Kerlouan Surf Spot Guide, France Nestled on Brittany's wild north coast, Kerlouan delivers punchy beach breaks over a sandy bottom that carve into hollow, fast rights and lefts when the conditions align. This exposed spot fires up with powerful waves that demand respect, offering an exhilarating vibe for those chasing quality sessions amid dramatic granite […]
The place is not very much surfed because your peers enjoy more the North spot of Kerloc'h (cleaner waves) or South spot of Goulien (bigger waves)... Indeed, this one is not bad and thanks to the rocks + sandbars you could have some really nice ones, especially on MODERATE SWELLS. Beware thought : ON GOOD SWELL, GO AWAY BEFORE HIGH TIDE ! You would have no more rideable waves and nothing but close out / crash your-face-on-the-cliff waves. Some dumb tourists occasionally get locked on the dry rocks because they did not got away early. They wait for someone seeing them from atop the cliff and calling the rescue helicopter. Well, this happens only on flat days... If this happens to you with a swell : PADDLE OFFSHORE and follow the current toward the beach, some 200 meters away. DO NOT try to pick up the eventual luggage you left on a cove !
WARNING CURRENTS and tides which brak you on the rocks if you're too late...Watch Locals
On big swells, the waves begin to break South of this spot (see Goulien and Kersiguennoù spots, on this website)... but on BIG swells, Kerloc'h begins to break as a righthander pointbreak. It doesn't work at low tide and stops working at high, so COME AT MIDDLE TIDE. Because of heavy rains in winter, the marsh flows itself seaward along the right-side rocky coast and this makes a HEAVY CURRENT.Plus : thanks to the local farmers, the marsh runoff can bring strange red algae, but there are no known surf diseases related to this pollution. All you can fear is to swallow some of it while duckdiving ! To get to the peak, paddle on the left to avoid the waves and DO NOT USE THE CURRENT if you don't know the place : you would be swept on the rocks. The current is powerful and will probably take you southward, where you will mmet more rights-and-left waves : just left yourself go and use the waves to go back to shore; then walk again toward the main peak.
This very spot is the South of Dinan cove, which is one and a single beach, divided in its middle at high tide by a rocky point. There are waves all along the cove : South spot is Goulien; middle spot is Kersiguennou and North spot is Kerloc'h (my favorite). All three spot are described on this very web site. Because it is not in front of the main SW or W swells, it has to be some 2 meters high to begin to break and the bigger the swell, the nicest waves you'll get. There are BIG ROCKS on the extreme left of Goulien beach : you don't see'em at middle and high tide but you could end up standing on them asking yourself what's happening...If you hear that everything closes out : just come here and have a look. Also : do not mistake the place called Dinan point with the city of Dinan... some 150 kilometers eastward.
beware of rocks they are everywhere!sometimes a second peak/bowl appears its easyrer to take.
Deolen Surf Spot Guide, France Deolen is a raw, powerful beach break tucked away on the Brittany coast that rewards experienced surfers willing to navigate its challenging conditions. This is not a beginner-friendly spot, but rather a place where skilled surfers find consistent, heavy waves in a remarkably uncrowded setting. The beach break produces both […]
good beach for kite surf and wind surf. sloppy and exposed to the wind. Try to check "La Mauvaise Greve", a reef or "l'ile de Sieck, hollow right on a reef.
Kerlouan Surf Spot Guide, France Nestled on Brittany's wild north coast, Kerlouan delivers punchy beach breaks over a sandy bottom that carve into hollow, fast rights and lefts when the conditions align. This exposed spot fires up with powerful waves that demand respect, offering an exhilarating vibe for those chasing quality sessions amid dramatic granite […]
The place is not very much surfed because your peers enjoy more the North spot of Kerloc'h (cleaner waves) or South spot of Goulien (bigger waves)... Indeed, this one is not bad and thanks to the rocks + sandbars you could have some really nice ones, especially on MODERATE SWELLS. Beware thought : ON GOOD SWELL, GO AWAY BEFORE HIGH TIDE ! You would have no more rideable waves and nothing but close out / crash your-face-on-the-cliff waves. Some dumb tourists occasionally get locked on the dry rocks because they did not got away early. They wait for someone seeing them from atop the cliff and calling the rescue helicopter. Well, this happens only on flat days... If this happens to you with a swell : PADDLE OFFSHORE and follow the current toward the beach, some 200 meters away. DO NOT try to pick up the eventual luggage you left on a cove !
