A strip of sand becomes a nature reserve.

"A daily playground for sand, water, and wind..."

The Sandbank of Arguin, situated at the entrance of the Basin of Arcachon, is the biggest sandbank of the region.
Although its contours change all the time under the influence of the tides, it measures at low tide about 4 by 2 kilometres. Not only yachtsmen and oyster farmers (who installed numerous oyster parks) appreciate the sandbank : it also serves as a favourite resting place for many species of migrating birds. It shelters, for example, every spring the biggest colony of sterns (sea-swallows).

The Sandbank of Arguin has been declared a nature reserve in 1972.

In the summer season, the Sandbank of Arguin attracts many boatsmen, but the approach is often made very difficult and even dangerous by the nearby channels. So be very careful!

Finally we would like to remark that domestic animals are in general not allowed on the Sandbank of Arguin.