Sables d'Or

Anglet, France
Managed by Surfrider Foundation Europe
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English below
La plage des Sables d'Or est la plus grande d'Anglet en centre-ville. Avec de nombreux terrains de volleys, des douches, toilettes, et une multitudes de bars et restaurants, la plage est très fréquentée. Malgré de nombreux parkings gratuits, il peut être difficile de stationner en raison de l'affluence. La baignade est surveillée en été, et le spot est aussi très apprécié des surfeurs.
Plusieurs événements comme des concerts ou des feux d'artifices ont lieu sur la plage durant la saison estivale.

The beach is the greatest in downtown Anglet. With beach volleyball court, shower, toilets, restaurants, bars, the beach is always crowded. It might be difficult to park, in spite of several parking lots. The beach is a famous surf spot. During summer, it is supervised, and festivals, gigs, or fireworks occur.

WATER QUALITY
  • No data available
  • Historical Status
  • This status is based on the latest sample, taken on October 1st, 2018. Surfrider Foundation Europe updates the status of this beach as soon as test results become available. These results were posted to Swim Guide on at
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MONITORING FREQUENCY

Sables d'Or is sampled from January 1st to December 31st

SOURCE INFORMATION

As part of the Watermen Testers program, Surfrider Foundation Europe volunteers monitor recreational marine and freshwater quality at several sites in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine. The sampling season goes throughout the year, on an irregular basis depending on availability of volunteers. That is why the monitoring frequency selected is "Other" for all the beaches in the region.

Priority is given to places where Watermen Testers suspect a pollution. Before (from 2014 to 2017), samples were collected bi-monthly. According to the European Directive 2006/7/CE, water quality is based on 2 bacteriological parameters: E. coli and enterococcus. Threshold between average and poor water quality :
Freshwater :
Enterococcus  660 CFU/100mL
E. coli : 1800 CFU/100mL
Marine water:
Enteroccocus : 370 CFU/100mL
E. coli: 1000 CFU/100mL

A beach is marked green if the two results (Enterococcus and E. coli) are under European thresholds.
A beach is marked red if one of the two or the two results is/are above the European threshold.
A beach is marked grey when there are no current results or there is no available information.

Special status beaches:
Due to the high frequentation of beaches during the summer and the occurrence of storms, leading to wastewater treatment plant overflows, some beaches are exposed to short term pollutions.

Uhabia – Bidart: In case of heavy rains, a valve holds untreated water at Uhabia’s estuary, and releases it 500 meters away from the coast during the night.
Grande plage – Biarritz: Sewer overflows release untreated water directly on the beach.
La barre – Anglet: This beach in mainly polluted because of Adour’s estuary which is just above, especially during floods.

WATER QUALITY GRAPH

Sables d'Or

Anglet, France
Managed by Surfrider Foundation Europe
WATER QUALITY
  • No data available
  • Historical Status
  • This status is based on the latest sample, taken on October 1st, 2018. Surfrider Foundation Europe updates the status of this beach as soon as test results become available. These results were posted to Swim Guide on at
For water quality icon legend, click:   
Join an action about water quality : become a Waterman Tester !

English below
La plage des Sables d'Or est la plus grande d'Anglet en centre-ville. Avec de nombreux terrains de volleys, des douches, toilettes, et une multitudes de bars et restaurants, la plage est très fréquentée. Malgré de nombreux parkings gratuits, il peut être difficile de stationner en raison de l'affluence. La baignade est surveillée en été, et le spot est aussi très apprécié des surfeurs.
Plusieurs événements comme des concerts ou des feux d'artifices ont lieu sur la plage durant la saison estivale.

The beach is the greatest in downtown Anglet. With beach volleyball court, shower, toilets, restaurants, bars, the beach is always crowded. It might be difficult to park, in spite of several parking lots. The beach is a famous surf spot. During summer, it is supervised, and festivals, gigs, or fireworks occur.

  • Report Pollution
MONITORING FREQUENCY

Sables d'Or is sampled from January 1st to December 31st

SOURCE INFORMATION

As part of the Watermen Testers program, Surfrider Foundation Europe volunteers monitor recreational marine and freshwater quality at several sites in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine. The sampling season goes throughout the year, on an irregular basis depending on availability of volunteers. That is why the monitoring frequency selected is "Other" for all the beaches in the region.

Priority is given to places where Watermen Testers suspect a pollution. Before (from 2014 to 2017), samples were collected bi-monthly. According to the European Directive 2006/7/CE, water quality is based on 2 bacteriological parameters: E. coli and enterococcus. Threshold between average and poor water quality :
Freshwater :
Enterococcus  660 CFU/100mL
E. coli : 1800 CFU/100mL
Marine water:
Enteroccocus : 370 CFU/100mL
E. coli: 1000 CFU/100mL

A beach is marked green if the two results (Enterococcus and E. coli) are under European thresholds.
A beach is marked red if one of the two or the two results is/are above the European threshold.
A beach is marked grey when there are no current results or there is no available information.

Special status beaches:
Due to the high frequentation of beaches during the summer and the occurrence of storms, leading to wastewater treatment plant overflows, some beaches are exposed to short term pollutions.

Uhabia – Bidart: In case of heavy rains, a valve holds untreated water at Uhabia’s estuary, and releases it 500 meters away from the coast during the night.
Grande plage – Biarritz: Sewer overflows release untreated water directly on the beach.
La barre – Anglet: This beach in mainly polluted because of Adour’s estuary which is just above, especially during floods.

WATER QUALITY GRAPH



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