WARNING CURRENTS and tides which brak you on the rocks if you're too late...Watch Locals
On big swells, the waves begin to break South of this spot (see Goulien and Kersiguennoù spots, on this website)... but on BIG swells, Kerloc'h begins to break as a righthander pointbreak. It doesn't work at low tide and stops working at high, so COME AT MIDDLE TIDE. Because of heavy rains in winter, the marsh flows itself seaward along the right-side rocky coast and this makes a HEAVY CURRENT.Plus : thanks to the local farmers, the marsh runoff can bring strange red algae, but there are no known surf diseases related to this pollution. All you can fear is to swallow some of it while duckdiving ! To get to the peak, paddle on the left to avoid the waves and DO NOT USE THE CURRENT if you don't know the place : you would be swept on the rocks. The current is powerful and will probably take you southward, where you will mmet more rights-and-left waves : just left yourself go and use the waves to go back to shore; then walk again toward the main peak.
This very spot is the South of Dinan cove, which is one and a single beach, divided in its middle at high tide by a rocky point. There are waves all along the cove : South spot is Goulien; middle spot is Kersiguennou and North spot is Kerloc'h (my favorite). All three spot are described on this very web site. Because it is not in front of the main SW or W swells, it has to be some 2 meters high to begin to break and the bigger the swell, the nicest waves you'll get. There are BIG ROCKS on the extreme left of Goulien beach : you don't see'em at middle and high tide but you could end up standing on them asking yourself what's happening...If you hear that everything closes out : just come here and have a look. Also : do not mistake the place called Dinan point with the city of Dinan... some 150 kilometers eastward.
beware of rocks they are everywhere!sometimes a second peak/bowl appears its easyrer to take.
Deolen Surf Spot Guide, France Deolen is a raw, powerful beach break tucked away on the Brittany coast that rewards experienced surfers willing to navigate its challenging conditions. This is not a beginner-friendly spot, but rather a place where skilled surfers find consistent, heavy waves in a remarkably uncrowded setting. The beach break produces both […]
good beach for kite surf and wind surf. sloppy and exposed to the wind. Try to check "La Mauvaise Greve", a reef or "l'ile de Sieck, hollow right on a reef.
Kerlouan Surf Spot Guide, France Nestled on Brittany's wild north coast, Kerlouan delivers punchy beach breaks over a sandy bottom that carve into hollow, fast rights and lefts when the conditions align. This exposed spot fires up with powerful waves that demand respect, offering an exhilarating vibe for those chasing quality sessions amid dramatic granite […]
The place is not very much surfed because your peers enjoy more the North spot of Kerloc'h (cleaner waves) or South spot of Goulien (bigger waves)... Indeed, this one is not bad and thanks to the rocks + sandbars you could have some really nice ones, especially on MODERATE SWELLS. Beware thought : ON GOOD SWELL, GO AWAY BEFORE HIGH TIDE ! You would have no more rideable waves and nothing but close out / crash your-face-on-the-cliff waves. Some dumb tourists occasionally get locked on the dry rocks because they did not got away early. They wait for someone seeing them from atop the cliff and calling the rescue helicopter. Well, this happens only on flat days... If this happens to you with a swell : PADDLE OFFSHORE and follow the current toward the beach, some 200 meters away. DO NOT try to pick up the eventual luggage you left on a cove !
WARNING CURRENTS and tides which brak you on the rocks if you're too late...Watch Locals
On big swells, the waves begin to break South of this spot (see Goulien and Kersiguennoù spots, on this website)... but on BIG swells, Kerloc'h begins to break as a righthander pointbreak. It doesn't work at low tide and stops working at high, so COME AT MIDDLE TIDE. Because of heavy rains in winter, the marsh flows itself seaward along the right-side rocky coast and this makes a HEAVY CURRENT.Plus : thanks to the local farmers, the marsh runoff can bring strange red algae, but there are no known surf diseases related to this pollution. All you can fear is to swallow some of it while duckdiving ! To get to the peak, paddle on the left to avoid the waves and DO NOT USE THE CURRENT if you don't know the place : you would be swept on the rocks. The current is powerful and will probably take you southward, where you will mmet more rights-and-left waves : just left yourself go and use the waves to go back to shore; then walk again toward the main peak.
This very spot is the South of Dinan cove, which is one and a single beach, divided in its middle at high tide by a rocky point. There are waves all along the cove : South spot is Goulien; middle spot is Kersiguennou and North spot is Kerloc'h (my favorite). All three spot are described on this very web site. Because it is not in front of the main SW or W swells, it has to be some 2 meters high to begin to break and the bigger the swell, the nicest waves you'll get. There are BIG ROCKS on the extreme left of Goulien beach : you don't see'em at middle and high tide but you could end up standing on them asking yourself what's happening...If you hear that everything closes out : just come here and have a look. Also : do not mistake the place called Dinan point with the city of Dinan... some 150 kilometers eastward.
beware of rocks they are everywhere!sometimes a second peak/bowl appears its easyrer to take.
