unforgiving. The wave can start spitting perfect barrels without warning, then go flat in twenty minutes. When conditions align, it's a real machine. It doesn't tolerate size well, nor long periods. Sand banks change everything here, as everywhere on this coast, impossible to promise what you'll find the next day. The Labenne beach break faces north-west, allowing it to pick up Atlantic swells as soon as they arrive from the British Isles. On north or north-west swells between 1m and 1.5m. Labenne can rank among the best beach breaks in the Landes, peaks that form fast, sections that hit hard. This is a connoisseur's wave, not a beginner's. To surf it properly, you need to read the banks, get your bearings, and not be caught off guard by the power.

Capbreton has an advantage other spots don't: choice. The Santocha beach and the Plage de la Piste can offer clean barrels on the right days. And when the ocean gets a little angry, there are fall-back spots that work in conditions that shut everything else down. The kind of place where you always find something to surf. Capbreton's signature feature is the Gouf, a submarine canyon plunging over 3,000 metres just a few kilometres offshore. It acts as a natural breakwater on certain exposures, making Capbreton less sensitive to big swells than Hossegor. In winter when Hossegor is massive and unruly. Capbreton often offers surfable conditions for intermediates. In autumn, when north-west swells arrive, the Santocha and the beaches south of the jetty can produce high-quality waves. This is our home base, it's a bit our backyard.

La Gravière is world-famous, and world-feared. Broken boards come out of it every day. Short, powerful tubes that leave no time to think. But this wave can offer some of the most impressive barrels on the coast. La Nord works differently: when the swell is on and the size builds, that's where guns and mid-lengths find their place. Two spots, two mindsets. Hossegor chooses for you depending on what it has to offer. Hossegor is considered one of the best beach breaks in Europe, if not the world. La Gravière owes its reputation to sand banks that hollow out the Atlantic swell into tubular waves from 1m to 3m, ideal for shortboards and sharp equipment. Like Capbreton, the Gouf plays a key role here, it doesn't slow the swell, which crashes with its full energy onto the beach. This is where the Quiksilver Pro France ran each autumn, a WSL event between La Gravière and Les Culs Nus, since replaced by the Quiksilver Festival. La Nord is a different beast, more open, firing on big north-west swells with long, powerful waves suited to mid-lengths and guns.

Seignosse is the long wave par excellence. Sections that peel, that give you time to surf, sometimes until your legs give out. Perfect for mid-lengths and longboards that need room to express what they are. Les Estagnots. Les Bourdaines. Le Penon. Seignosse lines up several kilometres of west-facing beach break, with banks that refresh every tide. The wave is generally longer and less hollow than Hossegor, making it accessible to a wide range of levels. On small summer swells (0.5m to 1m), it's the ideal spot to get started on a longboard or mid-length: the paddle is easy, the waves invite rather than rush you. On north-west swells between 1m and 2m in autumn. Seignosse can surprise with lefts and rights running 50 to 100 metres. If you want to test a board from the rack for the first time, this is where you'll find your feet fastest.