Messanges & Moliets · France
Surfing Les Chênes-Lièges
A beach break in Messanges & Moliets, France, for intermediate surfers.
Les Chênes-Lièges is the beach behind the Moliets golf course, reached by a marked path through the cork oaks and over the dune.
Some days it has very good waves, and the locals would rather keep that quiet. Keep to the path so you don't damage the dune, and give the regulars some space. It's a beach break like the rest of this coast, so the quality depends on where the sand has settled.
It's at its best on a clean autumn swell with an east wind. There's a car park by the golf course and nothing on the beach itself, so bring what you need. Moliets Plage Centrale, just south, has cafés and lifeguards in summer.
When to surf
Les Chênes-Lièges
Les Chênes-Lièges is at its best from September to April. Conditions it likes: W-NW swell, E wind.
October to March: Prime
Biggest, most powerful groundswell, quieter off-season
April to June: Good
Reliable swell, milder crowds
July to August: Quiet
Smaller swell, packed beaches and high prices
The year across Landes (Hossegor)
Waves near Les Chênes-Lièges
Getting there
Where to stay: Moliets has a small resort centre by the main beach and a golf course. Messanges is mostly large campsites behind the dune, busy in summer and very quiet the rest of the year.
Transport, costs, where to stay and the rest of the waves in the area are in the Messanges & Moliets guide.
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