Deolen Surf Spot Guide, France Deolen is a raw, powerful beach break tucked away on the Brittany coast that rewards experienced surfers willing to navigate its challenging conditions. This is not a beginner-friendly spot, but rather a place where skilled surfers find consistent, heavy waves in a remarkably uncrowded setting. The beach break produces both […]
good beach for kite surf and wind surf. sloppy and exposed to the wind. Try to check "La Mauvaise Greve", a reef or "l'ile de Sieck, hollow right on a reef.
Kerlouan Surf Spot Guide, France Nestled on Brittany's wild north coast, Kerlouan delivers punchy beach breaks over a sandy bottom that carve into hollow, fast rights and lefts when the conditions align. This exposed spot fires up with powerful waves that demand respect, offering an exhilarating vibe for those chasing quality sessions amid dramatic granite […]
The place is not very much surfed because your peers enjoy more the North spot of Kerloc'h (cleaner waves) or South spot of Goulien (bigger waves)... Indeed, this one is not bad and thanks to the rocks + sandbars you could have some really nice ones, especially on MODERATE SWELLS. Beware thought : ON GOOD SWELL, GO AWAY BEFORE HIGH TIDE ! You would have no more rideable waves and nothing but close out / crash your-face-on-the-cliff waves. Some dumb tourists occasionally get locked on the dry rocks because they did not got away early. They wait for someone seeing them from atop the cliff and calling the rescue helicopter. Well, this happens only on flat days... If this happens to you with a swell : PADDLE OFFSHORE and follow the current toward the beach, some 200 meters away. DO NOT try to pick up the eventual luggage you left on a cove !
WARNING CURRENTS and tides which brak you on the rocks if you're too late...Watch Locals
On big swells, the waves begin to break South of this spot (see Goulien and Kersiguennoù spots, on this website)... but on BIG swells, Kerloc'h begins to break as a righthander pointbreak. It doesn't work at low tide and stops working at high, so COME AT MIDDLE TIDE. Because of heavy rains in winter, the marsh flows itself seaward along the right-side rocky coast and this makes a HEAVY CURRENT.Plus : thanks to the local farmers, the marsh runoff can bring strange red algae, but there are no known surf diseases related to this pollution. All you can fear is to swallow some of it while duckdiving ! To get to the peak, paddle on the left to avoid the waves and DO NOT USE THE CURRENT if you don't know the place : you would be swept on the rocks. The current is powerful and will probably take you southward, where you will mmet more rights-and-left waves : just left yourself go and use the waves to go back to shore; then walk again toward the main peak.
This very spot is the South of Dinan cove, which is one and a single beach, divided in its middle at high tide by a rocky point. There are waves all along the cove : South spot is Goulien; middle spot is Kersiguennou and North spot is Kerloc'h (my favorite). All three spot are described on this very web site. Because it is not in front of the main SW or W swells, it has to be some 2 meters high to begin to break and the bigger the swell, the nicest waves you'll get. There are BIG ROCKS on the extreme left of Goulien beach : you don't see'em at middle and high tide but you could end up standing on them asking yourself what's happening...If you hear that everything closes out : just come here and have a look. Also : do not mistake the place called Dinan point with the city of Dinan... some 150 kilometers eastward.
beware of rocks they are everywhere!sometimes a second peak/bowl appears its easyrer to take.
Deolen Surf Spot Guide, France Deolen is a raw, powerful beach break tucked away on the Brittany coast that rewards experienced surfers willing to navigate its challenging conditions. This is not a beginner-friendly spot, but rather a place where skilled surfers find consistent, heavy waves in a remarkably uncrowded setting. The beach break produces both […]
good beach for kite surf and wind surf. sloppy and exposed to the wind. Try to check "La Mauvaise Greve", a reef or "l'ile de Sieck, hollow right on a reef.
Kerlouan Surf Spot Guide, France Nestled on Brittany's wild north coast, Kerlouan delivers punchy beach breaks over a sandy bottom that carve into hollow, fast rights and lefts when the conditions align. This exposed spot fires up with powerful waves that demand respect, offering an exhilarating vibe for those chasing quality sessions amid dramatic granite […]
The place is not very much surfed because your peers enjoy more the North spot of Kerloc'h (cleaner waves) or South spot of Goulien (bigger waves)... Indeed, this one is not bad and thanks to the rocks + sandbars you could have some really nice ones, especially on MODERATE SWELLS. Beware thought : ON GOOD SWELL, GO AWAY BEFORE HIGH TIDE ! You would have no more rideable waves and nothing but close out / crash your-face-on-the-cliff waves. Some dumb tourists occasionally get locked on the dry rocks because they did not got away early. They wait for someone seeing them from atop the cliff and calling the rescue helicopter. Well, this happens only on flat days... If this happens to you with a swell : PADDLE OFFSHORE and follow the current toward the beach, some 200 meters away. DO NOT try to pick up the eventual luggage you left on a cove !
