Tombant du Bec de l'Aigle

A drop-off on the seaward, roughly south to south-west-facing foot of the Bec de l'Aigle headland, looking out across the open mouth of La Ciotat bay toward Île Verte. The bulk of the headland and the Cap Canaille cliffs to the north-west shelter it from the strong Mistral, making it the club go-to when that wind blows; the real exposure is to the south-easterly Marin (Scirocco) and to the south-west Libeccio, whose wind-waves wrap onto the open S–SW face and can build surge. Microtidal Mediterranean, so swell is short-fetch wind-wave rather than ocean groundswell.