Saint-Félix Public Beach

What sets it apart

Saint-Félix is the emergency base for the whole south-west. On busy public holidays a patrol ambulance is based here and ranges over Bel Ombre, Saint-Félix, Sainte-Marie, Rivière des Galets, La Prairie, La Preneuse and Baie du Cap. It is also one of the four beaches, with Mont Choisy, Flic en Flac and Belle Mare, where sea access for people with reduced mobility is being prepared.

The mood

The beach houses a public beach service office, as do Pereybère, Flic en Flac and Belle Mare, together with a tuckshop, a small beach shop in front of which the floating beach wheelchair days are held.

Highlights

• 6.6 hectares and some 819 metres of shoreline
• A public beach since 2005, and in part since 1991
• Base of the south-west patrol ambulance, for seven public beaches
• Public beach service office on site
• One of the four beaches where sea access for people with reduced mobility is being prepared
• Floating beach wheelchair days, opposite the tuckshop

Good to know

• This is the base of the south-west patrol ambulance on public holidays: it also covers Bel Ombre, Sainte-Marie, Rivière des Galets, La Prairie, La Preneuse and Baie du Cap.
• Sea access for people with reduced mobility is being prepared: it is not yet in service.
• The floating beach wheelchair days are held with associations and by registration: this is not a walk-up service.
• The beach service office is on site; it does close exceptionally at times.

Getting there

The beach lies on the south coast, in the Savanne district, between Bel Ombre to the west and Pomponette to the east. This is where the south-west patrol ambulance is based on busy public holidays, and from here that it ranges over seven beaches. The beach service office and the tuckshop serve as landmarks.