Water sports and leisure activities Pays De La Loire

Montsoreau and its castle take on another dimension when viewed from the Loire. So why not let yourself slide down the river on board the two barges built by the owners, the Amarante (75 seats) or the Belle Adèle (26 seats)? For the gourmets, a cruise with catering is possible, on reservation. You can taste a local cuisine, according to the chef's inspirations, of quality. A trip you won't soon forget!

In the heart of the Brem-sur-Mer marshes, Octosup proposes to travel through the marsh in stand-up paddle and Hawaiian canoe. Departures are from La Cabane, a great outdoor bar overlooking an arm of the marsh. The place is magical enough to discover the marsh at the rhythm of the paddle. It is quiet and calm, and can be practiced with friends or family with children, from 7 years old. There is little parking on this popular site, so plan to reserve it carefully and park in the small roads around the base.

This surfing school, whose first address was created in La Tranche-sur-Mer, settles from Easter to All Saints' Day on the Vieilles beach. Passionate about surfing, the teacher will share the techniques and values of this sport with all those who wish to learn or improve their skills. The lessons are open from 6 years old, with an awareness of the marine environment before the discovery of the waves, their functioning and the learning of techniques in alternation. Your children are in good hands! Equipment rental and repair.

What an adventure to sail on France's longest river! The circuits offered by this nautical base vary in length (from 1h30 to 6h), but you can also take a 67 km trip and bivouac in a setting as peaceful as it is charming. Various excursions are available, including an original "rando'âne" (donkey ride) and a descent with commentary by a bilingual guide from Villebernier to Saint-Martin-de-la-Place. Whether in a canoe or kayak, a single-seater or double-seater, or even a giant paddle (for up to 8 people!), there's something for everyone.

With a surface area of 177 ha, this lake offers a beach with swimming, a water slide and a water sports club. You can also rent rowing boats and pedal boats at the Cabanon, and there are good fishing spots for carp on 9.5 km of shoreline. To know the authorized fishing spots, contact the Fishing Federation. The area around the lake also offers hiking and mountain bike trails. You can also go water skiing (from 7 years old), to which you have to add the rental of the wakeboard (or wakeskate), and the wetsuit.

Water sports activities on three sites: two offer leisure activities on the sea (base des Demoiselles and base de la grande plage de Sion) and one on water (base des Vallées). For young and old: optimist, dinghy, catamaran, windsurf, kayak, sand yacht. Equipment rental and courses for groups and individuals. The base of Sion is an invigorating site for water sports; the base of Demoiselles is suitable for sand yachting. At the base of the Valleys, you will be able to sail with confidence on a 10 hectare inland water area.

Semvie Nautisme brings together the Boisvinet sailing school, a surfing school and a cruising school. Practice sailing (optimist, catamaran, windsurfing...), surfing, sand yachting on the large beach of Saint-Gilles. The surf school offers courses and rentals and longe-côte. "Jardin des mers" from 5 years old. Discover the joys of snow sports thanks to the wakepark, a "bi-pulley" ski lift located on the Soudinière lake, from 8 years old. With a multi-activity and adapted supervision, the Semvie Nautisme is also a handicapped access all year round.

For lovers of water, wind, speed and thrills, the nautical base offers these activities: surfing, sailing (catamarans or optimists), sand yachting, windsurfing, kite surfing, stand-up paddle, kayak rental. New : discover the wing Skate, a kind of skateboard ! In courses, by the session or for rent, services supervised by instructors. After the effort or simply to enjoy the panoramic view, go and have a drink at the bar of the nautical base, and enjoy one of the most beautiful views of the resort.

Discover the Olonnes marsh in a different way: by renting a canoe or a paddle! This rental company is located just before arriving at Les Salines, and besides, a combined ticket of the two sites is proposed including the visit of the Salt Adventure Park and a 1h canoe ride on the Olonne marsh. Departure of the hikes at the place called L'Aubraie. By canoe or paddle, alone or with your family, you will appreciate the diversity of the fauna and flora of a preserved wild site. Family outing with the Adventure package that we recommend you to do.

Built in Les Sables-d'Olonne in 1955, the boat sailed to tuna fishing. Today the Kifanlo, classified as a historic monument in 1984, offers exits of 2 h 30. Discovery of the profession of fisherman. Walk at sea to discover the craft of fishermen and their fishing techniques. This trawler offers sea exits and makes an approach to the fishing of fishermen and different fishing techniques, including trawl.

