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France

Cote Basque

Spot	Type of break	Rating	Media
Anglet	beach break
Anglet, Les Cavaliers	beach break
Anglet, Les Sable D'or	beach break
Avalanche	pointbreak
Biarritz Grande Plage	beach break
Bidart	beach break
Bidart - Pavillon Royal	beach break
Capbreton	beach break
Cote des Basques	beach break
Cotes des Basques	beach break
Guethary	reef break
Hendaye	beach break
Hendaye (2)	beach break
Illbaritz	beach break
Lafintenia	pointbreak
Les Alcyons	reef break
Moliets plage	beach break
Ouhabia	beach break
St Jean de Luz	pointbreak
VVF	beach break

Seasonal swell height and wave period averages for Cote Basque

2 years averages are used
7-8 seconds and less is wind swell
9-10 seconds and longer is ground swell
the energy / power of a wave is proportional not only to its height but its period