Grande Trait Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(Loire Atlantique, France)

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Grande Trait Surf Guide

Grande Trait in Brittany is an exposed beach break that has quite reliable surf, although summer tends to be mostly flat. The best wind direction is from the northeast. Waves just as likely from local windswells as from distant groundswells and the best swell direction is from the southwest. The beach break offers both left and right hand waves. Best around high tide. Take care to avoid the rocks.

Grande Trait Spot Info

Type:	Rating:	Reliability:	Todays Sea Temp*:
Beach	2	fairly consistent	15.5°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite

Surfing Grande Trait:

The best conditions reported for surf at Grande Trait occur when a Southwest swell combines with an offshore wind direction from the Northeast.

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What's the best time of year to surf Grande Trait (for consistent clean waves)?

marchBest Season: spring

The best time of year for surfing Grande Trait with consistent clean waves (rideable swell with light / offshore winds) is during Spring and most often the month of March. Clean surfable waves are typically found 36% of the time in March while 54% of the time it tends to be blown out. For the remaining 10% of the time it is considered too small by most surfers but may still be OK for beginners and groms at times.

clean

36%

Surfable waves that hold up well for longer rides in prevailing cross-offshore, offshore or light wind conditions.

blown out

54%

Surfable sized waves that are of poorer quality due to prevailing onshore, cross-onshore or windy conditions (may be preferable for kitesurfing).

too small

10%

Waves usually considered too small for good surf. Some wave-magnet breaks may still work though if conditions are right (on occasion).

Explore Grande Trait Location Map

Interactive Grande Trait surf break location map. View information about nearby surf breaks, their wave consistency and rating compared to other spots in the region. Current swell conditions from local buoys are shown along with live wind speed and direction from nearby weather stations. Click icons on the map for more detail. The closest passenger airport to Grande Trait is Montoir (St.-nazaire) Airport (SNR) in France, 15 km (9 miles) away (directly). The second nearest airport to Grande Trait is Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE), also in France, 54 km (34 miles) away.

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Please note that some surf spot locations are approximate to protect their exact location while others are not shown at close zoom level.

Grande Trait Surf Forecasts:

Hourly Forecast

16 Day Forecast

Todays Surf Summary
Wednesday, 6 May 2026, 08:42 Local Time

m, °C	Wednesday 06
ft, °F	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Wave (m)	W	W	NW	WNW
Period (s)	8	8	5	4
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross

What does Grande Trait look like?

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Tides at Grande Trait

Current tide and informaton

For Pornichet, 4 km from Grande Trait.

Next High Water: 07:59pm | 3.93m

Next Low Water: 02:35pm | 1.05m

NEXT	IS AT (local time)	remaining
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Grande Trait Sea Temperature

The Grande Trait water temperature is rather cool (15.5 °C) and the air temperature will feel about the same. A good quality spring wetsuit with optional neoprene boots should suffice. No need for wetsuit gloves.

Today, many surfers would wear a spring wetsuit and neoprene boots.