Lake Cazaux

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Much appreciated for its fine sandy beaches, narrow little creeks, and calm, pure waters, the lake is a real paradise for family bathing. Mums and Dads will be delighted to find a bathing spot where they have no need to worry about the kids’ safety – in some places, you can wade out for several hundred metres, your head well above water.

Sailing enthusiasts can set off from the shores without having to disturb bathers or water-sports practitioners. Anglers also flock here, drawn by the magical setting, and there are fish aplenty to be caught - including pike, pikeperch, perch and carp – either in the canal or in the creeks where the fish go to spawn in the reedy shallows.

Lake Cazaux is formed by the accumulation of water from a deep spring in the Central Massif, which supplies the lake throughout the year.

An ancient Gallo-Roman village once stood on the lakeshore, before vanishing beneath its waters. A number of Iron Age sites have also been unearthed in the former bed of the Gourgue, a little stream south of the lake.

The two main beaches are supervised and, from mid-June to mid-September, there are first-aid posts open with lifeguards on hand. The other beaches, even when not supervised, have large stretches of shallow water ensuring safe bathing for families.

The GR 8 runs along part of the lake’s northern and all of its western bank, just a few metres away from the shores of the Atlantic Ocean.
Anyone taking long holidays, or who enjoys short stays without too much running about, will find the village of Cazaux a delightful, well-equipped and thoroughly restful little bathing resort.
A 26.46-kg mirror carp was caught here in 1994, but the record was broken by another specimen weighing 29 kg!

Examples of activities

Cercle de Voile de Cazaux
An introduction to dinghying, catamaraning and sailboarding,
Cazaux beach
+33 5 56 22 91 00

Cercle de Voile de Cazaux Training Centre

Under the auspices of the Arcachon Diving School team, the centre has been awarded the “Point Fort Animation Plongée” label.
+33 5 56 22 99 48
 mailto:vsmplonge@wanadoo.fr