{"id":27589,"date":"2026-02-06T16:11:32","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T15:11:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ladunedupilat.com\/?p=27589"},"modified":"2026-02-06T16:11:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T15:11:32","slug":"closure-of-the-petit-nice-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ladunedupilat.com\/en\/fermeture-de-la-plage-du-petit-nice\/","title":{"rendered":"Petit-Nice beach closed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Due to the strong phenomena of erosion and coastal retreat <\/strong>Due to recent events, access to the Petit Nice beach, located south of the Dune du Pilat, is <strong>banned until April 30, 2026<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A municipal order from the City of La Teste-de-Buch prohibits access to the Petit Nice beach as well as the use of the access ramp located opposite the lifeguard station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/ladunedupilat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Plage-du-Petit-Nice-Arrete-dinterdiction-1.pdf\">DOWNLOAD THE MUNICIPAL DECREE<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"un-phnomne-drosion-spectaculaire\">A spectacular erosion phenomenon<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the space of ten days, the coastline has receded by about 5 to 6 meters in the Petit Nice area.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lefigaro.fr\/bordeaux\/pres-de-la-dune-du-pilat-la-plage-du-petit-nice-fermee-pendant-trois-mois-a-cause-de-l-erosion-cotiere-20260204\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><\/a>Dune erosion has created vertical escarpments in places, 3 to 7 meters high, making descending and especially climbing back up the dune particularly dangerous. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bougerabordeaux.com\/actu\/news\/pres-de-la-dune-du-pilat-la-plage-du-petit-nice-fermee-face-a-lerosion-cotiere\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><\/a>This phenomenon is part of a broader context of erosion of the Atlantic coastline, regularly observed on the ocean beaches of the southern Arcachon Basin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Significant risks for visitors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To prevent accidents, visitors are asked to strictly adhere to the closures and signage in place on site. The order highlights several risks: falls, injuries, burial under unstable sand, and the impossibility of reaching the top of the dune ridge once below. Visitors are advised to explore other areas of the coastline and the beaches currently accessible within the municipality before planning their outing. <a href=\"https:\/\/tvba.fr\/fermeture-des-acces-aux-plages-oceanes-du-petit-nice-et-de-la-lagune\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><\/a>This temporary closure aims to ensure public safety in a rapidly changing natural environment, heavily affected by winter storms and heavy swells.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.witfm.fr\/bassin-d-arcachon-la-plage-du-petit-nice-fermee-a-cause-de-l-erosion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><\/a>\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Access to other beaches in the municipality remains possible.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Due to the severe erosion and coastal retreat that have occurred in recent days, access to\u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":27525,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-actualites","category-a-la-une","tw-post-has-image-16-9","tw-meta-no-icon"],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/ladunedupilat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Gravelot-44-scaled.jpg",2560,1707,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/ladunedupilat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Gravelot-44-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/ladunedupilat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Gravelot-44-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/ladunedupilat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Gravelot-44-768x512.jpg",580,387,true],"large":["https:\/\/ladunedupilat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Gravelot-44-1024x683.jpg",580,387,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/ladunedupilat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Gravelot-44-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/ladunedupilat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Gravelot-44-2048x1365.jpg",2048,1365,true],"trp-custom-language-flag":["https:\/\/ladunedupilat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Gravelot-44-18x12.jpg",18,12,true],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/ladunedupilat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Gravelot-44-1200x800.jpg",1200,800,true],"twentytwenty-fullscreen":["https:\/\/ladunedupilat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Gravelot-44-1980x1320.jpg",1980,1320,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"communication@ladunedupilat.com","author_link":"https:\/\/ladunedupilat.com\/en\/author\/communicationladunedupilat-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"En raison des forts ph\u00e9nom\u00e8nes d&rsquo;\u00e9rosion et de recul du trait de c\u00f4te survenus ces derniers jours, l&rsquo;acc\u00e8s \u00e0 la&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ladunedupilat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ladunedupilat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ladunedupilat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ladunedupilat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ladunedupilat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27589"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ladunedupilat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27591,"href":"https:\/\/ladunedupilat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27589\/revisions\/27591"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ladunedupilat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ladunedupilat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ladunedupilat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ladunedupilat.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}