Belhara Perdun
Coordinates: 43 ° 24 ′ 13 " N , 1 ° 43 ′ 4" W.
Belhara Perdun , or simply Belharra , is a reef off the French Atlantic coast and also the name of the wave breaking there.
location
The reef is located near Socoa , a town in the French Pyrénées-Atlantiques department , between Hendaye and Saint-Jean-de-Luz . Belharra is 2.5 km off the coast in the open Atlantic. The Spanish border is only about five kilometers southwest of the reef. In the area of the reef, the water depth is around 14 to 18 meters. The surrounding seabed drops to more than 20 meters. The entrance to the bay of Saint-Jean-de-Luz is not far from the rocky reef.
Surfing
On days with the appropriate swell , one of the largest surfable waves in the world breaks over the reef. The swell required for this is rarely achieved in the Atlantic. In some years, because of this, the wave does not break at all. On November 22nd, 2002 the wave was surfed for the first time. The wave can break at a height of 20 m.
Others
When the water is calm, the reef is also a destination for divers.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Geoportal of the French Ministry of Economic Affairs and the Ministry of Energy geoportail : Nautical chart of coastal waters. IGN , 2013, accessed December 28, 2013 (French).
- ↑ Billabong Biggest Wave Award 2011 website of the organizer ( Memento of the original from December 31, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Pays basque: il ya 10 ans, Belharra était surfée pour la première fois. sudouest, November 23, 2012, accessed December 28, 2013 (French).
- ^ Surf: la vague basque de Belharra s'est réveillée. sudouest, December 24, 2013, accessed December 28, 2013 (French).
- ↑ Claude Augris, Nathalie Caill-Milly, Marie-Noëlle de Casamajor: Atlas thématique de l'environnement marin du Pays basque et du sud des Landes , Editions Quae, 2009, page 72, in French, preview on Google Books
