Atlantic Surf and Yoga Week on the French Coast for Adults 24+

A typical day starts with breakfast at the camp, where you put together a packed lunch for later. Then it's out for your surf session — the 13-hour course across the week is split into theory and practical lessons, so you'll get briefings on the beach before paddling out, and time in the water with instructors watching. The camp is right behind the dune at Moliets Plage, so the walk to the break is short. Sessions happen at times that match the tide and swell rather than a fixed clock, which is why the daily timetable shifts a bit.

Yoga runs five times during the week. Where it happens depends on conditions — sometimes on the beach, sometimes in the garden. The two cross-training sessions are held in the outdoor gym, which has various pieces of equipment plus a personal trainer on site to help you work on mobility, balance and endurance, all of which feed back into your surfing.

Evenings are relaxed. You eat together at the camp, and the common area is where people swap notes about the day's waves or just recover before the next session. Moliets itself has bars, shops and cafés within reach, and you can get around the coast easily by bike or longboard skateboard — bikes are part of some of the packages.

The surf spot at Moliets Plage is a beach break with moving sandbars. In the white water you'll learn the take-off and the basics, and once you're comfortable there you can start working into the green waves. The sandbars occasionally set up into small barrels, though for most guests in their first week it's about standing up consistently and reading the ocean.

What makes this one different from a generic surf camp is the age floor and the training mix. If you're 25 or 45 and don't want to share a dorm with teenagers, this is aimed at you — the camp is furnished modern, the accommodation is mobile homes rather than bunks, and the surf coaching is sport-focused with video review built in rather than just a couple of hours of pushing people into waves.

What's included

- 1 week surf camp accommodation in newly renovated mobile homes (24+ Moliets) - 13-hour surf course with theory and practical lessons - Surf equipment (board and wetsuit) - Video analysis of your surfing - 5x yoga sessions per week - 2x cross-training sessions in the outdoor gym - 2 meals a day plus packed lunch ingredients at breakfast (Moliets) - Full board (24+ Moliets package) - Breakfast and 5x dinner (Seignosse package) - Coach travel in high season (Moliets and Seignosse) - Outdoor gym access with personal trainer on site - Mountain bikes (selected packages) - Pool access (Moliets Surf House package)

What's not included

- Flights to Bordeaux (BOD) or Biarritz (BIQ) - Airport transfers - Surfboard baggage fees on flights - Travel insurance - Lunches and dinners not listed in your package - Personal expenses and spending money - Toll charges if driving through France - Optional activities and excursions - Drinks and meals taken away from camp