Plage de Sainte-Adresse
France · Normandie (Seine-Maritime)
Located just north of Le Havre, at the foot of the cliffs of the Alabaster Coast, the Sainte-Adresse beach is an urban and committed spot, resolutely facing the English Channel. Lined with pebbles and exposed to the open sea, it offers powerful navigation in an impressive setting of cliffs, dikes, and maritime horizon. This spot is not the most forgiving in Normandy, but it can provide very beautiful dynamic sessions when the wind and sea are well aligned, mainly for independent and experienced riders.
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Navigation takes place in open sea, on a pebble beach highly dependent on the tide and swell. At low tide, entry is technical due to the pebbles and steep slope. At high tide, the depth quickly becomes sufficient but the preparation space is significantly reduced. The dominant wind blows from the west to northwest, arriving side to side-onshore. The water conditions are generally choppy to rough, with clean waves when the swell is present.
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