Surf spots and live cams in Morbihan

• Guidel – La Falaise Guidel · Beginner · Beach break
  La Falaise is the northernmost of the Guidel-Plages beaches, a sandy stretch of roughly 800 m at the mouth of the Laïta river.
• Guidel – Plage du Loch Guidel · Intermediate · Beach break · live cam
  Plage du Loch (also spelt Loc'h) is the busiest and most reliable surf beach around Lorient, about 600 m of sand in front of the Fort du Loc'h with several…
• Fort-Bloqué (Pen er Malo) Guidel · Beginner · Beach break
  The long sandy beach either side of the Fort-Bloqué (Fort de Keragan) runs for nearly 2 km across the Guidel–Ploemeur boundary.
• Ploemeur – Les Moules Ploemeur · Intermediate · Reef break
  Les Moules is a small reef just south of the Fort-Bloqué beach: flat rock slabs and patches of sand that throw short, quick lefts and rights.
• Ploemeur – Les Kaolins Ploemeur · Expert · Reef break
  Les Kaolins is the best-known reef around Lorient: a fast, hollow and powerful right over a shallow, uneven rock ledge in front of the Ploemeur golf course.
• Ploemeur – Pointe du Courégant Ploemeur · Advanced · Reef break
  Off the Pointe du Courégant a big peak breaks over an outer reef, but only when a large west to south-west swell arrives with offshore wind.
• Larmor-Plage – Kerguélen Larmor-Plage · Intermediate · Beach break
  Kerguélen is a long beach on the western side of Larmor-Plage, best known for its large sailing and watersports centre rather than for surf.
• Larmor-Plage – Toulhars Larmor-Plage · Intermediate · Beach break
  Toulhars is a sheltered beach inside the Lorient roads, protected from most swell by the Île de Groix and the Gâvres peninsula.
• Larmor-Plage – Pic Kipu Larmor-Plage · Advanced · Reef break
  Pic Kipu, known locally as 'le Kip'', is a rock reef just along from Toulhars beach, inside the entrance to the Lorient roads.
• Gâvres – Grande Plage Gâvres · Intermediate · Beach break
  The Grande Plage runs along the ocean side of the Gâvres peninsula from Port Guerh towards Linès and on into Plouhinec.
• Plouhinec – Linès Plouhinec · Intermediate · Beach break
  Linès is the western end of the long, dune-backed beach that runs for kilometres from the Gâvres peninsula towards the Étel estuary, inside the protected…
• Barre d'Étel Étel · Expert · River mouth · live cam
  The Barre d'Étel is the shifting, crescent-shaped sandbank at the mouth of the Rivière d'Étel, between Plouhinec and Erdeven.
• Erdeven – Kerminihy Erdeven · Intermediate · Beach break
  Kerminihy is the wildest beach in Erdeven, about 2 km of sand and dunes running south-east from the mouth of the Étel river towards La Roche Sèche.
• Erdeven – Kerhillio Erdeven · Beginner · Beach break
  Kerhillio is the main surf beach of Erdeven, a long, flat stretch of sand in front of a large protected dune system at the northern end of the strand that…
• Plouharnel – Sainte-Barbe Plouharnel · Beginner · Beach break
  Sainte-Barbe is the northern end of the long sandy arc that runs from Plouharnel down to the Penthièvre isthmus, a wild, dune-backed beach that is one of the…
• Plouharnel – La Guérite Plouharnel · Beginner · Beach break
  La Guérite, also listed by surfers as Tata Beach, sits midway along the Plouharnel strand, a long dune-backed sandy beach with no rocks and a gentle slope.
• Plouharnel – Mané Guen Plouharnel · Beginner · Beach break
  Mané Guen is the southern part of the Plouharnel strand, a wide west-facing sandy beach with a run of beachbreak peaks.
• Penthièvre (Isthme) Saint-Pierre-Quiberon · Beginner · Beach break
  Penthièvre is the southern end of the long Plouharnel strand, where the beach narrows into the isthmus that joins the Quiberon peninsula to the mainland…
• Côte Sauvage – Port Blanc Saint-Pierre-Quiberon · Intermediate · Beach break
  Port Blanc is the first cove of the Côte Sauvage, the cliff-lined west coast of the Quiberon peninsula, and the best-known surf spot on it.
• Côte Sauvage – Port Rhu Saint-Pierre-Quiberon · Advanced · Beach break
  Port Rhu is a cove beneath steep cliffs on the Côte Sauvage of the Quiberon peninsula, a short way south of Port Blanc.
• Côte Sauvage – Port Bara Saint-Pierre-Quiberon · Advanced · Beach break
  Port Bara is a cove at the foot of the Côte Sauvage cliffs, a powerful beachbreak over sand with rocks and reef close by.
• Quiberon – Grande Plage (Port Maria) Quiberon · Intermediate · Beach break · live cam
  The Grande Plage is Quiberon's town beach, a sandy bay beside the harbour of Port Maria on the sheltered south side of the peninsula.
• Belle-Île – Donnant Sauzon · Intermediate · Beach break
  Donnant is Belle-Île's main surf beach, a 350-metre cove on the wild west coast backed by some of the highest dunes in Brittany.
• Belle-Île – Herlin Bangor · Intermediate · Beach break
  Herlin is a fan-shaped sandy beach at the mouth of a small ria on Belle-Île's south coast near Bangor, enclosed by high cliffs, with dunes on its eastern side.
• Damgan – Grande Plage Damgan · Beginner · Beach break · live cam
  Damgan's Grande Plage is a long, gently shelving south-facing beach of four to five kilometres on the coast east of the Gulf of Morbihan, close to the mouth…

Morbihan in the guides

• Surfing in March
  Guidel and the Quiberon peninsula pick up the spring west and south-west swells, with Quiberon's Côte Sauvage now part of France's first wave reserve.
• Surfing in April
  April brings long, light evenings and steady spring swells to coasts that are only starting to wake up, from Cornwall and Ireland to Portugal and the Basque Country. The water is still cold, but the season of easy road trips has begun.
• Surfing in May
  May is a sweet spot for intermediates and improvers: the water starts to warm, the swell is steady but rarely huge, and the summer crowds have not arrived yet, from Portugal and north Spain to Cornwall, Wales and Ireland.
• Surfing in July
  July is peak holiday time across Europe. The water is warm in the south, the beaches are lively and the waves are usually small and friendly, which makes it a great month to learn, and a tricky one to find space.
• Surfing in August
  August has the warmest sea of the year almost everywhere in Europe, and the busiest beaches. Waves are mostly small, but late in the month the first autumn swells start to show, and Galicia hosts the Pantín Classic.
• Summer family surf trip
  A guide to family surf holidays in July and August: sheltered, sandy beaches with gentle waves, lifeguards and schools, from the Landes and the Basque Country to Portugal's sheltered bays, Cornwall and Ireland, and on to the Azores, the Canaries and the Greek islands.