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Lesconil 62.1

#2964 of 5756 surf spots in the world · 🇫🇷 France · Finistère · near Lorient

Very consistent, wind is the enemy here, no off season.

Works all yearRemoteIntermediate
Lesconil, France
Photo: Llann Wé² · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Surf score62.1 /100
Surfable days85% of the year
Clean days18% groundswell + friendly wind
Groundswell36% period 11 s+
Typical size1.2 m 3.9 ft median
Water15°C a 4/3 with boots

Best time to surf Lesconil

The best time to surf Lesconil is January, March, November. The season runs Nov to Nov. In November the water sits around 15°C, so pack a 4/3 with boots, and the typical wave is 1.9 m. The nearest airport is DOL (365 km) and the nearest town is Lorient (63 km).

MonthSurfableCleanSizeWaterSuit
Jan90%31%1.8 m12°C5/4
Feb96%25%2.1 m11°C5/4
Mar96%26%1.6 m12°C5/4
Apr89%18%1.0 m13°C4/3
May86%12%1.0 m16°C4/3
Jun76%10%0.8 m17°C3/2
Jul57%2%0.7 m19°C2mm
Aug74%3%0.8 m19°C3/2
Sep80%9%0.8 m17°C3/2
Oct90%8%1.6 m16°C3/2
Nov97%46%1.9 m15°C4/3
Dec94%7%2.2 m13°C4/3

What is under Lesconil

Eight kilometres out along its swell window the sea floor is already 263 m deep, deep right up to the door, so swell arrives with its energy intact. Alongside the bank the survey finds a channel, 387 m against 263 m, deep enough to bend swell onto one peak instead of spreading it along the beach.

Depth 8 km out263 m
Depth 4 km out112 m
Channel beside it387 m

Measured, not estimated: NOAA ETOPO 2022 global relief at 15 arc-seconds, about 460 m per cell, sampled along this spot’s own swell window. At that scale the survey sees passes and channels; it cannot see a reef ledge, so nothing here is said about how the wave breaks.

Why 62.1

Seven parts, each normalised 0 to 1 and multiplied by its weight; the sum is scaled so the best spot in the world scores 100. Wave quality and what the spot does on its best days carry more than half of it, which is what separates this from a ranking of where the water is warm.

Wave quality 34.7%
14.4
Best days 22.4%
15.5
Clean days 18.4%
7.9
Consistency 10.2%
10.2
Season spread 4.1%
4.1
Water comfort 6.1%
0.8
Access 4.1%
0.8

The detail

Faces 155° with 47% open water around it. Friendly morning wind 49% of days. Mean peak period 10.5 s. Days over 3 m: 8%. On its best tenth of days it reaches 2.9 m, with a peak period of 13 s. Mellow days (0.4 to 1.2 m): 48%. Months that work: 12 of 12. Coordinates 47.797, -4.208 (OpenStreetMap).

Live here

8 homes for sale within 30 km of Lesconil, up to 60,000 euro. Houses and flats you can move into, never plots of land. Cheapest right now €30,200. Checked 2026-09-13. Listings from Bien'ici and the agents themselves; we take no part in the deal.

€30,200Flat · 65 m² · 4 roomsPont-l'Abbé8 km from the spot →€44,000House · 82 m² · 4 roomsPont-l'Abbé8 km from the spot →€52,000Flat · 30 m² · 1 roomQuimper23 km from the spot →€58,000Flat · 30 m² · 1 roomQuimper22 km from the spot →€58,500Flat · 40 m² · 2 roomsQuimper22 km from the spot →€58,590Flat · 21 m² · 1 roomQuimper22 km from the spot →

What it costs to be here

Living here
€1,380/ month
typically €1,210 – €1,540
Rent, one bedroom€727
Groceries€289
Eating out€166
Getting around€98
Phone + internet€102
Renting by the month, cooking most days, local transport.
One month here
€2,690/ month
typically €2,370 – €3,020
Somewhere to stay€1,590
Eating out€565
Car, transfers, fuel€366
Data + extras€174
Short stays, eating out, a car or transfers.
49% cheaper if you live here instead of visiting

Remote spot, so the local estimate is 15% below the country average. Estimate: World Bank PPP price level for France (2025, United States = 1.00) applied to a fixed surfer basket, then adjusted for how remote the spot is. Your own number moves with the season and how you live.

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