The 36 best surf spots in Brittany

From Saint-Malo to Quiberon to Brest, here is our list of the best surf spots in Brittany!

Surfing in Brittany: and why not ski in Dubai? If both appear rather saugrenus, they are nevertheless feasible. Unlike what one might believe, there are many surf spots in Brittany. The first maritime region of France – with 1,700 to 2,700 kilometres of coastline – is the Bretagne and its torn coast is blown by the winds and has a very mild oceanic climate, with more than 2,000 hours of sun (on the south coast). With these advantages, there is a lot of choice and exceptional surf spots in Brittany.

Whether you’re a beginner or not, in summer or in winter, do you like to slip on the waves? ♪ beaches of Brittany are sometimes sold as one of the most beautiful in Europe. And rightly: some of them – turquoise waters and white and fine sand – really remind the Mediterranean and tropical beaches. For you who love aquatic and marine activities, we have concocted a selection of the best surf spots in Brittany.

Surfing in Île-et-Vilaine

To surf in Île-et-Vilaine, you need big houles in the sea of the Channel. The beaches of the north coast between Mont-Saint-Michel and Saint-Lunaire, along the Côte d’Émeraude, offer beautiful surf spots. We have to go north of Rennes to find them. The Sillon beach is one of the best surf spots in Île-et-Vilaine. Here are some providers where to rent surf boards in Île-et-Vilaine:

• Emerald Surf School, Beach of Longchamp, 35 800 Saint-Lunaire, 06 59 33 02 59,
• Surf Harmony, Beach of Longchamp, 35 800 Saint-Lunaire, 06 16 13 48 08,
• Hoalen Ocean Store Saint-Lunaire, 157 Boulevard du Général de Gaulle, 35 800 Saint-Lunaire, 02 99 58 72 51,
• Wanna Surf Better, 69, station stale, 35 800 Saint-Lunaire, 06 64 46 14 06,
• Surf School, 2 avenue de la Hoguette, 35 400 Saint-Malo, 02 99 40 07 47,
• MD Surfboards, 14 Boulevard de la République, 35 400 Saint-Malo, 06 27 04 10 49,
• Hina Surf, Les Mouettes, Digue de Rochebonne, 35 400 Saint-Malo, 06 83 84 41 70,
• Surf Avenue, 7 rue de la Ville Biais, 35 780 La Richardais, 02 99 46 12 78,
• Easy Ride, rue Mi-Grève, 35 400 Saint-Malo, 06 80 21 22 88.

Surfing in the Côtes-d’Armor

In the department of Côtes-d’Armor (22), how to visit the Côte de Granit Rose otherwise? By surfing, pardi! Several beaches offer a good way to surf, especially in La Grève d’en Bas and the beach of Trestraou in Perros-Guirec. Between Saint-Malo (35) and Morlaix (29), a cozy coastline presents exceptional beaches where to surf. Here are the service providers in Côtes d’Armor where to rent a surfboard, sometimes with a monitor to learn:

• Storm Surfing suf school in the Côtes d’Armor, rue des Ajoncs d’Or, 22 240 Fréhel, 06 65 20 67 35,
• Armor Surf School, 10 rue de la Clôture, 22 240 Plurien, 06 22 14 42 80,
• Panda Surf School, Route des Banches, 22 370 Pléneuf-Val-André, 06 07 43 31 97,
• Ponant Surf School, Beach of Trestraou, 22 700 Perros-Guirec, 06 17 18 20 55.

Surfing in Finistère

With 6,733 km2, Finistère is the smallest department in the region and yet it has 1,430 kilometers of coastline (with the islands), almost a quarter of the French coastline. Between the continent, the islands of Ouessant, the archipelago of Molène, Island of Sein off the tip of the Raz and the archipelago of the Glénan to the south, there is something to do on surf! The tip of the Torche is the best surf spots in Brittany! Here's where to surf in the Finistère:

• Surf Playa School, rue Pors ar Villiec, 29 241 Locquirec, 06 26 60 45 02,
• Surfing Locquirec, La plage du Moulin de la Rive, route de Morlaix, 29 241 Locquirec, 06 27 06 48 87,
• Leo surf school at the Dossen, 449 rue de Sieck, 29 250 Santec, 06 66 46 30 49,
• Surf school of Leon, 170 Pointe de Beg Tanguy, 29,250 Sibiril, 06 66 46 30 49,
• Pagan Surf School, Surf School of Kerlouan, Bottles, 29 280 Kerlouan, 06 66 02 84 49,
• Surfin des Abers, place says La Grève Blanche, 29 880 Plouguerneau, 06 63 87 91 73,
• Dream O Kite The kitesurfing school Brittany in the Brest region, 44 road to the beach, 29 830 Lampaul-Ploudalmézeau, 06 26 56 37 62,
• Surfing Iroise, Conquet surf school, 9 road to the Presqu’ Island Kermorvan, 29 217 The Conquet, 06 15 33 06 98,
• Absolute Surf School, Brittany surf school, 4 Kreisker Street, 29 160 Crozon, 02 98 17 01 96,
• La Palue: between the Pointe de Lostmarc’h and Pointe de Kerroux, La Palue beach is a very good surf spot,
• BRS Surf School, Baie de Douarnenez, 4 rue des Korrigans, 29 550 Plonévez-Porzay, 06 98 28 88 30,
• Soul Surfung Skol, Beach of Gwendrez, 29 780 Plouhinec, 06 98 16 28 29,
• Surf school in Brittany Penhors, Beach of Nautical Pole, 29 710 Pouldreuzic, 06 75 23 10 86,
• Heenalu Surf School Teguénnec, Téguénnec beach, 29 720 Téguénnec, 06 32 81 58 14,
• Let's surf, surf school the Torch, Pointe de la Torche, 29 120 Plomeur, 07 68 56 95 70,
• 29 Hood Suf School Pors Carn-La Torche, 433 rue du Musée de la Préhistoire, 29 760 Penmarch, 07 87 51 56 47,
• Dezert Point, Pors Carn-La Torche Suf School, 171 rue du Musée de la Préhistoire, 29 760 Penmarch, 02 98 52 13 90,
• UK surf school KLOAR, 12 rue du kerou, Plage du Kerou, 29 360 Clohars-Carnoët, 06 17 03 25 09.

The Finistère wins the surf spots in Brittany.

Surfing in the Morbihan

Where to surf on the south Breton coast? Direction the beaches of Morbihan, among the best surf spots in Brittany for beginners and confirmed:

• YouSurf Surf School, Résidence le Belvédère, 56 520 Guidel, 06 83 16 50 08,
• Brittany Fort Bloqué surf school, Boulevard des sables blanc, 56 270 Ploemeur, 06 14 41 10 58,
• Presquile Surf School, Ecole de surf Quiberon, 28 route du chemin du chemin de fer, 56 510 Saint-Pierre-Quiberon, 06 24 43 11 84,
• Surfing School Paradise, ZA de Kergroix, route de Port-Blanc, 56 510 Saint-Pierre-Quiberon, 06 14 40 16 74,
• Surf school in Brittany, 20 Avenue de l’Océan, 56 340 Plouharnel, 02 97 52 41 18.

From Guidel to the beach of Sainte-Barbe, to the peninsula of Quiberon, the Morbihanese coast offers beaches with relatively soft waves, with little current and no baïne: good surf spots in Brittany to start!