Ciboure

Egiategia in Ciboure, France

Just off the coast of Saint Jean De Luz, near the breakwater that protects the bay from Atlantic swells, floats a cheerful yellow buoy unnoticed by most tourists and beach-goers at the popular resort town across the harbor. It's easy to miss, but it's the only above-water sign of something remarkable on the ocean floor about 15 meters below. Egiategia (the name is a Basque play on words that ro…