WARNING CURRENTS and tides which brak you on the rocks if you're too late...Watch Locals
On big swells, the waves begin to break South of this spot (see Goulien and Kersiguennoù spots, on this website)... but on BIG swells, Kerloc'h begins to break as a righthander pointbreak. It doesn't work at low tide and stops working at high, so COME AT MIDDLE TIDE. Because of heavy rains in winter, the marsh flows itself seaward along the right-side rocky coast and this makes a HEAVY CURRENT.Plus : thanks to the local farmers, the marsh runoff can bring strange red algae, but there are no known surf diseases related to this pollution. All you can fear is to swallow some of it while duckdiving ! To get to the peak, paddle on the left to avoid the waves and DO NOT USE THE CURRENT if you don't know the place : you would be swept on the rocks. The current is powerful and will probably take you southward, where you will mmet more rights-and-left waves : just left yourself go and use the waves to go back to shore; then walk again toward the main peak.
This very spot is the South of Dinan cove, which is one and a single beach, divided in its middle at high tide by a rocky point. There are waves all along the cove : South spot is Goulien; middle spot is Kersiguennou and North spot is Kerloc'h (my favorite). All three spot are described on this very web site. Because it is not in front of the main SW or W swells, it has to be some 2 meters high to begin to break and the bigger the swell, the nicest waves you'll get. There are BIG ROCKS on the extreme left of Goulien beach : you don't see'em at middle and high tide but you could end up standing on them asking yourself what's happening...If you hear that everything closes out : just come here and have a look. Also : do not mistake the place called Dinan point with the city of Dinan... some 150 kilometers eastward.
beware of rocks they are everywhere!sometimes a second peak/bowl appears its easyrer to take.
Deolen Surf Spot Guide, France Deolen is a raw, powerful beach break tucked away on the Brittany coast that rewards experienced surfers willing to navigate its challenging conditions. This is not a beginner-friendly spot, but rather a place where skilled surfers find consistent, heavy waves in a remarkably uncrowded setting. The beach break produces both […]
good beach for kite surf and wind surf. sloppy and exposed to the wind. Try to check "La Mauvaise Greve", a reef or "l'ile de Sieck, hollow right on a reef.
Kerlouan Surf Spot Guide, France Nestled on Brittany's wild north coast, Kerlouan delivers punchy beach breaks over a sandy bottom that carve into hollow, fast rights and lefts when the conditions align. This exposed spot fires up with powerful waves that demand respect, offering an exhilarating vibe for those chasing quality sessions amid dramatic granite […]
The place is not very much surfed because your peers enjoy more the North spot of Kerloc'h (cleaner waves) or South spot of Goulien (bigger waves)... Indeed, this one is not bad and thanks to the rocks + sandbars you could have some really nice ones, especially on MODERATE SWELLS. Beware thought : ON GOOD SWELL, GO AWAY BEFORE HIGH TIDE ! You would have no more rideable waves and nothing but close out / crash your-face-on-the-cliff waves. Some dumb tourists occasionally get locked on the dry rocks because they did not got away early. They wait for someone seeing them from atop the cliff and calling the rescue helicopter. Well, this happens only on flat days... If this happens to you with a swell : PADDLE OFFSHORE and follow the current toward the beach, some 200 meters away. DO NOT try to pick up the eventual luggage you left on a cove !
WARNING CURRENTS and tides which brak you on the rocks if you're too late...Watch Locals
On big swells, the waves begin to break South of this spot (see Goulien and Kersiguennoù spots, on this website)... but on BIG swells, Kerloc'h begins to break as a righthander pointbreak. It doesn't work at low tide and stops working at high, so COME AT MIDDLE TIDE. Because of heavy rains in winter, the marsh flows itself seaward along the right-side rocky coast and this makes a HEAVY CURRENT.Plus : thanks to the local farmers, the marsh runoff can bring strange red algae, but there are no known surf diseases related to this pollution. All you can fear is to swallow some of it while duckdiving ! To get to the peak, paddle on the left to avoid the waves and DO NOT USE THE CURRENT if you don't know the place : you would be swept on the rocks. The current is powerful and will probably take you southward, where you will mmet more rights-and-left waves : just left yourself go and use the waves to go back to shore; then walk again toward the main peak.
