Le Dunkerquois
Bray-Dunes beach
The last seaside resort before Belgium
The essentials
- Water quality
How this rating is calculated
The regional health agency samples the water several times a season and measures two faecal bacteria: Escherichia coli and intestinal enterococci.
The rating isn’t based on a single sample, but on all the results from the last four seasons. It’s recalculated every year and places the beach into one of four levels, from poor to excellent, based on the share of results that exceed European thresholds.
The upshot: a beach rated excellent can be closed on a stormy day, and a poorly rated beach can have perfect water today. The rating shows the trend, not today’s weather.
Good
- Monitored bathing
Health monitoring and supervision
This is the period declared by the local council during which the regional health agency tests the water.
This isn’t the period of lifeguard supervision, which is down to the local council and is often shorter. Check with the town hall before relying on it.
- From 15 June to 15 September
- The sand
- Sable fin
- Dogs
- Check with the town hall
Bray-Dunes beach: what you need to know
The last seaside resort before Belgium, Bray-Dunes beach regularly hosts events, has play areas for children and water sports. The town's tourist office rents out beach huts, deckchairs and bikes.
Walkers will enjoy the dunes, and sporty types the space for beach sports like sand yachting or kitesurfing.
- Last resort before Belgium
- Events
- Sand yachting
- Shipwrecks
Can you swim in Bray-Dunes?
The regional health agency monitors this beach under the code FRE1159107M059002. It’s rated good water quality over the last four seasons of testing.
No closures or pollution were reported at this beach during the last monitored season.
Data: Ministry of Health, under Open Licence. Full details of the site are in its bathing water profile.
Our 3 restaurants
Where to eat near the beach of Bray-Dunes?
Our favourite
For fish, facing the sea
La Voile Bleue
A restaurant serving fish, mussels and seafood, place de l'Esplanade.
Fish and seafood · 63 place de l'Esplanade
For a refined table
L'Art de l'Eau
A restaurant on avenue du Général de Gaulle.
Restaurant · 989 avenue du Général de Gaulle
For moules-frites
Les Amarres
A brasserie on boulevard Georges Pompidou.
Brasserie · 802 boulevard Georges Pompidou
Our 3 places to stay
Where to stay near the beach of Bray-Dunes?
Our favourite
To sleep on the seafront
L'Étoile des Dunes
A hotel with direct beach access.
Hotel · Bray-Dunes
For an apartment near the dunes
Holiday Suites Bray-Dunes
A resort residence, two hundred metres from the dunes.
Residence · Bray-Dunes
To camp
Camping municipal Les Dunes
Bray-Dunes' four-star municipal campsite.
Campsite · Bray-Dunes
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