Baie de Douarnenez Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s talk about Baie de Douarnenez. Look, it’s going to be a quiet stretch. The next couple of weeks are going to be pretty slow, with only a few small windows of clean, surfable waves mixed in with long gaps where the conditions just aren’t worth paddling out.

Right now, for Sunday the 5th, we have small 2ft swell from the west with a 9-second period, and a light cross-offshore breeze. The water temp is about average for this time of year. The energy is weak (109). It's surfable but very ordinary. Honestly, that's the best description. By Sunday afternoon the wind swings onshore and it's done.

Monday the 6th is similar – a small 2ft west-northwest swell in the morning with clean conditions. Another one of those "go for a paddle but don't expect much" kind of days. The rest of Monday and Tuesday are weak and mostly blown out or flat.

We get a little reprieve Wednesday the 8th with a clean 2ft swell during the morning, but it's tiny. Then Thursday the 9th and Friday the 10th offer up some glassy conditions early with a clean 2ft and 3ft swell respectively. The energy on Friday morning is starting to show a bit of life at 115, but it’s still very modest. Friday afternoon gets messy again.

Now, the one standout in this whole period is Saturday the 11th. The morning session brings a clean 2ft swell from the west with a steady offshore breeze from the east-northeast. The energy is building to 130. It'll be clean with those offshores. Then the afternoon is a bit weird – a bigger pulse of 4ft from the northwest with a period of 10 seconds, combined energy jumps right up to 457, but it comes with a light cross-onshore wind. It's marginal. If you’re quick, the morning is your best bet.

After that, it gets grim. From Sunday the 12th all the way through to Saturday the 18th, it’s a long, flat, poor run. Strong onshore winds or strong offshores on tiny waves. There are maybe some clean 1ft waves on Monday the 13th afternoon, but that’s barely a ripple. Keep the board in the shed.

The very end of the outlook, Sunday the 19th and Monday the 20th, sees some bigger swell arrive. We’re talking 6ft to 8ft from the southwest on the 19th, and 5ft from the west on the 20th. But the winds are onshore or cross-onshore and the wave energy is strong (306 to 932), but the quality is described as poor. That combination of solid but messy swell and onshore wind makes this look more interesting for kite surfing than traditional paddle surfing. Not for us.

So, to sum it up. Saturday the 11th morning at Baie de Douarnenez is the only true standout you’ve got – small but clean with a little push. The rest of the 16-day run is a mix of onshore slop and flat spells. Keep an eye on it, but don’t hold your breath.

Stay tuned, Rusty.

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