Arcachon 2024 Boat Show

The boats «le Francais» and «le Phénix» head to Arcachon! Come and welcome them Thursday, April 18th at 3:30 pm Thiers pier. From 19 to 21 April 2024, the traditional Boat Show will be held on the Port of Arcachon. 65,000 visitors are expected to…

Lac de Cazaux vu du ciel

The lake of Cazaux very high!

A lock had to be opened Thursday, December 12, 2019 in the evening to avoid the overflow of Lake Cazaux. During the low tide, the water poured into the Arcachon basin.They opened a lock at the Canal des Landes in order to avoid the overflow…

Tempête Alex 4 octobre 2020

The storm Alex

The storm passed through Brittany and it also lingered on the Arcachon basin. On the night of Friday, October 2 to Saturday, October 3, 2020, Alex Storm blew very hard, with gusts of 130 km/h recorded at Cap Ferret. It took place in a period…

Erosion plage de La Teste

Erosion on the beaches of La Teste December 2019

Due to the storms of December with a swell of several meters and the great tides the oceanic coast of La Teste-de-Buch has suffered quite a lot. Erosion has brought out real sand cliffs! Alerted by the National Forestry Board (NFB), the mayor of La…

Le Belem

The Belem at the Arcachon Boat Show

The Belem (1896), one of the oldest three-masts in Europe in a state of navigation will be the guest of honor of the Boat Show of the City in spring 2020 from 17 to 19 April 2020! The Belem will undoubtedly be one of the…

Rhinoceros

Rhinoceros born at La Teste zoo

On 6 December 2019, the female black rhinoceros Nabila gave birth to a baby after 15 months of gestation. This is the first black rhino born in a zoo in France. Excellent news for this species which is classified as critically endangered. This birth occurs…

Ile aux oiseaux

Rabbits eat plantations on bird island

The Bird Island Tenant Dealers Association meeting was held on December 11, 2019. The ACLOU had a large replanting project on the island. These plantations of tamarisk holm oaks and pines were a failure, it must be said that the conditions were unfavourable. Too much…

Port de La Vigne

Dredging port la Vigne in Lège-Cap-Ferret

The dredging of the Port de la Vigne in Lège-Cap-Ferret began at the beginning of December and is expected to be completed at the end of January. Sediment collected should be deposited on the beach via a discharge line. These sediments will then be completed…

Bébé phoque au cap ferret

Baby seal at Cap Ferret

Wednesday, December 11, 2019, a surfer filmed a baby seal on a du Cap Ferret beach. Many babies, who leave their mother two weeks after their birth, fail to take care of themselves and come to shore. This is probably what happened to this young…

The tchanquée hut with red shutters soon available

The holder of the temporary occupancy permit wrote to the City Council of La Teste de Buch and to the “Conservatoire du Littoral” to return the keys of the hut chanquée with red shutters located near the Island of Birds in La Teste-de-Buch. A lot…