Committed to the Famille Plus approach, the CNT is open all year round. The station has 5 spots close to each other. Activities on offer: windsurfing, catamaran, surfing, stand-up paddle, kite-surfing and for children: mini-catamarans (from 11 years old), optimist (from 7 years old), surfing (from 8 years old) and windsurfing (from 7 years old). In the summer, the CNT offers one-week courses. Rinsing area for the equipment. The 6-hectare lake is ideal for sailing initiations.

KOA is the name of a rare wood species. It is from this wood that the Hawaiians originally made their surfboards. On the beach of La Terrière, this school offers surfing lessons for all ages, from beginners to advanced. On one of the best beaches of the Vendée for the practice of this sport, discover the joys of surfing, perfect your style and your maneuvers. Equipped with high performance material, we give you the means to progress quickly and serenely whatever your level. We also offer skateboarding lessons from 9 years old.

Specialized in windsurfing, Wave School offers beginners and advanced windsurfers: courses, training courses, equipment rental, paddle. Special courses for children, with a lightweight board to learn in a fun way. The singularity of this school: a Windfoil center, a board equipped with a foil. The windfoil is the latest evolution of windsurfing, it will bring you a pure and light gliding sensation above the water. You are a windsurfer, you sail with your feet in the straps: you can fly! What a pleasure on the water!

Of all the Vendée's seabeds, those of the wild coast are the most diversified and interesting, and Sub'Evasion is a club of competent enthusiasts. You will dive on different marine sites. Baptism, exploration, initiation, passing of certificates, training course on week-ends. Diving being a regulated sport, it is better to take all the information before. This company also offers training for the boat license, because it is necessary for motor boats of more than 6hp and for any day/night navigation up to 6 nautical miles from a shelter.

This professional offers single or two-seater kayak rental for 1 hour or half a day, or a 1.5 hour accompanied trip. The rental point is located on the beach of Les Vieilles or Marais Salé depending on the weather. This French school of Caval Kayak also offers training courses, for children and adults, courses supervised by qualified instructors. The meeting point is at the Marais Salé and at the beach of the Vieilles. Another original feature is that you can also learn to navigate in a dugout canoe, in groups of 5 maximum and for a duration of 1h30 to 2h.

Located in Baie de la Pipe, 10 minutes from the port, the Ile d'Yeu sailing school is ideally situated on the beach. A wide choice of courses and services for all ages, supervised by qualified instructors. From catamaran to kayak, windsurfing to Hobie Cat and stand-up paddle. And a new discipline, offered as a course or by the session: wingfoil! There are also courses for children and a chance to discover the marine environment with Jardin des Mers.

Created in 2004, the school is on the beach of the sailing school in Fromentine. All the courses take place after a transport in semi-rigid on benches of immersed sands. The school provides inflatable wings (4 lines, from 5 to 14 m²), twin tips floats for beginners or advanced learners, wetsuits, inflatable jackets, helmets, harnesses. The courses take place over 4 hours per day. Group lessons or private lessons, over 1, 2 or 3 days. The latter take place from a boat, in deep or shallow water.

This is the^1st sand yachting center in the Sud-Vendée. It offers an introduction to sand yachting, training courses and, for more experienced enthusiasts, excursions and more sporting activities. Discover the exceptional site of the Pointe d'Arçay on a sand yacht. The activity takes place on the beach at La Faute-sur-Mer, with a 12 km zone in winter starting from Plage des Bélugas, and an 800 m zone in July and August between Plage de la Grande Casse and Plage Grand Plage. Program: 3-hour hike. Accessible to beginners and those aged 12 and over.

The best way to discover the Venise Verte is to rent a river boat to be close to nature and enjoy the unique landscape of the green lentils covering the étiers. The pier "La grenouille Bleue" welcomes you for a boat trip (with or without a guide), canoeing or pedal boat in the conches, canals and gullies starting from the port of Damvix. Take a break on the shaded terrace at the water's edge and have a snack on the spot.

At the foot of La Maison du Marais and the guinguette Le Débar'c, take a seat in one of the boats on the so-called dry part of the Marais Poitevin. Take the time to observe the characteristic fauna and flora of the marsh. On the way, you will learn to recognize the iris and the pyramidal orchid, and you will see swans, storks, herons and coypu... You will learn more thanks to the information panels set up on this new 3 kilometers long route.

