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Bidart - Plage centrale, France

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Bidart - Plage centrale. Photo: Txapisotegi, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Bidart - Plage centrale

Facing, offshore wind, exposure, level and swell range are estimated. Facts: verified, surf details estimated.

The spot faces NW (316°), so it takes swell from the NW. The wind blows offshore from the SE (136°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 2–8 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves moderately: 10 m deep about 300 m out (1 in 29). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would crumble. The sea is about 12°C in February, its coldest month (4/3 or 5/4, boots and gloves), and 23°C in August, its warmest (2 mm shorty). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually January, February, March and April, with about 2 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Bidart, 0.6 km away (about 5 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 12 surf spots and 1 dive site.

Water about 19°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 17 h 25 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to BIQ, changing at Charles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG). About 14 flights a week that month.

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  2. Getting there. 25 min from the airport to Bidart - Plage centrale.

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  3. Accommodation.

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  4. Hire and lessons.

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Where it is

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Forecast

The score for intermediates, coloured as on the area pages:GoodFairPoorToo bigToo small

DayScoreSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct584 ft10 scrumbling247kJ15°C
Mon 19Oct292 ft8 scrumbling53kJ11°C
Tue 20Oct604 ft12 scrumbling441kJ15°C
Wed 21Oct64 ft8 smushy158kJ15°C
Thu 22Oct010 ft9 ssoft1,277kJ19°C
Fri 23Oct014 ft11 smushy3,740kJ15°C
Sat 24Oct011 ft9 smushy1,730kJ15°C
Sun 25Oct010 ft9 smushy1,490kJ19°C
Mon 26Oct010 ft10 ssoft1,679kJ20°C
Tue 27Oct07 ft9 scrumbling815kJ19°C

Day scores here are the conditions out of 80; a trip's score on the results is the same conditions out of 100. The journey never scores. The forecast reaches about 10 days. Energy is the swell's power in kJ per metre of wave, from its height and interval: it grows with the square of each, so a long-period swell hits far harder than a short one the same size. The word under the swell is the wave's shape, our estimate from the sea floor. Wind is in knots: 10 kn is about 19 km/h. The arrow points where the wind blows to; offshore wind, blowing from the land out to sea, is green and says so.

Your trip, day by day

6 nights from Mon 19 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for intermediate surfers. Change dates

  1. Mon 19 Oct
    Travel out

    Fly ORD to BIQ, changing at CDG, then 25 min by road. About 17h 25 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Surf Bidart - Plage centrale

    Best 11:00 to 14:00 local time: 4 ft at 12 s, wind 4 kn (8 km/h).

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 17 of 80.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to BIQ, changing at CDG, then 25 min by road. About 17h 25 door to door

The plan picks the best of 2 spots near Bidart each day: Bidart - Pavillon Royal, Bidart - Plage centrale.

The trip from Bidart, with every spot near it

Rough cost

About £1,045–£1,960 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing a room. A guide from typical prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book.

WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to BIQ, estimated from distance and season, changing at CDG, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£415–£855
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Taxiairport and back, shared£15–£25
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, shared£255–£425
Food7 days eating out£240–£445
Board and wetsuit5 days, or about £85 to fly your own£85–£145
Total£1,045–£1,960

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026: where they come from. Lessons, lift-pass deals and insurance are extra.

Places to eat near Bidart

Within 2 km of the town centre, listed by how complete the listing is (website, opening hours, cuisine) and whether two sources name it. Not a judgement of the food: we have no reviews. Listings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps Foundation. Credits

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