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Penhors in Brittany is an exposed break. that has quite reliable surf, although summer tends to be mostly flat. Works best in offshore winds from the east northeast. Windswells and groundswells in equal measure and the best swell direction is from the southwest.. Sometimes crowded.

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Overall Penhors 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 Penhors:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Plovan	2 mi
Second closest break	Pors Poulhan	4 mi
Third closest break	Gwendrez	4 mi
Fourth closest break	Plage de Guendrez	6 mi
Fifth closest break	Tronoen	7 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Penhors:
Closest wave buoy	Channel Islands Buoy	152 mi
Second closest wave buoy	Sevenstones Buoy	168 mi
Third closest wave buoy	Gascogne Buoy	191 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	Brittany Buoy	193 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	Pembroke Buoy	255 mi
Tide stations nearest to Penhors:
Closest tide station	St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands	135 mi
Second closest tide station	St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands - READ flaterco	135 mi
Third closest tide station	Newlyn, England	158 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Newlyn, England	158 mi
Fifth closest tide station	St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly, England	162 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Penhors:
Closest ski area	Picos De Europa (Spain)	331 mi
Second closest ski area	Lunada (Spain)	333 mi
Third closest ski area	Alto Campoo (Spain)	339 mi
Fourth closest ski area	San-Isidro (Spain)	339 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Fuentes de Invierno (Spain)	341 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Penhors:
Closest city location	Pouldreuzic (France)	2 mi
Second closest city location	Plozevet (France)	2 mi
Third closest city location	Landudec (France)	6 mi
Fourth closest city location	Plouhinec (France)	6 mi
Fifth closest city location	Ploneour-Lanvern (France)	7 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Penhors is Pluguffan (Quimper) Airport (UIP) in France, 19 km (12 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Penhors is Guipavas (Brest) Airport (BES), also in France, 56 km (35 miles) away.
• Third is Lann Bihoue (Lorient) Airport (LRT) in France, 75 km (47 miles) away.
• Ploujean (Morlaix) Airport (MXN) in France is 86 km (53 miles) away.
• Lannion Airport (LAI), also in France is the fifth nearest airport to Penhors and is 114 km (71 miles) away.