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Pors Ar Vag 62.3

#2953 of 5756 surf spots in the world · 🇫🇷 France · Finistère · near Brest

Very consistent, no off season, a mission to reach.

Works all yearRemoteIntermediate
Surf score62.3 /100
Surfable days88% of the year
Clean days20% groundswell + friendly wind
Groundswell38% period 11 s+
Typical size1.2 m 4.1 ft median
Water14°C a 4/3 with boots

Best time to surf Pors Ar Vag

The best time to surf Pors Ar Vag is February, April, November. The season runs Feb to Feb. In February the water sits around 10°C, so pack a 6/5 with boots, gloves and hood, and the typical wave is 2.2 m. The nearest airport is DOL (352 km) and the nearest town is Brest (29 km).

MonthSurfableCleanSizeWaterSuit
Jan90%22%1.8 m10°C6/5
Feb96%41%2.2 m10°C6/5
Mar96%35%1.6 m11°C5/4
Apr86%40%1.1 m13°C5/4
May90%7%1.0 m15°C4/3
Jun81%10%0.8 m17°C3/2
Jul70%2%0.8 m19°C3/2
Aug79%3%0.8 m19°C3/2
Sep84%15%0.9 m17°C3/2
Oct94%12%1.5 m15°C4/3
Nov99%41%2.0 m14°C4/3
Dec90%19%2.3 m11°C5/4

What is under Pors Ar Vag

Eight kilometres out along its swell window the sea floor sits over 34 m.

Depth 8 km out34 m
Depth 4 km out22 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 62.3

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%
13.3
Best days 22.4%
15.4
Clean days 18.4%
9.1
Consistency 10.2%
10.2
Season spread 4.1%
4.1
Water comfort 6.1%
0.5
Access 4.1%
1.4

The detail

Faces 250° with 28% open water around it. Friendly morning wind 53% of days. Mean peak period 10.5 s. Days over 3 m: 7%. On its best tenth of days it reaches 2.8 m, with a peak period of 13 s. Mellow days (0.4 to 1.2 m): 46%. Months that work: 12 of 12. Coordinates 48.167, -4.294 (OpenStreetMap).

Live here

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

€30,000House · 54 m² · 2 roomsEdern25 km from the spot →€40,000House · 84 m² · 3 roomsLothey20 km from the spot →€41,000House · 339 m²Plonéis18 km from the spot →€47,000House · 32 m² · 2 roomsCrozon17 km from the spot →€47,000House · 32 m² · 2 roomsCrozon17 km from the spot →€53,000Flat · 27 m² · 1 roomQuimper23 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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