default:

Arome HD 1.3

MF Arome 1.3

UKMO UK 2

DMI HARMONIE 2

MF Arome 2.5

KNMI EU 5.5

DWD ICON EU 7

UKMO Global 10

DWD ICON Global 11

MF Arpege EU 11

GFS global 13

GFS GRAPES 13

GEM Global 15

BOM ACCESS 15

GFS GraphCast 25

ECMWF IFS 25

ECMWF AIFS 28

ECMWF IFS 44

JMA gSM 55

MF Arpege 55

Model	Arome HD 1.3 km run: 30/04 13:26																								Arpege EU 11 km run: 30/04 13:26																														Icon Global 11 km run: 30/04 13:26																																																			GFS 13 km run: 30/04 13:26																																																																unknown run: 30/04 13:26
Date Optimal	We 30 13h	We 30 14h	We 30 15h	We 30 16h	We 30 17h	We 30 18h	We 30 19h	We 30 20h	We 30 21h	Th 1 7h	Th 1 8h	Th 1 9h	Th 1 10h	Th 1 11h	Th 1 12h	Th 1 13h	Th 1 14h	Th 1 15h	Th 1 16h	Th 1 17h	Th 1 18h	Th 1 19h	Th 1 20h	Th 1 21h	Fr 2 7h	Fr 2 8h	Fr 2 9h	Fr 2 10h	Fr 2 11h	Fr 2 12h	Fr 2 13h	Fr 2 14h	Fr 2 15h	Fr 2 16h	Fr 2 17h	Fr 2 18h	Fr 2 19h	Fr 2 20h	Fr 2 21h	Sa 3 7h	Sa 3 8h	Sa 3 9h	Sa 3 10h	Sa 3 11h	Sa 3 12h	Sa 3 13h	Sa 3 14h	Sa 3 15h	Sa 3 16h	Sa 3 17h	Sa 3 18h	Sa 3 19h	Sa 3 20h	Sa 3 21h	Su 4 7h	Su 4 8h	Su 4 9h	Su 4 10h	Su 4 11h	Su 4 12h	Su 4 13h	Su 4 14h	Su 4 15h	Su 4 16h	Su 4 17h	Su 4 18h	Su 4 19h	Su 4 20h	Su 4 21h	Mo 5 7h	Mo 5 8h	Mo 5 9h	Mo 5 10h	Mo 5 11h	Mo 5 12h	Mo 5 13h	Mo 5 14h	Mo 5 15h	Mo 5 16h	Mo 5 17h	Mo 5 18h	Mo 5 19h	Mo 5 20h	Mo 5 21h	Tu 6 7h	Tu 6 8h	Tu 6 9h	Tu 6 10h	Tu 6 11h	Tu 6 12h	Tu 6 13h	Tu 6 14h	Tu 6 15h	Tu 6 16h	Tu 6 17h	Tu 6 18h	Tu 6 19h	Tu 6 20h	Tu 6 21h	We 7 7h	We 7 8h	We 7 9h	We 7 10h	We 7 11h	We 7 12h	We 7 13h	We 7 14h	We 7 15h	We 7 16h	We 7 17h	We 7 18h	We 7 19h	We 7 20h	We 7 21h	Th 8 7h	Th 8 8h	Th 8 9h	Th 8 10h	Th 8 11h	Th 8 12h	Th 8 13h	Th 8 14h	Th 8 15h	Th 8 16h	Th 8 17h	Th 8 18h	Th 8 19h	Th 8 20h	Th 8 21h	Fr 9 7h	Fr 9 8h	Fr 9 9h	Fr 9 10h	Fr 9 11h	Fr 9 12h	Fr 9 13h	Fr 9 14h	Fr 9 15h	Fr 9 16h	Fr 9 17h	Fr 9 18h	Fr 9 19h	Fr 9 20h	Fr 9 21h	Sa 10 7h	Sa 10 8h	Sa 10 9h	Sa 10 10h	Sa 10 11h	Sa 10 12h	Sa 10 13h	Sa 10 14h	Sa 10 15h	Sa 10 16h	Sa 10 17h	Sa 10 18h	Sa 10 19h	Sa 10 20h	Sa 10 21h	Su 11 7h	Su 11 8h	Su 11 9h	Su 11 10h	Su 11 11h	Su 11 12h	Su 11 13h	Su 11 14h	Su 11 15h	Su 11 16h	Su 11 17h	Su 11 18h	Su 11 19h	Su 11 20h	Su 11 21h	Mo 12 7h	Mo 12 8h	Mo 12 9h	Mo 12 10h	Mo 12 11h	Mo 12 12h	Mo 12 13h	Mo 12 14h	Mo 12 15h	Mo 12 16h	Mo 12 17h	Mo 12 18h	Mo 12 19h	Mo 12 20h	Mo 12 21h	Tu 13 7h	Tu 13 8h	Tu 13 9h	Tu 13 10h	Tu 13 11h	Tu 13 12h	Tu 13 13h	Tu 13 14h	Tu 13 15h	Tu 13 16h	Tu 13 17h	Tu 13 18h	Tu 13 19h	Tu 13 20h	Tu 13 21h	We 14 7h	We 14 8h	We 14 9h	We 14 10h	We 14 11h	We 14 12h	We 14 13h	We 14 14h	We 14 15h	We 14 16h	We 14 17h	We 14 18h	We 14 19h	We 14 20h	We 14 21h	Th 15 7h	Th 15 8h	Th 15 9h	Th 15 10h	Th 15 11h	Th 15 12h	Th 15 13h	Th 15 14h	Th 15 15h	Th 15 16h	Th 15 17h	Th 15 18h	Th 15 19h	Th 15 20h	Th 15 21h
Wind Dir.
Wind Spd. (kn)	13	13	12	9	9	6	5	4	3	10	11	12	14	12	10	8	5	8	8	6	6	5	6	4	4	5	7	6	7	6	6	5	5	7	7	5	3	3	1	5	4	3	3	2	2	3	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	7	5	5	7	8	7	9	10	12	12	13	13	9	8	6	7	8	9	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	7	7	9	11	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	12	11	7	8	9	11	12	12	11	10	7	6	6	7	8	8	8	6	7	8	9	11	12	12	13	13	13	12	11	10	9	8	6	6	6	5	5	6	8	9	10	11	11	11	12	13	12	5	5	5	5	3	1	4	7	7	5	3	3	3	3	2	8	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	7	5	2	1	3	7	6	5	5	4	4	6	7	6	6	8	9	10	10	9	6	5	5	4	4	6	8	10	11	11	12	12	11	10	10	3	3	2	1	2	4	6	7	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	7	9	11	13	14	14	14	12
Gusts (kn)	22	22	21	16	16	12	11	8	7	16	17	18	23	23	21	17	15	16	15	14	10	9	11	11	9	8	11	12	12	12	13	13	11	15	15	13	9	8	5	8	7	6	7	7	6	8	8	8	9	10	9	9	10	8	8	8	9	11	11	10	11	14	13	15	18	19	20	21	21	15	13	11	13	15	16	18	20	20	20	21	21	20	20	17	12	12	15	18	21	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	20	13	13	15	18	20	20	21	21	5	5	6	7	8	9	9	10	10	11	12	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	8	9	10	12	13	14	15	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	3	3	2	1	1	1	12	13	12	11	10	10	9	9	8	8	7	5	2	1	3	7	6	5	3	2	2	3	4	5	6	7	9	11	13	13	8	9	8	7	6	6	7	8	9	10	11	11	11	11	10	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	5	6	6	7	8	9	10	11	7	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	9	11	13	15	16	17	17
