Kitesurfing in France

La Torche is Brittany's most famous wave spot, a rocky point at the southern end of the long Audierne Bay. It picks up c...

Penthièvre sits on the narrow isthmus of the Quiberon peninsula, with a sheltered bay on one side and the open ocean on ...

Saint-Malo, on the north Brittany coast, is a spectacular kite spot set beneath the walls of the historic corsair city. ...

Berck-sur-Mer, on the Opal Coast, has a huge flat beach that turns into a vast expanse of firm sand at low tide, long fa...

Fort-Mahon-Plage, at the northern edge of the Baie de Somme, is a broad dune-backed beach that opens into wide sand flat...

Le Crotoy sits in the Baie de Somme, where the tide reveals huge sandbanks and shallow channels of flat water. Around hi...

Le Touquet-Paris-Plage offers a vast sandy beach that becomes enormous at low tide, giving kitesurfers plenty of space t...

Wimereux is a classic Opal Coast spot just north of Boulogne-sur-Mer, with a long sandy beach that opens up widely at lo...

Wissant is the best-known kitesurfing spot on the Opal Coast, set in a wide bay between Cap Gris-Nez and Cap Blanc-Nez. ...

Châtelaillon-Plage, just south of La Rochelle, is one of the most popular kite spots on the Charente coast, with a wide ...

Hendaye, on the Basque coast right beside the Spanish border, has the longest beach in the French Basque Country, shelte...

Hourtin-Plage is a wide Atlantic beach on the Médoc coast, backed by dunes and pine forest and known for its long stretc...

Lacanau-Océan is a classic Atlantic beach break on the Gironde coast, known first as a surf town but offering good kites...

Le Grand Crohot, on the wild ocean side of the Cap Ferret peninsula, is a beautiful dune-backed beach exposed to the ful...

Montalivet is a lively Médoc beach resort with a broad sandy beach and reliable ocean wind. Westerly to north-westerly w...

Les Casernes, at Seignosse in the Landes, is a classic dune-backed Atlantic beach and one of the best wave-kite spots on...

Le Bois-Plage, on the ocean side of the Île de Ré, is the island's main kite beach, a long stretch of sand with shallow ...

Gruissan offers a large lagoon with shallow water, perfect for beginners and freestyle riders. The spot is known for its...

The La Palme lagoon is one of the flattest and windiest spots in the south of France, blasted by the Tramontane for a la...

Le Barcarès, on the Roussillon coast just north of Perpignan, sits between the Mediterranean and the Étang de Leucate an...

Leucate is one of France's premier kitesurfing destinations, known for its consistent Tramontane winds and excellent wav...

The Étang de Thau, launched from the Marseillan shore, is the largest lagoon in Languedoc and a superb flat-water playgr...

La Baule is one of France's most elegant seaside resorts, wrapped around a vast crescent bay of fine sand. The sheltered...

La Tranche-sur-Mer, often called the wind-sports capital of the Vendée, offers a series of sandy beaches that catch the ...

Les Sables-d'Olonne, the famous Vendée sailing town and home of the Vendée Globe, offers a long sandy Grande Plage right...

La Guérinière lies on the narrow waist of the island of Noirmoutier, with the open ocean beach on one side and a shelter...

Saint-Jean-de-Monts is a large Vendée resort with an immense flat beach stretching for kilometres, backed by dunes and p...

Beauduc is a remote sandy peninsula in the Camargue, reached by a long dirt track and rewarded with a huge shallow bay o...

Carro, west of Marseille on the Côte Bleue, is one of Provence's most reliable Mistral spots, tucked around a small fish...

L'Almanarre, on the Giens peninsula near Hyères, is one of the most popular wind sports beaches in France. It works in b...