Plage de la Torche

Brittany · 🇫🇷 France

A dune-backed bay off a rocky headland that catches the full Atlantic swell. Brittany's surf capital.

In season the water at Plage de la Torche (Brittany, France) reaches about 18°C. Best months: Year-round.

Sea temperature

~18°C in the warm season

Water

Cool, clear Atlantic blue

Sand

Pale golden sand

Swimming

Powerful swell and currents; a surf and windsurf beach

Surf

Brittany's premier beach-break, off the Pointe de la Torche

Best time to visit

Year-round

Setting

A wild dune-backed bay at a rocky point in south-west Brittany

Beach type

Surf coast

Region

Europe

Beaches near Plage de la Torche

• Plage de Saint-Nicolas

  Îles Glénan, Finistère, France · 29 km
• 
  Plage de Trestraou

  Perros-Guirec, Cote de Granit Rose, Brittany, France · 127 km
• 
  Plage du Sillon

  Saint-Malo, Brittany, France · 196 km
• Grande Plage des Sables-d'Olonne

  Les Sables-d'Olonne, Vendée, France · 245 km
• 
  Kynance Cove

  The Lizard, Cornwall, United Kingdom · 246 km
• 
  Porthcurno

  Cornwall, United Kingdom · 263 km

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• 
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• 
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• 
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