My girlfriend is dragging me to South West France in September,
Has anyone sailed this coast? surfing is all time so I hear but what about the wavesailing????

The big surf sport there now would be tow-in surfing well off the coast. The put a barge out and use it to prepare.

A bit further north on the west coast provided some good conditions when I was driving around the place.

On the south side of Bretange: Quiberon and La Baule had some OK conditions. La Torche, which is on the tip of bretange, rocks. If there is no wind at La Torche you'll find plenty of surf waves.

Quiberon: http://www.topspots.org/spots/spot.php?id=70
La Torche: www.windlords.com/france/audierne.htm (scroll down)

If you see big winds comming while you're there - consider La Torche!

Last summer there was a French intern working for Bic/Fiberspar in our area. He was from Nantes as I remember and attended the Uni there. I asked him about Normandy since that's the only part of France I have not visited. He told me to forget it because it rains too much there.

September is the begining of the strong wind "Tramontane" and "Mistral" in south France on the mediteraneean sea from Perpignan to Hyeres you'll get lots of wind..wavesailing ais better from Marseilles to Hyeres.
enjoy


South west France is crap for wind but really good for surf
forget about windsurfing there...it is only on lakes or big shore break condition on the ocean..wind start further north (north of Bordeaux) so near Ile de Re and Ile d'Oleron..Brittany is good for wind and wave but rainy and a good 700km from the south west.
good luck

I'll keep you posted, when I say dragging I mean kicking and screaming with joy..... after France i'm off to LA then Maui.... Do you feel my pain?

Do you plan on renting equipment? I was wondering what kind of rental stuff is available on L'ile de Ré. The TGV from Paris goes to Nantes as I remember, too. Actually, though, if I ever sail in Europe, I prabably won't do it in France. Besides the way the dollar has been loosing value these days, there's a good chance you will be paying through the nose in the tourist season this summer.