Enjoy jet-skiing on a 33-hectare site with a lake, sandy beach and Caribbean atmosphere. The saddle jet is a fun, family-friendly machine that delivers great sensations. For the more sporty, the arm jet, a cross between surfing and motocross, can be ridden standing up. The Banana Rocket is a giant banana on which you are towed. New activity: Aquaparc, a giant floating course (from age 6). Or just enjoy the beach and stilted terrace. Multi-activity packages for seminars, birthdays...

The surf spot of La Sauzaie is the reference spot of the region. Characterized by a hollow and powerful wave, this spot of "reef" (rocky platier) offers pretty peaks surfable only at mid-tide and at high tide. This spot is not recommended for beginners, reserved for the initiated, with waves of 1 m to 2 m. The spot is lit every night from April to September. The best conditions to enjoy this wave: no wind or offshore (the spot does not support west and south winds), between 2 hours before and 2 hours after high tide.

The Plage des Dunes is one of the most beautiful beaches in Brétignolles, as it stretches for several kilometres. Just like Longeville-sur-Mer, the coast of Bretignolles is one of the top surfing spots in the Vendée. One of them is Plage des Dunes 1, at the place called "Le Petit Rocher", located between the Normandelière beach and the Dunes 1 lifeguard station. This surfing spot offers a sandy coastline, suitable for all types of surfers whatever their level, even beginners. It is also possible to surf on the Plage des Dunes 2.

This Handisurf certified school offers lessons from 6 years old. For beginners or to improve your skills. In July and August, the lessons and rental structure is located on the Dunes 1 beach opposite the surfing area. Practical and theoretical teaching on the knowledge of the environment, the equipment, the weather, safety... Surfing, body-boarding and paddle lessons (given on the Dunes beach) are available from the age of 6 (condition: have a 50 m swimming certificate). Out of season, surfing lessons are available.

The municipal sailing school is located on the beach of La Normandelière. Initiation and improvement courses, where private lessons in various nautical activities: Optimist, catamaran, windsurfing or kayaking. The base also welcomes groups and sea classes, it also provides equipment rental: catamaran, windsurfing, kayak and paddle. The sailing school also offers leisure sailing activities on Wednesdays and Saturdays from April to June and from September to November. New: windsurffoil, windsurfing board equipped with a foil.

This lake is located between Coëx and Saint-Révérend. A place that the fishermen know well since it is authorized to fishing. This lake of 37 hectares was created for the irrigation of the cultures and the Golf of Coex. The compacted clay dam, built on the Gué-Gorand stream, has created a water reservoir covering more than 25 hectares. A footpath allows you to walk around the reservoir by crossing the dam. You can see a very old chestnut tree with two trunks. The circuit of the lake of Gué-Gorand (12,9 km, approximately 3h30 of walk).

This 127-hectare reservoir extends over 5 communes: Sigournais, Monsireigne, Bazoges-en-Pareds and Tallud-Sainte-Gemme, offering hikers numerous trailheads, particularly on the La Morlière site. It is the largest water reservoir in the Grand Lay Valley. Set in a landscape of grassy or rocky hillsides, it is home to a colony of migrating ducks in the fall. As for leisure activities, nature lovers will be delighted: fishing (all white fish, pike-perch, pike-perch, carp), swimming, children's games, picnic tables.

This 55 hectare reservoir stretches along the river Lay with a succession of valleys and ends at the reservoir of the Angle Guignard dam. Along the lake, there are walking paths. The path along the lake allows you to reach the village of Fuiteau with its washhouse. On the leisure programme: swimming and fishing (with a pontoon for disabled people between Moulin Neuf and Touchegray), and canoeing (canoes for hire for 1 to 3 people), picnic area.

On the beach of Notre-Dame de Monts. Here, we offer you the following activities: sand yacht, catamaran, and since 2020 surfing - initiation, training courses, improvement. You can also take part in nautical regattas. Other activities on offer: stand-up puddle, coastal longe, sea kayaking, towed buoy (from 15/06 to 30/08), canoe trips in the Breton marshes. The sand yachting activity is adapted to disabled people with the supervision of a competent staff.

Mathieu Mercier welcomes 6 months of the year on the beach of Sauveterre, Olonne-sur-Mer, for surf/bodyboard lessons in homogeneous groups allowing an initiation and a fast improvement with the element, ensuring a secure approach of the marine environment. Equipment adapted to the size and level of each person is provided. This beach offers waves suitable for this practice, the sandy bottom allows to evolve safely. Since 2020, a foil school in Les Sables-d'Olonne, called Ohana Foil, to fly over the waves and practice foiling!

