Lacanau

Surf Guide

Lacanau, with its golden sands, warm climate and consistent banks, has been drawing surfers to its beaches for decades, while the Lacanau Pro - won by everyone from Rabbit to Curren - has been an annual event since 1979. Facing west into the full force of the Atlantic, Lacanau utilizes every passing swell transforming them - with the aid of a few well-placed groins - into miles of quality, often barreling beachbreak. Summer months see the line-ups heaving with every conceivable watercraft but swells can be frustratingly small if not absent. This area usually has less surf than Hossegor to the south. However the autumn is the gravy season, when the banks come alive under an onslaught of consistent groundswells. The only down side is that if a huge swell hits, there no sheltered spots to retreat to.