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La Flandre et le Calaisis

Oye-Plage beach

The most natural beach on the coast, bordered by a reserve

Oye-Plage beach and its wetland

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
On a lead on Les Hemmes d'Oye beach, on the campsite beach, and in the Platier d'Oye reserve. Banned from the Les Escardines swimming area from 1 July to 31 August.Council order on record; the signs on site have the final say.

Oye-Plage beach: what you need to know

Oye-Plage beach, also known as Les Écardines, is one of the most natural beaches on the Opal Coast.

It borders a protected wetland, the Platier d'Oye, which you can explore on walks run by the tourist office and the Maison dans la dune. It's home to migrating birds and rare, unspoilt flora.

No buildings, no artificial features on this beach: just nature.

  • Nature reserve
  • Birds
  • Protected wetland
  • No buildings

Can you swim in Oye-Plage?

The regional health agency monitors this beach under the code FRE1262645M062015. 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.

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