Wave Direction
Wave Ht. (m)	1.4	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.1	1.1	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6
Wave Per.	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Wave Energy (Kj)	106	104	106	105	100	100	95	93	87	55	55	56	58	60	64	69	74	82	91	103	115	131	149	165	259	257	249	240	233	224	215	201	193	185	173	163	154	139	130	78	73	72	67	65	61	59	56	55	52	50	47	44	44	42	25	25	23	21	19	18	17	16	15	15	14	13	13	14	14	15	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	14	14	15	16	15	16	17	16	17	17	19	19	20	19	20
Temp. (°C)	20	20	20	21	19	19	19	18	18	17	16	16	17	16	17	17	17	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	11	12	13	15	16	18	19	20	21	22	23	23	23	21	18	13	14	15	16	17	17	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	15	15	11	12	12	12	13	13	14	15	19	19	18	17	16	15	14	8	8	9	10	12	13	14	14	15	15	14	13	12	11	10	7	8	9	11	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	12	11	9	9	11	12	13	14	15	16	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	11	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	12	12	8	9	9	11	12	12	13	13	14	14	15	14	14	13	11	7	7	9	11	12	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	7	7	9	11	12	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	12	8	9	10	12	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	14	13	8	9	10	12	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	13	12	8	9	10	12	13	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	12	9	9	11	13	15	16	17	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	15
Rain (mm)																																						0.7	3.7
Cloud Cov. (%)										100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	96	68	60	90	60	100	100	100	100	100	74	41	1			4	28	22	3	8	19	23	17	3		100	100	100	100	100	100	83	67	82	74	67	69	72	74	72	27	38	29	57	86	80	73	67	58	49	40	44	48	52	35			30	59	89	88	87	86	75	65	54	36	18			54	71	80	88	97	96	96	95	89	94	100	100	100	100	80	60	53	49	46	42	60	78	96	94	93	91	88	84	81	87	92	100	100	100	100	99	99	98	98	97	97	98	98	99	73	34	31	21	10		12	23	35	57	78	100	90	80	70	54	20	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	15	16	18	34	7	7	7	7	9	12	14	15	16	17	14	10	7	5			1	3	4	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	3	2	1									76	100	100	100	100	72	43	15	22	30	37	58	79	100	90
Tide Ht.	0.6	0.7	1.5	2.5	3.6	4.4	4.8	4.7	4.2	4.4	4.5	4.2	3.5	2.7	1.8	1.1	0.9	1.1	1.8	2.7	3.6	4.3	4.5	4.4	3.6	4.1	4.1	3.8	3.3	2.6	1.9	1.4	1.2	1.5	2.1	2.9	3.5	4.0	4.2	2.9	3.4	3.7	3.8	3.6	3.2	2.6	2.1	1.7	1.5	1.8	2.2	2.8	3.4	3.7	2.2	2.7	3.1	3.4	3.5	3.4	3.1	2.7	2.3	1.9	1.8	1.9	2.2	2.7	3.1	1.8	2.1	2.5	2.9	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.2	2.9	2.5	2.1	1.8	1.9	2.1	2.5	1.6	1.7	2.0	2.4	2.9	3.2	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.0	2.5	2.1	1.8	1.8	2.0	1.7	1.5	1.6	1.9	2.4	2.9	3.4	3.6	3.7	3.5	3.0	2.5	1.9	1.6	1.6	2.0	1.6	1.4	1.5	2.0	2.6	3.2	3.6	3.8	3.8	3.5	2.9	2.3	1.7	1.4	2.5	1.8	1.3	1.2	1.5	2.1	2.8	3.5	3.9	4.0	3.8	3.4	2.7	2.0	1.4	2.9	2.1	1.5	1.1	1.2	1.7	2.4	3.2	3.8	4.1	4.1	3.7	3.1	2.3	1.6	3.3	2.5	1.8	1.2	1.0	1.3	2.0	2.8	3.6	4.1	4.3	4.1	3.5	2.8	2.0	3.7	3.0	2.2	1.4	1.0	1.1	1.6	2.4	3.3	4.0	4.4	4.3	3.9	3.2	2.4	4.0	3.3	2.6	1.8	1.2	1.0	1.3	1.9	2.8	3.7	4.2	4.4	4.2	3.6	2.8	4.2	3.7	3.0	2.2	1.5	1.1	1.1	1.6	2.4	3.2	4.0	4.4	4.3	3.9	3.2	4.2	3.9	3.3	2.6	1.9	1.4	1.2	1.4	1.9	2.7	3.5	4.1	4.3	4.1	3.6
Tide Dir.	low						high			high							low						high			high						low							high			high						low											high						low										high						low				low						high						low				low						high						low				low						high						low			low						high										low						high									low						high										low						high										low					high										low						high										low						high
Tide Time	13:10						19:20			07:50							14:00						20:10			08:40						14:50							21:00			09:40						15:50											11:00						17:00										12:30						18:20				07:10						13:40						19:30				08:10						14:40						20:30				09:00						15:20						21:20			09:40						15:50										10:20						16:20									10:50						16:50										11:20						17:20										12:00					17:50										12:30						18:30										13:00						19:00

