In front of Port Nature and Heliopolis there are restaurants, bars and cafes with steps leading down to the beach. In this part of the strand there are enclosures where you can pay £15 a day for a sunbed and parasol. The beach then stretches out in front of the campsite. A long man-made dune runs behind the beach, sheltering the campsite from sea breezes and ends at a dune-top cafˇ, where an area of natural dunes begins.

Until the mid-1990's the dunes were a popular swinging and exhibitionist spot especially in the early evenings. Now however they are covered with fences and strictly out of bounds while mounted police patrol from a hut next to the café to prevent sexual activity on the beach.

A hundred yards beyond the police station, in front of the dunes, remains the 'adult beach'. It is easily identified because it has no children and people's towels are rather closer together than on the rest of the strand. It comes to an end with the much smaller 'gay beach'. In the early evenings after about 6pm, when it is still warm but the police have knocked off, you can occasionally see crowds gather around couples determined to make an exhibition of themselves before the sun goes down!

Apparently the police only patrol in the main season, from 1 July to 15th September. Before and after these dates the adult beach returns to its former glory.

The beach is the last place you would expect to receive a flyer inviting you to a non-conformist event but do not be alarmed. Non-conformist is a French euphemism for swinger, comparable to the English-language lifestyler. The usual French word for swinger is libertine and swinging is libertinage or l'Exchangisme.

The beach is an experience of a lifetime because it holds tens of thousands of naked people on a sunny day. Those who want to show off walk up and down along the shoreline or disport themselves on the adult beach. Here there is the intense feeling of being watched, as couples eye each other up for later. Couples often meet new friends on the beach and go off together for drinks, something to eat and some fun. However, this is a lot easier if one of you speaks French or German because almost all the conversation is in these languages. However, the language of love can sometimes overcome all barriers, as several Fever couples can testify.