France / New Aquitaine
Hossegor
Hossegor is a coastal resort area in New Aquitaine, France. Its longest mapped beach stretches about 3.2 km. The sea averages 22.1 °C in August, its warmest month, and 12.0 °C in February; it is 21 °C or warmer in July–August.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
OpenStreetMap shows no lifeguard station within 1 km. Seasonal lifeguard posts are often unmapped, so check on site.
Services in the resort
- 55Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 9Public toilets
- –Showers
- 12Drinking water
- 31Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 15Hotels & guesthouses
- 2Campsites
- 13Grocery shops
- 2Water-sports spots
- 1Marinas & slipways
- 26Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 6Cash machines
- 1Bike rental
- 2Viewpoints
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 42 restaurants, 10 cafés and 3 bars. Accommodation: 15 hotels and guesthouses.
Counted within 1 km of the beach (bus stops 1.5 km) from OpenStreetMap features and Overture Maps places, release of 2026-10. Unmapped does not mean absent.
Bathing water quality
The official EU bathing-water site “Parc (Lac Marin)”, 450 m from the beach centre, was rated Excellent for the 2025 season. It was Excellent in 9 of its 11 classified seasons since 2015.
- 2015Good
- 2016Good
- 2017Excellent
- 2018Excellent
- 2019Excellent
- 2020Excellent
- 2021Excellent
- 2022Excellent
- 2023Excellent
- 2024Excellent
- 2025Excellent
Source: European Environment Agency, EU Bathing Water Directive assessments · national site profile. Classes are based on four seasons of bacteriological sampling.
Month by month
October at Hossegor
Beach-day index 4.9/10 · France median 4.9
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 12.6 °C | 12.0 °C | 12.4 °C | 13.6 °C | 15.9 °C | 18.9 °C | 21.2 °C | 22.1 °C | 20.7 °C | 18.3 °C | 15.7 °C | 13.7 °C |
| High °C | 11° | 11° | 14° | 17° | 20° | 24° | 26° | 26° | 24° | 20° | 14° | 11° |
| Low °C | 6° | 5° | 7° | 9° | 12° | 15° | 17° | 17° | 15° | 13° | 9° | 6° |
| Rain mm | 107 | 76 | 77 | 74 | 78 | 64 | 44 | 46 | 57 | 83 | 126 | 101 |
| Cloud % | 79 | 73 | 71 | 72 | 72 | 68 | 64 | 64 | 63 | 69 | 76 | 77 |
| Wind m/s | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 3.8 |
| Daylight h | 9.3 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.7 | 15.4 | 15.2 | 14.0 | 12.6 | 11.1 | 9.7 | 9.0 |
| Record high/low | 18°/-3° | 20°/-5° | 23°/-3° | 28°/3° | 33°/6° | 38°/9° | 39°/13° | 41°/12° | 36°/8° | 29°/2° | 24°/-0° | 18°/-4° |
| Beach index | 2.4 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 4.1 | 6.9 | 8.4 | 8.7 | 7.7 | 4.9 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
Long-term monthly averages: air from NASA POWER (2001–2020), sea from NOAA OISST (1991–2020); records are the extremes of 2001–2020. How the index works.
When to go
The beach-day index peaks in July–August; August scores 8.7/10 with highs of 26 °C, sea at 22.1 °C and 46 mm of rain.
In August that is 0.7 points above the median of the 625 beaches in France covered by this atlas.
Across the year the sea averages 16.4 °C, cooler than 67% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
November is the wettest month (126 mm) and July the driest (44 mm); the yearly total is about 930 mm.
Daylight runs from 9.0 hours in December to 15.4 hours in June; in mid-August the sun rises at 07:09 and sets at 21:11 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces west (280°). Open water fills about 31% of the horizon close by, which makes it an open stretch of shore.
The sun sets over the sea in every month; in mid-June it goes down at 21:48 local time on a bearing of 304°.
The opposite shore is only about 500 m away to the west, which keeps the water sheltered from big waves.
The sea floor is still within the shallow coastal margin 1 km out; 3 km offshore the depth is about 61 m. Behind the beach the ground is about 8 m above sea level 500 m inland and 10 m at 1.5 km, a flat coastal plain.
Within 1 km, the land is 59% tree cover, 27% built-up land and 12% grassland (satellite land-cover map, 2021): a partly built-up setting. Water makes up 9% of that circle.
- Tree 59%
- Built 27%
- Grass 12%
Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m). Orientation from OpenStreetMap land polygons sampled in 36 directions; depths and heights from the GEBCO 2020 grid (about 450 m cells), indicative only.
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biarritz Pays Basque airport Biarritz | BIQ | 22.5 km | south |
| San Sebastián Airport Hondarribia | EAS | 44.6 km | south-west |
| Pau Pyrénées Airport Pau/Pyrénées (Uzein) | PUF | 86.9 km | east |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 26 bus stops within 1.5 km and 31 mapped car parks within 1 km.
9 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 29.5K residents); within 30 km there are 44 (about 242.7K).
Around the beach
Lighthouses & piers
- Z pier 810 m SW
- U pier 840 m SW
- T pier 870 m SW
- S pier 900 m SW
- Go pier 920 m SW
- Fo pier 930 m SW
Marinas
- Port de Capbreton-Hossegor 1.0 km W
Diving & boat hire
- Shop Rental Bike 620 m SW
- Cyclo Landes 890 m SW
Campsites
- GCU Capbreton 580 m S
- Camping du Bourret 710 m S
Map and nearby beaches
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Data on this page
- Air temperature, rain, cloud, wind, humidity: NASA POWER climatology 2001–2020, 0.5° grid.
- Sea temperature: NOAA OISST v2.1 monthly normals 1991–2020, nearest ocean cell 16.4 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w125591078; restaurants, cafés, bars and lodging: Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0).
- Towns and time zone: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Airports: OurAirports (public domain). Sunrise and sunset: NOAA solar equations.
- Satellite view: Copernicus Sentinel-2 (ESA), scene S2B_30TXP_20260914_0_L2A.
- Orientation: OpenStreetMap land polygons (ODbL). Depth and terrain: GEBCO 2020 grid.
- Bathing-water quality: European Environment Agency (site FRI1340304M040110).
- Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
- Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
- Search popularity: about 6.6K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.