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With a huge NW swell waves break along the harbour wall while a hollow shorebreak known as 'Le Plat'' is on offer for bodyboarders. Word is spreading around about a left-hand reef in the neighbourhood that goes Indonesian every once in a while. Flamanville's nuclear power plant isn't too far. This quality Cotentin peak attracts the week-end crowd and holds shape up to 10ft, though it's often blown out. Sciotot, at the north end of the bay is less organised, but a quieter option. Avoid low tide. A wide zone of beachbreaks surrounded by sand dunes. Can get way overhead but currents are usually quite strong. Beginners can cross Carteret to check mellow peaks from the boardwalk of Barneville. Uncrowded and relatively unpolluted.
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