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Last night we had a great BBQ, and a great day watching the ASP World Tour. It’s all systems go for the Tour. We have been at the beach surfing alongside the pro’s, and watching them at Hossegor in the comp. We are off to Biarritz today to surf and hang out. It’s great weather [...]

It was rain, rain, rain last night. About 1 inch of rain fell overnight accompanied by thunder and lightning. Luckily in our camp we have pitched our tents on a higher piece of ground, so we are dry. There are some tents by the lac which were floating around this morning! Nightmare for them! We [...]

Had a great day today enjoying the sunshine. The surf was a bit blown out this morning, but the beach was hot and lovely. Going down to Capbreton this evening for a sunset surf as it’s more sheltered there for our learners. It was about 4ft here in Bourdaines today.
The World Tour bandwagon has arrived [...]

Had a lovely home cooked pasta last night, and today we got up early for another dawny. It was great surf for our learners with 1-2ft and clean, but a small wave period of around 6 seconds.
It’s been only us in the water at Bourdaines on these early surfs, so it has proved worthwhile to [...]

Yesterday it was bigger surf on our stretch of beach, and all along the coast here, so we headed down to Capbreton to surf by the harbour. This is a more sheltered spot and we all got some good waves.
This morning we woke up early for a proper dawny, and we were rewarded with 3ft [...]

We arrived at the Camp about 3pm on Tuesday afternoon and set up our marquee and tents. Then we headed straight for the surf. It was small, about 1-2 foot and a little onshore, but great to surf in warms seas so we had some good waves. The weather is hot and lovely; South West France is [...]