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Allée Jean-Marie-Le-Bris Concarneau
Concarneau, the nearest town, 4 km away. Photo: Yann Gwilhoù, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Maison de la Mer

Sailing spot · France

Is it worth the trip?

23Poor out of 100 for your dates

Stay home

Best on Wed 4: 10 kn gusting 19, offshore, Water: chop

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 41 out of 100

Wind
NE 10 knF3
Gusts
22kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
chop
Air
14°C

Wed 4 · 44 out of 100

Wind
ENE 10 knF3
Gusts
19kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
chop
Air
10°C

Thu 5 · 0 out of 100

Wind
ENE 7 knF3
Gusts
15kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
chop
Air
10°C

Fri 6 · 0 out of 100

Wind
ENE 2 knF1
Gusts
7kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
chop
Air
11°C

Sat 7 · 0 out of 100

Wind
ENE 5 knF2
Gusts
9kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
chop
Air
12°C

Sun 8 · 0 out of 100

Wind
E 9 knF3
Gusts
17kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
chop
Air
11°C

Mon 9 · 30 out of 100

Wind
E 13 knF4
Gusts
25kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
1.1 mwaves
Air
14°C

Tap a day for wind, gusts, shore and air. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 273, good
  2. Tue 390, good
  3. Wed 487, good
  4. Thu 516, poor
  5. Fri 60, poor
  6. Sat 70, poor
  7. Sun 857, fair
  8. Mon 944, poor
  9. Tue 1079, good
  10. Wed 1154, fair

The spot in five facts

  • Faces SWopen to the SW
  • Best wind: NW or SEalong the shore
  • Avoid: NEblows out to sea
  • Open seato the swell
  • Water 14 °C4/3 wetsuit and boots

Full forecast

every day, every number

The score doesn't know gusts, offshore wind, tides or your skill.

Wind forecast and score for each day at Maison de la Mer
DayScoreWindGustsShoreWaterAir
Mon 2Nov73, goodwind from the north-east, 10 knotsF319knoffnot safechop14°C
Tue 3Nov90, goodwind from the north-east, 10 knotsF322knoffnot safechop14°C
Wed 4Nov87, goodwind from the east-north-east, 10 knotsF319knoffnot safechop10°C
Thu 5Nov16, poorwind from the east-north-east, 7 knotsF315knoffnot safechop10°C
Fri 6Nov0, poorwind from the east-north-east, 2 knotsF17knoffnot safechop11°C
Sat 7Nov0, poorwind from the east-north-east, 5 knotsF29knoffnot safechop12°C
Sun 8Nov57, fairwind from the east, 9 knotsF317knoffnot safechop11°C
Mon 9Nov44, poorwind from the east, 13 knotsF425knoffnot safe1.1 mwaves14°C
Tue 10Nov79, goodwind from the east-south-east, 12 knotsF422kncross-off1.5 mwaves17°C
Wed 11Nov54, fairwind from the east, 8 knotsF316kncross-off1.7 mwaves17°C

Wind is the day's best reading, mean and gusts, in knots; the arrow points where it blows to. Shore "off" blows out to sea. More

Tide

  • Mon 2 NovLow 03:53 −1.2 mHigh 10:06 +1.3 mLow 16:44 −1.3 mHigh 23:05 +1.0 m
  • Tue 3 NovLow 05:13 −1.2 mHigh 11:38 +1.3 mLow 18:02 −1.4 m
  • Wed 4 NovHigh 00:31 +1.1 mLow 06:27 −1.3 mHigh 12:56 +1.4 mLow 19:08 −1.6 m

Local clock times; heights about mean sea level. On open coasts the times are usually within a quarter of an hour; in bays, estuaries and on the Gulf of Mexico they can be an hour or more out. Tide: EOT20 global ocean tide model, Hart-Davis et al. 2021, DGFI-TUM (doi:10.17882/79489), CC BY 4.0. Times and heights computed by us. A model, not a tide table: check a local table before you go.

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Best time to go

No month stands out

Good sailing days in a typical week, each month, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).

  1. Jan4of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb5of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar5of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr4of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
  5. May4of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
  6. Jun4of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
  7. Jul5of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
  8. Aug4of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
  9. Sep5of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
  10. Oct5of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov5of 7: a trip from Tue 3 Nov
  12. Dec4of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Dec

Tap a month to see this spot for a trip then.

Typical, not a forecast. Reanalysis wind misses some local thermal winds, so a spot known for an afternoon breeze may do better than this.

Map

the spot and its town

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Maison de la Mer

Known for sailing, by the OpenStreetMap map of the area. The shore faces SW, so wind from the NE blows out to sea (our estimate from the coastline).

Water about 14°C: 4/3 wetsuit and boots. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

A spot for sailing, as OpenStreetMap maps it, on a shore facing SW. Wind from the SW blows onshore, wind from the NE blows out to sea, and wind from the NW or SE runs along the shore. It is exposed to the open sea. The sea floor shelves very gently: 10 m deep about 1.1 km out (1 in 112). 4 sailing schools or clubs and 7 boat hire places within 10 km. The sea is about 10°C in February, its coldest month (4/3 or 5/4, boots and gloves), and 18°C in July, its warmest (2 mm shorty). The town to stay in is Concarneau. Within 5 km we also list 1 wind sports spot and 1 mountain bike area.

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,180–US$2,210 each

about US$1,180–US$2,210 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, stay, food.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 2 November 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to BES, estimated from distance and season, changing at DUB, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$443–US$919
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$141–US$235
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$282–US$470
Food7 days eating outabout US$315–US$584
Totalabout US$1,180–US$2,210

Kit hire is not priced yet: we have no sourced price, so it is not in it. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Concarneau

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Closest

Concarneau

about 10 min by car · 37 places to stay

about US$107/nightcountry average

See 37 places to stay in Concarneau · Booking.com

About Concarneau its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$107 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 2 November 2026.

Getting there: about 17h 25m

About 17h 25m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → BES, changing at Dublin Airport (DUB), then 1h 35m by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.