Spots / 🇫🇷 France / Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Les Alcyons (Avalanche)
- Break
- Reef
- Skill level
- Expert
- Best season
- Winter
- Crowds
- Medium
- Swell
- W, NW
- Wind
- E, SE
- Location
- 43.4255, -1.608
Hazards
Heavy right-hand outer reef off Guéthary, sometimes called Avalanche. One of the most serious big-wave spots in mainland France, holding double-overhead-plus.
