Plage de Bidart Swimming Forecast

Plage de Bidart scores 77/100 for swimming today at its best ability level (expert). The beach faces NW. A fairly consistent Atlantic beachbreak beneath green cliffs, with a sand bottom, rocks at the beach ends, and rocky fingers shaping left- and right-handers. Sandbanks shift with tide and swell; the beach all but disappears at high tide, so low-to-mid tide gives easiest access. Hazards include scattered rocks, rip currents, and river-outflow pollution when currents drag north. Dogs are forbidden. Lifeguards patrol daily, mid-June to mid-September.