Discover Lac du Jaunay by the water, at La Baudrière, Saint-Julien-des-Landes, as well as at Le Pré and La Chapelle-Hermier, thanks to the recreational areas set up on the shores of Lac du Jaunay. You can rent canoes, kayaks and pedal boats for an unusual trip to discover the attractive shores of Jaunay. Canoes-kayaks and pedal boats for hire: information at the Le Pin Parasol campsite in La Chapelle Hermier (tel.) 02 51 34 64 72. Picnic areas are available for a day's snack on this magnificent site.

O'Abandonado offers sea outings aboard an old 1916 coaster for 18 passengers. Two-hour daytime and sunset cruises. Sea class, group and seminar outings are also organized. Every Sunday in July and August, take part in our day trips to the Ile du Pilier, a unique site where you can discover its history and monuments. Boat rental available for groups.

Crowned "Top club" in 2020 and 2021 by the French Sailing Federation, the Fort Saint-Pierre Nautical Center offers various formulas for learning to sail or improving your sailing skills in a superb setting and under ideal conditions. Weekly courses: sea garden (4-6 years), Optimist, dinghy, windsurfing, catamaran... Private lessons (all types of boats including wingfoil), family outings in a collective sailboat, multi-activity courses for teenagers, paddle outings, etc.

From Givrand, canoe, kayak, paddle or pedal boat rides. Navigation is on the Jaunay river, a calm river, accessible to all. You will admire the Vendée landscapes in a Natura 2000 protected area. After crossing the marshes and the forest, you will follow the dunes and arrive at the heart of the seaside resort. Make a stopover in Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie and discover its fishing and yachting port, its beaches and numerous activities. Night tours by reservation organized in July and August.

This 14-hectare lake is a popular summer destination. An area is reserved for swimming, and it's possible to sail on a dinghy, canoe, kayak, windsurfer or paddleboard, as well as dive. Fishing is permitted on the banks. There are also multi-sports fields, sand games, a skatepark, fitness trail, archery range, orienteering course and children's playground. La Gèmerie is the starting point for jogging, hiking and mountain-biking trails.

The Terbin Canoe club offers canoes rental in summer, at prices slightly lower than the nearby Clisson club. Boats can be transported for 0,90 € per kilometre. Night trips are also available to discover the Clair Nantes valley in moonlight. The association has a stage cottage with a capacity of 16 people (see Gîte).

On Veillon beach, we offer surfing lessons for beginners and more experienced surfers. Private or group lessons, 3 to 5-day courses and a "first waves" course for 6-10 year olds to discover the first sensations of surfing in a fun and safe way. Equipment adapted to your level and morphology, provided. The Veillon spot is a beach break: the waves break over the sand. For beginners, learning about the currents, the dangers of the sea, the waves, how to glide on your stomach, how to row, how to straighten up...

This surf school is in the Phare area. The beach of Corps de Garde in La Tranche has been selected by Antoine because it allows a safe learning of surfing! The school welcomes children from 8 years old, through group lessons. On the other hand, the lessons are open from 6 years old, with an awareness of the marine environment first, before discovering the waves, their functioning and learning the techniques by alternating between the beach and the waves. Equipment rental and repair are also available.

This school has 2 sites: Plage de la Mine in Jard and Plage du Veillon in Talmont-Saint-Hilaire. Surfing lessons for beginners and more experienced surfers. Ideal waves for beginners or advanced surfers. Individual or group lessons from 10 years old. For beginners, learning to acquire fundamental knowledge: currents and dangers, waves, moving with your board, sliding flat on your stomach, learning to paddle, straightening, gliding, taking direction, safety rules. Surf and bodyboard rental by the hour, half day or day.

Several water activities: jet-ski, towed buoy, gyropod. For the scooter, initiation from 16 years old. Rental with or without a licence, with briefing and supervision. 3-seater jet-skis for more stability and comfort. Holders of a coastal licence can rent a jet-ski with a 110CV or 180CV licence. Just as fun, the towed buoy (capacity 6 people), ideal to practice with friends or for a bachelor party. You can leave the water for dry land by renting a gyropod! It requires a bit of stability, but you'll soon get the hang of it!

