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Baie de Dournenez in Brittany is a fairly exposed beach and reef break that has fairly consistent surf, although summer tends to be mostly flat. The best wind direction is from the east with some shelter here from southwest winds. Windswells and groundswells in equal measure and the optimum swell angle is from the west. Waves at the beach break both left and right and in addition there are both left and right reef breaks.. Sometimes crowded. Watch out for rips / crowds.

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Overall Baie de Dournenez Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution

IMPORTANT: Beta version feature! Swell heights are open water values from NWW3. There is no attempt to model near-shore effects. Coastal wave heights will generally be less, especially if the break does not have unobstructed exposure to the open ocean.

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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Baie de Dournenez:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Anse du Ris	1 mi
Second closest break	Le Riz	1 mi
Third closest break	Le Guet	2 mi
Fourth closest break	Ste Anne La Palud	2 mi
Fifth closest break	Les Roches Blanches - le Leyde	3 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Baie de Dournenez:
Closest wave buoy	Channel Islands Buoy	139 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Sevenstones Buoy	160 mi
Third closest wave buoy	Brittany Buoy	200 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	Gascogne Buoy	204 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	Pembroke Buoy	244 mi
Tide stations nearest to Baie de Dournenez:
Closest tide station	St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands	124 mi
Second closest tide station	St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands - READ flaterco	124 mi
Third closest tide station	Newlyn, England	149 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Newlyn, England	149 mi
Fifth closest tide station	St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly, England	155 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Baie de Dournenez:
Closest ski area	Picos De Europa (Spain)	342 mi
Second closest ski area	Lunada (Spain)	343 mi
Third closest ski area	Alto Campoo (Spain)	351 mi
Fourth closest ski area	San-Isidro (Spain)	352 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Fuentes de Invierno (Spain)	353 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Baie de Dournenez:
Closest city location	Douarnenez (France)	2 mi
Second closest city location	Plonevez-Porzay (France)	4 mi
Third closest city location	Pouldergat (France)	4 mi
Fourth closest city location	Plogonnec (France)	5 mi
Fifth closest city location	Guengat (France)	6 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Baie de Dournenez is Pluguffan (Quimper) Airport (UIP) in France, 17 km (11 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Baie de Dournenez is Guipavas (Brest) Airport (BES), also in France, 39 km (24 miles) away.
• Third is Ploujean (Morlaix) Airport (MXN) in France, 65 km (40 miles) away.
• Lann Bihoue (Lorient) Airport (LRT) in France is 74 km (46 miles) away.
• Lannion Airport (LAI), also in France is the fifth nearest airport to Baie de Dournenez and is 94 km (58 miles) away.