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But when I got my first sight on the break, I was shocked. It was completely flat. I parked the van and watched for a while but not a single surf-able set arrived. This seemed impossible, with the sheltered point further west having swell and nothing at all here. A south-southwest swell should reach this much more exposed part of the coast. The lack of any motion in this part of the bay was more than strange.
I decided to drive back to the point. Once there I climbed down the cliff to check if the still well-lined but small swell was actually surfable. It looked like about hip-high in sets, breaking in very shallow waters, but probably worth a try. But I also spotted lots of driftwood in the lineup, with the odd half submerged tree trunk. It deemed a bit risky, paddling out there all alone. But the day was still very young and so, after some hesitation, I decided to head to the coast west of Saint Tropez and try my luck over there.
At the centre of the Baie de Cavalaire I stopped at one of the few beach parkings without height restriction bar and hurried to a section of the beach facing straight south. As neither easterly nor westerly swells ever make it into this part of the bay, I never ever had seen any waves break here.
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