Brittany, France

La Torche buoy: live swell

La Torche, at the end of the Baie d'Audierne, is the best-known spot in Brittany, open to every west swell. The Pierres Noires buoy, off the tip of Brittany 68 km away, is the most exposed: it is the first to see the Atlantic swell.

The spot and its buoys

Buoy colour: wave height

Buoys for La Torche

Check this one first68 km north-west

Les Pierres Noires

The buoy that best reflects the swell at the spot. Candhis 02911.

Swell
1 m
Period
11 s
Direction
W 290°
Max
1.7 m
Water
14.1 °C
Swell over 24 h

Reading at 02:30 PM

Nearby101 km south-east

Belle-Ile

To cross-check the reading. Candhis 05602.

Swell
0.6 m
Period
9 s
Direction
W 277°
Max
1.1 m
Water
13.9 °C
Swell over 24 h

Reading at 02:30 PM

5.1 km south

Wind · PTE DE PENMARCH

17 km/h
E

gusts 24 km/h

Reading at 02:30 PM

Tides at Saint-Guénolé

  • High tide01:52 PM4.6 m · coef. 66
  • Low tide08:05 PM1.43 m
  • High tideFri 02:19 AM4.52 m · coef. 71
  • Low tideFri 08:27 AM1.41 m

La Torche wave forecast

Wave model MFWAM 9 km · updated

Weather · updated

Thu 5/11

0.8-0.9m

144 kJ

0.9m 10s

271°

12

23

km/h

E

0.7-0.9m

126 kJ

0.8m 10s

273°

5

12

km/h

NE

0.7-0.8m

110 kJ

0.7m 10s

275°

7

9

km/h

S

High tide01:33 AM4.31m61
Low tide07:37 AM1.62m
High tide01:52 PM4.6m66
Low tide08:05 PM1.43m
Fri 6/11

0.6-0.7m

88 kJ

0.6m 10s

279°

12

16

km/h

W

0.5-0.7m

79 kJ

0.6m 11s

280°

7

9

km/h

NE

0.5-0.6m

76 kJ

0.6m 11s

281°

4

9

km/h

E

0.5-0.6m

77 kJ

0.6m 11s

282°

4

8

km/h

W

0.5-0.6m

78 kJ

0.6m 11s

282°

3

6

km/h

W

0.5-0.6m

78 kJ

0.6m 11s

283°

5

9

km/h

S

High tide02:19 AM4.52m71
Low tide08:27 AM1.41m
High tide02:36 PM4.77m75
Low tide08:49 PM1.29m
Sat 7/11

0.5-0.6m

69 kJ

0.6m 11s

284°

14

16

km/h

E

0.5-0.6m

61 kJ

0.5m 10s

284°

14

18

km/h

E

0.5-0.6m

57 kJ

0.5m 10s

284°

15

23

km/h

E

0.5-0.6m

51 kJ

0.5m 10s

283°

15

26

km/h

E

0.5-0.6m

48 kJ

0.5m 10s

281°

15

23

km/h

E

0.5-0.6m

42 kJ

0.5m 9s

277°

14

21

km/h

SE

High tide02:58 AM4.7m78
Low tide09:10 AM1.25m
High tide03:14 PM4.89m81
Low tide09:27 PM1.2m
Sun 8/11

0.5-0.7m

36 kJ

0.6m 7s

215°

18

27

km/h

E

0.6-0.7m

36 kJ

0.7m 7s

190°

20

30

km/h

E

0.6-0.8m

37 kJ

0.7m 6s

172°

24

36

km/h

E

0.7-0.8m

37 kJ

0.8m 6s

159°

25

39

km/h

E

0.7-0.9m

36 kJ

0.8m 6s

151°

25

39

km/h

E

0.7-0.9m

38 kJ

0.8m 5s

146°

28

43

km/h

E

High tide03:34 AM4.84m83
Low tide09:49 AM1.16m
High tide03:50 PM4.95m84
Low tide10:04 PM1.17m
Mon 9/11

0.8-0.9m

37 kJ

0.9m 5s

135°

26

38

km/h

E

0.8-1m

42 kJ

0.9m 5s

133°

28

43

km/h

E

0.9-1.1m

74 kJ

1m 6s

142°

29

46

km/h

E

1-1.3m

141 kJ

1.2m 7s

164°

23

45

km/h

E

1.2-1.4m

215 kJ

1.3m 8s

185°

21

43

km/h

E

1.3-1.5m

255 kJ

1.4m 8s

190°

25

41

km/h

E

High tide04:08 AM4.91m84
Low tide10:26 AM1.14m
High tide04:24 PM4.93m84
Low tide10:39 PM1.2m

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