Surfing and Cycling the Camino Del Norte

Hi Evan
more off a baby-boomer myself but my daughter and her boyfriend have surfed in that area and say the best is to be found higher up in France,I have driven down that coast and saw many surfers from up above Bordeaux to all the way down to St Jean-de-Luz-good quite roads lots of sand dune areas and proper camp sites also saw quite a few board hire shops,not sure if they are open early in the year?
I have walked the Norte and the most used surfing area was San-Sebastian with its horse shoe bay also its man made bay used by lots of young surfers using short boards.
I walked this coast in Sept/Oct last year and have to say did not see many Surfers elsewhere
Ian

Hi Evan, as mentioned around san sebastian is a good place, i remember seeing a couple of surf schools around somo before the ferry crossing to santander and in a place called Salinas about 6km after Aviles. There is plenty of other places to surf, from the two caminos i have walked along that route i have always seen somebody in the water with a board, wether it is in the basque country, cantabria or asturias. If i had to name other places where you could hire boards i would take a guess at islares,santander, laredo, santona, comillas, san vincente de la barquerra, llanes, poo de playa, riabadsella, la Isla, Gijon, cavadeo, luarca, navia, tapia and lots of other little places whose names i cant remember.

Buen Camino