The surf spot of Moliets is a short walk from Moliets town and 25km north of Cap Breton. 

This is an ideal spot for surfers of all levels. 

It can become very busy in summer full of tourists and bodyboarders.  Weekends tend to be quite busy too but it’s very quiet mid week. 

There is fast to ordinary power beach-break from right and left. 

SURF SPOT CHARACTERISTICS

Wave

Type :             

Beach-break

Direction :            

Right and left

Bottom :            

Sandy

Power  :           

Fast, Ordinary

Normal length :            

Short (< 50m)

Good day length : 

Normal (50 to 150m)

Tide, Swell and Wind

Good swell direction :

NorthWest, West, SouthWest

Good wind direction :

SouthEast, East, NorthEast

Swell size :

Starts working at 1.0m-1.5m / 3ft-5ft and holds up to 2.5m+ / 8ft+

Best tide position :

Low and mid tide

Best tide movement :

Rising and falling tides

Dangers

Rips / undertow

Additional Information

Right and lefts. A better wave is located at the mouth of a small river (courant d'Huchet) where nice sand bars can lead to nice rights (100-150m).  Beware of a strong lateral current when waves are higher than 2m+.

General :

Quality strongly depends on sand bar development. Some years it can be a really nice barreling section, some years waves close out on the entire spot.

Like the surf photos on this page ? Have a look photographer Mickaël Bonnami’s other work.

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