You never get tired of the Sanguinet Lake.

Regardless of the time of the day, the bad or good weather, the temperatures…the Sanguinet Lake is always beautiful.

And if you want to know its history, read this article:

 

The history of the Sanguinet Lake

 

The Sanguinet and Cazaux Lake is one of the biggest lakes in the Landes. It is situated along the Aquitaine coastline, in the department of Gironde and the Landes, from Cazaux village to the La Teste de Buch municipality, until the east of Sanguinet and the south of Biscarosse.

It was formed by the accumulation of waters coming from the prairie in the Landes, in particular thanks to the Gourgue, a river where the old village Losa was established before disappearing under the waters.

 

The technical sheet of the Sanguinet Lake

 

Type of lake: natural prairie lake

Public Lake:
2 300ha are managed by the AAPPMA of Sanguinet.
The other hectares are managed by the AAPPMA of Biscarosse for the southern part of the lake, and by the fishery association of Cazaux for the northern part.

Filled with water: Hundreds of thousands of years ago

Year(s) of the emptying of the lake: this natural lake has never been emptied.

Water hardness (indicator of the minerals in the water): from hard to very hard

Authorized night fishing: No

Altitude: 22 metres

Surface area: lake is 5,500 square hectares for 500 million cubic metres. It is 11 km long and 10 km wide.

Depth / Topography:
The depth is quite zero at the bank and at 50 metres from the bank it is 3 to 7 meters deep with a slight slope.
The maximal depth is 23 metres with an 8.6 m average.

The record(s):
A mirror carp of 26.46Kg was fished in 1994 and was never put back in the lake.

The last record: a mirror carp of 29 Kgs.

(Source : Colinmaire)

 

The Sanguinet Lake has plenty of wonders and histories.

 

From the 70’s, the site of Sanguinet has been explored little by little and meticulously

measured. The divers of CRESS (Research and Scientific Studies Centre of Sanguinet) has identified several sites of the Iron Age in the former bed of the river Gourgue. They have discovered 35 pirogues (two of them are in the museum) and numerous very valuable vestiges.

Some pieces of pottery, bronze axes, flints and bracelets were found in the lake in 2010 at depths ranging from 14 to 16 metres. They are from the Neolithic periods.

 

The sport activities of the lake

 

But the Sanguinet Lake is not only a rich source for fishing, it is also the perfect place to exert yourself and practice a sport.

You can practice many aquatic sports in the lake such as:

  • Wakeboard
  • Wakeskate
  • Wake surf
  • Water-skiing
  • Barefoot
  • Windsurf
  • Sailing
  • Canoe-Kayak
  • Scuba-diving

 

If you have not visited the Sanguinet Lake yet, come this summer!