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Pic Kipu 65.5

#2688 of 5756 surf spots in the world · 🇫🇷 France · Morbihan · near Lorient

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

Works all yearBig waveRemoteIntermediate
Pic Kipu, France
Photo: Musicaline · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Surf score65.5 /100
Surfable days88% of the year
Clean days20% groundswell + friendly wind
Groundswell37% period 11 s+
Typical size1.4 m 4.5 ft median
Water15°C a 4/3 with boots

Best time to surf Pic Kipu

The best time to surf Pic Kipu is March, April, November. The season runs Nov to Nov. In November the water sits around 14°C, so pack a 4/3 with boots, and the typical wave is 2.2 m. The nearest airport is DOL (318 km) and the nearest town is Lorient (4 km).

MonthSurfableCleanSizeWaterSuit
Jan85%28%2.0 m10°C6/5
Feb93%26%2.4 m10°C5/4
Mar95%34%1.8 m12°C5/4
Apr93%34%1.2 m13°C4/3
May93%9%1.1 m16°C4/3
Jun89%9%0.9 m18°C3/2
Jul75%2%0.8 m19°C2mm
Aug81%3%0.8 m19°C3/2
Sep84%12%0.9 m18°C3/2
Oct90%11%1.7 m16°C3/2
Nov91%49%2.2 m14°C4/3
Dec88%15%2.5 m12°C5/4

What is under Pic Kipu

Eight kilometres out along its swell window the sea floor sits over 52 m. Alongside the bank the survey finds a channel, 205 m against 52 m, deep enough to bend swell onto one peak instead of spreading it along the beach.

Depth 8 km out52 m
Depth 4 km out35 m
Channel beside it205 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 65.5

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%
13.4
Best days 22.4%
17.7
Clean days 18.4%
8.9
Consistency 10.2%
10.2
Season spread 4.1%
4.1
Water comfort 6.1%
0.7
Access 4.1%
1.6

The detail

Faces 175° with 36% open water around it. Friendly morning wind 54% of days. Mean peak period 10.6 s. Days over 3 m: 13%. On its best tenth of days it reaches 3.3 m, with a peak period of 13 s. Mellow days (0.4 to 1.2 m): 42%. Months that work: 12 of 12. Coordinates 47.711, -3.375 (OpenStreetMap).

Live here

9 homes for sale within 30 km of Pic Kipu, up to 60,000 euro. Houses and flats you can move into, never plots of land. Cheapest right now €39,000. Checked 2026-09-13. Listings from Bien'ici and the agents themselves; we take no part in the deal.

€44,990Flat · 17 m² · 1 roomPlouhinec9 km from the spot →€45,000House · 63 m² · 2 roomsClohars-Carnoët14 km from the spot →€53,500Flat · 22 m² · 2 roomsGuidel12 km from the spot →€54,786House · 126 m² · 6 roomsCaudan11 km from the spot →€55,000House · 39 m² · 3 roomsQuéven11 km from the spot →€58,245Flat · 115 m² · 5 roomsLorient3 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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