Water-skiing and wakeboarding are both possible here, thanks to the cables that pull riders across two stretches of water. One of them features a ski lift with just two pylons, making it possible to go back and forth, making it ideal for beginners. It's also the perfect "run" for private lessons: children as young as 8 can be introduced to these sliding activities. The more experienced can perform tricks on a beautiful park of jumps and bars, in the style of skateparks and with different levels of difficulty.

Discover the Treasures of the Havre du Payré in freedom or guided hike. Alone, with your family, with friends, on a guided tour or for rent. Rental for 1 or 2 hours, single or double kayak, and paddle. 1h30 initiation to stand-up paddle with a qualified instructor and to waveski surfing, a board between kayak and surf, supervised by world champions Océane and Virgile. A 2-hour kayak trip along the "white gold route" starting from the Veillon beach and continuing along the estuary to La Guittière for an oyster tasting.

Discover stand-up paddle sliding. Come and have fun at the water park with its various inflatable games. On the program: trampolines, unstable logs, jumping cushion, slide, swing, monkey bridge... In short, a paradise for young and old alike. Inflatable games are available for children from 7 years old who can swim. A mandatory life jacket will be provided, and a lifeguard will animate and supervise everyone on the splash game. The course can accommodate more than 50 people at the same time, so there is no need to book.

Moored on the Aiguillon-sur-Mer lake, Atlantic Wakepark offers you the chance to try a water activity that is all the rage: water games, floating inflatable games on the water, in the form of a fighter's course. Trampolines, climbing walls, rope, unstable logs mounted on a rotating axis, ejection air-bags. Leisure activities to be enjoyed with friends or family, accessible to children from 7 years old who can swim. Compulsory life jacket provided, and lifeguard. The course can accommodate more than 50 people at the same time.

Anse Rouge beach is located in the northeast of the island. It's a small cove facing east, with the well-known Plage des Dames to its right. The best way to discover Anse Rouge beach is by bike. Take the allée des Soupirs from avenue du Maréchal-Joffre. A few steps lead up to this cove. This is undoubtedly one of the most unspoilt coves on the island. The beach at Anse-Rouge is dominated by the lighthouse-like Tour Plantier (privately owned), offering a truly picture-postcard landscape.

Alone, with family or friends, the TSN44 offers a ski lift to sʼinitiate or perfect the joys of wakeboarding and water skiing. Two bases: Noya and Saint-Viaud. The team provides all the equipment and an adapted pedagogy to make you live an unforgettable moment on the water. After the lʼeffort, you can profiter the show on the 300 m² panoramic terrace, where it is possible to eat, the site offering a brasserie menu. The little ones will bénéficieront dʼune playground and all the amenities for a pleasant moment with the family

In this school located on the Grande Plage of Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie, we offer surf and bodyboard lessons (group or individual) from 5 years old as well as equipment rental. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced surfer, you will follow the lessons of Sylvain, a passionate surfer who has also competed nationally and internationally. Friendly atmosphere and friendly advice are the order of the day. The large beach of Saint-Gilles is really the place to learn how to surf gently for beginners.

This school, located at the foot of the Huttopia campsite, offers introductory surfskiing trips and hikes departing from the Sableaux beach. Basically, surfskiing is a "rescue" board sport that originated in Australia. As a family or with friends, book your 2-hour "Discovery of the Bois de la Chaise beaches" tour with an instructor (equipment supplied, maximum 7, for children aged 10 and over). From April to October, the school travels around the island and its surroundings, changing location according to weather conditions.

Treat yourself to a moment of relaxation and freshness at the Pont des Fées swimming pool in Baugé-en-Anjou. With its sports pool, play area with water jets and large Pentagliss slide, it's sure to delight young and old alike. Younger children will enjoy themselves in complete safety in the dedicated paddling pool, equipped with its own slide. The modern changing rooms are designed to facilitate access for people with reduced mobility. In this heated pool, you'll enjoy unforgettable aquatic moments with family and friends, the ideal way to unwind in good spirits.

For 56 years, Bouchemaine's nautical club has been helping us enjoy the Loire in all seasons. There are several ways to discover the river: paddle the Loire, canoe down the river or discover the river at dusk. The Club Nautique de Bouchemaine offers canoe rental packages, an original way to visit and discover the Anjou region. For a day's rental, 4 circuits are available, two of 25 km and two of 30 km.