This very spot is the South of Dinan cove, which is one and a single beach, divided in its middle at high tide by a rocky point. There are waves all along the cove : South spot is Goulien; middle spot is Kersiguennou and North spot is Kerloc'h (my favorite). All three spot are described on this very web site. Because it is not in front of the main SW or W swells, it has to be some 2 meters high to begin to break and the bigger the swell, the nicest waves you'll get. There are BIG ROCKS on the extreme left of Goulien beach : you don't see'em at middle and high tide but you could end up standing on them asking yourself what's happening...If you hear that everything closes out : just come here and have a look. Also : do not mistake the place called Dinan point with the city of Dinan... some 150 kilometers eastward.
beware of rocks they are everywhere!sometimes a second peak/bowl appears its easyrer to take.
Deolen Surf Spot Guide, France Deolen is a raw, powerful beach break tucked away on the Brittany coast that rewards experienced surfers willing to navigate its challenging conditions. This is not a beginner-friendly spot, but rather a place where skilled surfers find consistent, heavy waves in a remarkably uncrowded setting. The beach break produces both […]
good beach for kite surf and wind surf. sloppy and exposed to the wind. Try to check "La Mauvaise Greve", a reef or "l'ile de Sieck, hollow right on a reef.
Kerlouan Surf Spot Guide, France Nestled on Brittany's wild north coast, Kerlouan delivers punchy beach breaks over a sandy bottom that carve into hollow, fast rights and lefts when the conditions align. This exposed spot fires up with powerful waves that demand respect, offering an exhilarating vibe for those chasing quality sessions amid dramatic granite […]
The place is not very much surfed because your peers enjoy more the North spot of Kerloc'h (cleaner waves) or South spot of Goulien (bigger waves)... Indeed, this one is not bad and thanks to the rocks + sandbars you could have some really nice ones, especially on MODERATE SWELLS. Beware thought : ON GOOD SWELL, GO AWAY BEFORE HIGH TIDE ! You would have no more rideable waves and nothing but close out / crash your-face-on-the-cliff waves. Some dumb tourists occasionally get locked on the dry rocks because they did not got away early. They wait for someone seeing them from atop the cliff and calling the rescue helicopter. Well, this happens only on flat days... If this happens to you with a swell : PADDLE OFFSHORE and follow the current toward the beach, some 200 meters away. DO NOT try to pick up the eventual luggage you left on a cove !
WARNING CURRENTS and tides which brak you on the rocks if you're too late...Watch Locals
On big swells, the waves begin to break South of this spot (see Goulien and Kersiguennoù spots, on this website)... but on BIG swells, Kerloc'h begins to break as a righthander pointbreak. It doesn't work at low tide and stops working at high, so COME AT MIDDLE TIDE. Because of heavy rains in winter, the marsh flows itself seaward along the right-side rocky coast and this makes a HEAVY CURRENT.Plus : thanks to the local farmers, the marsh runoff can bring strange red algae, but there are no known surf diseases related to this pollution. All you can fear is to swallow some of it while duckdiving ! To get to the peak, paddle on the left to avoid the waves and DO NOT USE THE CURRENT if you don't know the place : you would be swept on the rocks. The current is powerful and will probably take you southward, where you will mmet more rights-and-left waves : just left yourself go and use the waves to go back to shore; then walk again toward the main peak.
This very spot is the South of Dinan cove, which is one and a single beach, divided in its middle at high tide by a rocky point. There are waves all along the cove : South spot is Goulien; middle spot is Kersiguennou and North spot is Kerloc'h (my favorite). All three spot are described on this very web site. Because it is not in front of the main SW or W swells, it has to be some 2 meters high to begin to break and the bigger the swell, the nicest waves you'll get. There are BIG ROCKS on the extreme left of Goulien beach : you don't see'em at middle and high tide but you could end up standing on them asking yourself what's happening...If you hear that everything closes out : just come here and have a look. Also : do not mistake the place called Dinan point with the city of Dinan... some 150 kilometers eastward.
beware of rocks they are everywhere!sometimes a second peak/bowl appears its easyrer to take.
Deolen Surf Spot Guide, France Deolen is a raw, powerful beach break tucked away on the Brittany coast that rewards experienced surfers willing to navigate its challenging conditions. This is not a beginner-friendly spot, but rather a place where skilled surfers find consistent, heavy waves in a remarkably uncrowded setting. The beach break produces both […]
good beach for kite surf and wind surf. sloppy and exposed to the wind. Try to check "La Mauvaise Greve", a reef or "l'ile de Sieck, hollow right on a reef.
