<ul><li>La plage - the beach</li><li>Le sable – the sand</li><li>Une plage de sable - a sand beach</li><li>Une plage de galets - a round pebble beach</li><li>Une crique - a little beach between clifs</li><li>Une dune de sable - a sand dune</li><li>Un banc de sable - a sand banc, a temporary island</li><li>Une falaise - a cliff</li><li>Une baie – a bay</li><li>Une péninsule – a peninsula</li><li>Un rocher – a rock</li><li>Une côte – a coast</li><li>Une île – an island</li></ul><ul><li>La mer - the sea (don&#39;t mistake with the homonyms &#34;la mère&#34; - the mother, and &#34;le maire&#34; - the mayor)</li><li>L&#39;océan - the Ocean (watch out the pronunciation o - say - an/nasal)</li><li>Une vague - a wave (strong French &#34;a&#34; sound, don&#39;t say it like the word &#34;vague&#34;)</li><li>L’eau (f) - the water (pronounced “lo”)</li><li>Un courant - a current</li><li>Le vent - the wind</li><li>La marée haute - high tide</li><li>La marée basse - low tide</li><li>Les mouettes – seagulls (sounds like mwet)</li><li>Les poissons – fishes</li><li>Une algue – a seaweed</li><li>Une huitre – an oyster (une nweetr)</li><li>Un pin – a pine tree</li></ul><ul><li>Un parasol - a sun umbrela</li><li>Une chaise longue – a beach chair</li><li>De la crême solaire - some sun screen</li><li>Des lunettes de soleil - sun glasses</li><li>Une serviette de plage - a beach towel</li><li>Un sac de plage - a beach bag</li><li> <a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/prendre-to-take-1370672" data-component="link" data-source="inlineLink" data-type="internalLink" data-ordinal="1">Prendre</a> un bain de soleil – to sunbathe</li><li>Faire des chateaux de sable - to build sand castle</li><li>Une pelle - a shovel (it kind of sounds like the English &#34;pail&#34;, so it can be confusing)</li><li>Un rateau - a rake</li><li>Un seau - a pail </li><li>Bronzer - to suntan</li><li>Prendre/attraper un coup de soleil – to get sunburned</li><li>Un sac étanche - a waterproof bag</li><li>Une combinaison de plongée - a wet suit</li><li>Des palmes - flippers</li><li>Un masque - a mask</li><li>Un tuba - a snorkle (yes, this one is quite weird !!)</li><li>Un maitre nageur - A beach/pool guard</li><li>La natation – swimming (the noun)</li><li>Une piscine – a pool (sounds just like “piss in” LOL)</li></ul><ul><li> <a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/nager-to-swim-1370551" data-component="link" data-source="inlineLink" data-type="internalLink" data-ordinal="1">Nager</a> - to swim</li><li>Se baigner - to bathe (meaning being in the water, swimming or not)</li><li>Patauger - to be in water and splash around like a kid would</li><li>Nager la brasse - to do the breast stroke</li><li>Nager le crawl - to do the crawl</li><li>Sauter dans l&#39;eau - jump in the water</li><li>Plonger – to dive</li><li>Surfer sur les vague - surf the waves</li><li>Boire la tasse – to accidentally swallow (sea, pool...) water</li><li>Se noyer - to drown</li><li>Faire du surf - to surf</li><li>Faire de la planche à voile - to windsurf</li><li>Faire du ski nautique - to water ski</li><li>Faire du ski jet - to jetski</li><li>Faire de la plongée sous-marine - to do scuba diving</li><li>Faire de la plongée libre - to snorkle</li><li>Faire du masque et du tuba - to snorkle (longer but more used)</li><li>Faire de la voile - to sail</li><li>Faire du kayak - to kayak</li></ul><p>Now that you&#39;ve mastered the French beach and water sports vocabulary, practice your understanding of it in my &#34;learn in context&#34; articles - see links below!</p><p><a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/at-the-beach-an-easy-french-english-bilingual-story-1368047" data-component="link" data-source="inlineLink" data-type="internalLink" data-ordinal="2">À la plage! A &#34;Learn French vocabulary in context&#34; story</a></p><p><a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/camille-va-nager-french-english-bilingual-easy-story-1368048" data-component="link" data-source="inlineLink" data-type="internalLink" data-ordinal="3">Camille va nager ! A &#34;Learn French Vocabulary in Context&#34; story</a></p><p>I post exclusive mini lessons, tips, pictures and more daily on my Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest pages - so join me there!</p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/frenchtoday" data-component="link" data-source="inlineLink" data-type="externalLink" data-ordinal="4">https://www.facebook.com/frenchtoday</a></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/frenchToday" data-component="link" data-source="inlineLink" data-type="externalLink" data-ordinal="5">https://twitter.com/frenchtoday</a></p><p><a href="https://www.pinterest.com/frenchtoday/" data-component="link" data-source="inlineLink" data-type="externalLink" data-ordinal="6">https://www.pinterest.com/frenchtoday/</a></p>