This Is Jersey

In 1923 Jersey founded what was possibly the first surf club in Europe - the Island Surf Club - which prospered until the Occupation. The sport was resurrected after the war and has been popular ever since.

The Island has a tidal range of 40 feet, and in some beaches and bays there are strong currents to contend with. Jersey’s surfing community tend to favour the west of the Island, and St Ouen’s Bay is the place to head if you want to hire a wetsuit, a board or book a surfing lesson.

Good surfing spots include Greve de Lecq, Plemont and St Brelade’s Bay, but the ultimate location is St Ouen’s Bay, where die-hard surfers take to the water all year round.

Petit Port / Corbiere, St Ouen’s Bay
The big wave spots of Jersey with some of the largest surf ridden in Europe. Normally surfed on high tides, these spots are more sheltered from strong east to south-east winds than St Ouen’s Bay and can offer fast bowly rights or slower longer lefts on decent-size swells.

Watersplash, St Ouen’s Bay
The splash is the most consistent surf spot on the Island, with only the extreme low and high tides being non-surfable. When there’s a swell and easterly winds, hollow rights and lefts can be found here an hour or so either side of low tide.

Le Braye, St Ouen’s Bay
Normally works best on winter swells but can also offer good waves on smaller swells. The rights normally offer the best and longer rides, with the surf rideable all but two hours eiher side of low tide. An east or south-easterly wind blows offshore.

Secrets, St Ouen’s Bay
The waves here break best at mid to high tide, with a medium-sized swell to get it working. The waves are fairly consistent because of the rock bottom which is exposed at low tide, and owing to the bank’s consistency, the bigger the surf gets on an easterly wind the hollower!

Plemont
In winter when the surf on the west coast is getting too big and blown out, Plemont is a good spot to check on a low tide with southerly winds. Here short hollow waves can be found.

Greve de Lecq
In the winter, when the surf is huge and strong southerly winds are blowing out all other spots, Greve offers shelter. Here short, very hollow rights are surfed at extreme low tides.