Spot Guide › France › Nouvelle-Aquitaine › Bordeaux-area Mascaret tidal-bore foil area
Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France · 44.8460, -0.5670
Season
High-amplitude-tide windows; no recurring month range is established
Water
Tidal-bore river wave during high-amplitude tides
Experience
Expert tidal-river foiler with current Mascaret and river-navigation knowledge
Hazards
Powerful tidal current, an undisclosed working reach and incomplete depth, debris, vessel, bank-exit and rescue detail. Use a current local bore guide and verify both entry and exit.
Parking & access
Do not navigate to this Bordeaux city pin as a launch. The forum does not identify the working river reach, legal bank access, exit or shuttle.
“Progression Project forum regional guidance identifies the Bordeaux Mascaret as a foilable tidal-bore option on high-amplitude tides. No specific river reach, access point or completed track is published, so this record remains a broad regional pin rather than a launch.”
— via Progression Project forum — public topic and post research, last verified 2026-08-02
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