Level: Intermediate, Expert

Type: Ocean

Water type: Medium wave, Big wave

Water hazards: Reefs, Rocks, Stones

Water quality: Clean

Infos: Small to medium waves, good for wave beginners in an enclosed bay.

Beach type & size: Sand - Medium

Infos: Nice sandy beach, about 1.5 km long. Lots of space.

Identified hazards: Rocks, Fence

Beachgoer: July, August

Weather specificities: Air and water are a bit fresh, but in summer it is quite nice. Wetsuit is really needed if your not in summer. A lot of depressions pass on this area.

Wind type: Frontal

Wind specificities: Because of its situation, a lot of depressions pass on this place. That's made this spot a really good one for the wind. Very windy in winter. Best in W and NW.

Best months: April, May, October, November

Access description: by Car - From the main city of Quimper (35 km), follow the road signs to Pont l'Abb; Saint Gunol and Penmarc'h (main road: D785). While approaching, look for Plomeur city. (Not Plomeur ! This is 150 km away !). At Plomeur center, follow road signs to La Torche point (or ask anyone, everybody knows where it is!). Once you get on the parking lot, walk on the right (North) side of the point: here it is. From Brest go South, and follow the direction 'La Torche' and then 'Pointe de la Torche'. Get to the south of the point to access the bay.

Specific rules: Zones

Extra: Special kite zone during summer.

Accommodations: School, Shop, Toilet, Food, Parking

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