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Pointe du Toulinguet 61.8

#3000 of 5756 surf spots in the world · 🇫🇷 France · Finistère · near Brest

Works almost every day, wind is the enemy here, no off season.

Works all yearRemoteIntermediate
Pointe du Toulinguet, France
Photo: Bruno Jargot · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Surf score61.8 /100
Surfable days90% of the year
Clean days16% groundswell + friendly wind
Groundswell39% period 11 s+
Typical size1.3 m 4.4 ft median
Water14°C a 4/3 with boots

Best time to surf Pointe du Toulinguet

The best time to surf Pointe du Toulinguet is February, March, April. It rarely works. In February the water sits around 10°C, so pack a 5/4 with boots and hood, and the typical wave is 2.3 m. The nearest airport is CWL (358 km) and the nearest town is Brest (15 km).

MonthSurfableCleanSizeWaterSuit
Jan92%9%1.9 m10°C6/5
Feb96%36%2.3 m10°C5/4
Mar97%27%1.7 m11°C5/4
Apr95%29%1.2 m12°C5/4
May92%8%1.1 m14°C4/3
Jun83%9%0.9 m17°C3/2
Jul73%1%0.8 m18°C3/2
Aug81%2%0.9 m18°C3/2
Sep93%13%1.0 m16°C3/2
Oct94%15%1.6 m15°C4/3
Nov97%19%2.0 m14°C4/3
Dec92%24%2.4 m12°C5/4

What is under Pointe du Toulinguet

Eight kilometres out along its swell window the sea floor sits over 38 m.

Depth 8 km out38 m
Depth 4 km out29 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 61.8

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%
13.9
Best days 22.4%
16.0
Clean days 18.4%
7.3
Consistency 10.2%
10.2
Season spread 4.1%
4.1
Water comfort 6.1%
0.4
Access 4.1%
1.6

The detail

Faces 305° with 42% open water around it. Friendly morning wind 42% of days. Mean peak period 10.5 s. Days over 3 m: 9%. On its best tenth of days it reaches 3.0 m, with a peak period of 13 s. Mellow days (0.4 to 1.2 m): 44%. Months that work: 12 of 12. Coordinates 48.281, -4.615 (OpenStreetMap).

Live here

4 homes for sale within 30 km of Pointe du Toulinguet, up to 60,000 euro. Houses and flats you can move into, never plots of land. Cheapest right now €47,000. Checked 2026-09-13. Listings from Bien'ici and the agents themselves; we take no part in the deal.

€47,000House · 32 m² · 2 roomsCrozon10 km from the spot →€47,000House · 32 m² · 2 roomsCrozon10 km from the spot →€52,200Flat · 22 m² · 1 roomBrest16 km from the spot →€58,500Flat · 16 m² · 1 roomBrest17 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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