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Camiers Sainte-Cécile beach

The beach without beach huts, backed by 750 hectares of dunes

Camiers Sainte-Cécile beach and its dunes

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 8 May to 14 September
The sand
Sable fin
Dogs
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Camiers Sainte-Cécile beach: what you need to know

Unlike most beaches on the Opal Coast, Sainte-Cécile beach is sometimes valued for the very absence of beach huts, which are plentiful on the other beaches.

Nature clearly has its place here, as do sand yachting and sea walking. Fans of dune walks are well served: the area has 750 hectares of dunes to explore.

  • No beach huts
  • 750 hectares of dunes
  • Sea walking
  • Wheelchair accessible

Can you swim in Camiers?

The regional health agency monitors this beach under the code FRE1262201M062220. It’s rated good water quality over the last four seasons of testing.

2 closures or pollution incidents were reported during the last monitored season. These are one-off events, often linked to storms: after heavy rain, it’s best to wait a day or two.

Data: Ministry of Health, under Open Licence. Full details of the site are in its bathing water profile.

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