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Plougonvelin · Bretagne
Today's take
Best window: 18:00–20:00. Excellent conditions.
Water temperature
18.6 °C
Verdict
Pleasant
When to go
Good from 18:00 to 20:00 — best around 19:00.
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Forecasts come from ~8 km resolution models: very local effects (a sheltering pier, a lagoon pass) are not captured.
Sea-state data comes from a marine model cell about 5.4 km from this point — local nearshore conditions can differ.
The sea state is read as close to the beach as the model allows, without our having verified that this water is the water at the shore (indented coast, ria, head of a bay). Take it as an order of magnitude: what comes in from open sea may not reach this far.
Wave heights are significant heights: individual waves up to 2× this height still occur.
Four wave models are compared for this point: EWAM, GWAM, Météo-France WAM and ECMWF WAM.
Tide times derived from modelled sea level (± a few tens of minutes) — not official tide tables.
Missing data is shown as missing — never silently estimated.
Beach locations from OpenStreetMap — © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Weather and marine data: Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0), wave models from the Deutscher Wetterdienst (CC BY 4.0). Forecasts are not guarantees. · Data fetched at 16:03 UTC
Windows, comfort score and verdicts are computed by oswim from this data — modified values, not the institutes' raw figures.
min 2 · max 17 km/h · north-east sector · gusts 32 km/h
Visibility · 27 – 34 km
Good visibility.
Loss of bearings and collision risk
Post-rain pollution · 0 mm over 24 h
When it rains hard, runoff from roads and fields and sewer overflows carry bacteria out to sea. Nothing significant has fallen in the last 24 hours.
Official sampling is weekly at best; between two samples, recent rain is the recognized warning signal (EEA)
Jellyfish: no recent info. If you're there, tell us what you see — even “none” helps the next swimmer.
Water quality · Good · 2025 season
Computed from the samples of the last four bathing seasons. It says what the water here has been, not what it is today: after heavy rain, even an excellent beach degrades for a day or two.
Health authority classification (EU directive 2006/7/EC), published once per bathing season
In all cases: bright swim cap and tow float so boats can see you.
Consolidated ladder: World Aquatics / World Triathlon / FFTri rules + manufacturer thermal guides
Depth as you head out: 400 m → 4.4 m · 800 m → 12.6 m
Modelled depths (EMODnet, the European seabed model), stated without the tide: at low water there is less. A swimming bearing, never a navigation aid.
Reach the beach via a short path from the car park near the fort, leading down to the shore.
Worth knowing
The spot owes much of its character to the Fort de Bertheaume, a historic defensive stronghold built on a rocky islet linked to the shore, which has watched over the entrance to the Brest roadstead for centuries.
Spot profile pending on-site verification.