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Dune du Pyla, France

Stay in La Teste-de-Buch: see the trip Its beds, the way there and every spot near it.

Also within 20 km of La Teste-de-Buch

  • Le Petit Nice Surf spot · 11.1 km from La Teste-de-Buch
  • La Lagune Surf spot · 12.4 km from La Teste-de-Buch
  • La Salie Surf spot · 14.2 km from La Teste-de-Buch
  • Dead Zone Surf spot · 15.1 km from La Teste-de-Buch
  • Bobby's Surf spot · 17.1 km from La Teste-de-Buch

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Dune du Pilat - Atlantique
Near Dune du Pyla, 1 km away. Photo: Jörg Braukmann, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Dune du Pyla

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

The spot faces SW (222°), so it takes swell from the SW. The wind blows offshore from the NE (42°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits beginners and up. It works in 5–20 ft of swell. The sea is about 12°C in February, its coldest month (4/3 or 5/4, boots and gloves), and 22°C in August, its warmest (2 mm shorty). The town to stay in is La Teste-de-Buch, 7.8 km away (about 15 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 3 surf spots.

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 35 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD), changing at Dublin Airport (DUB). About 11 flights a week that month.

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  2. Getting there. 1 h 10 from the airport to Dune du Pyla.

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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 experts, coloured as on the area pages:GoodFairPoorToo bigToo small

DayScoreSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct233 ft10 s200kJ15°C
Mon 19Oct102 ft15 s127kJ14°C
Tue 20Oct254 ft12 s448kJ16°C
Wed 21Oct129 ft8 s991kJ16°C
Thu 22Oct169 ft9 s1,200kJ17°C
Fri 23Oct1715 ft12 s5,778kJ16°C
Sat 24Oct1710 ft9 s1,512kJ17°C
Sun 25Oct1612 ft9 s2,272kJ18°C
Mon 26Oct5810 ft9 s1,400kJ16°C
Tue 27Oct218 ft8 s801kJ19°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. 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 expert surfers. Change dates

  1. Mon 19 Oct
    Travel out

    Fly ORD to BOD, changing at DUB, then 1h 10 by road. About 17h 35 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 4 ft at best.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 16 of 80.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Rest day

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

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Rest day

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

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 19 of 80.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to BOD, changing at DUB, then 1h 10 by road. About 17h 35 door to door

The trip from La Teste-de-Buch, with every spot near it

Rough cost

About £1,130–£2,110 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 BOD, estimated from distance and season, changing at DUB, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£410–£855
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Hire car6 days, shared£105–£175
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£1,130–£2,110

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

Places to eat near La Teste-de-Buch

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