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Cap frehel, France

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00 3608 Blick auf das Cap Fréhel, Frankreich
Cap frehel. Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Cap frehel

Facing, offshore wind, exposure, level and swell range are estimated. Facts: verified, surf details estimated.

The spot faces N (6°), so it takes swell from the N. The wind blows offshore from the S (186°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits beginners and up. It works in 2–8 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves steeply: 10 m deep about 150 m out (1 in 16). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hollow. The sea is about 9°C in March, its coldest month (4/3 or 5/4, boots and gloves), and 19°C in August, its warmest (2 mm shorty). The town to stay in is Fréhel, 7.3 km away (about 15 min by car).

Water about 17°C: 3/2 wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 17 h 10 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to JER, changing at Dublin Airport (DUB).

    See flights ORD → JER · Skyscanner from about £395 returnAd

  2. Getting there. 1 h 20 from the airport to Cap frehel.

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  3. Accommodation.

    Stay in FréhelAd

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  4. Hire and lessons.

    Surf lessons in Fréhel · GetYourGuideAdBoard and wetsuit hire in Fréhel · GetYourGuideAd

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Where it is

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Forecast

The score for beginners, coloured as on the area pages:GoodFairPoorToo bigToo small

DayScoreSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct31 ft4 smushy5kJ14°C
Mon 19Oct141 ft3 smushy3kJ14°C
Tue 20Oct131 ft6 shollow12kJ15°C
Wed 21Oct92 ft10 shollow62kJ13°C
Thu 22Oct482 ft8 shollow79kJ16°C
Fri 23Oct91 ft15 shollow44kJ13°C
Sat 24Oct462 ft8 shollow69kJ14°C
Sun 25Oct61 ft11 shollow28kJ15°C
Mon 26Oct273 ft8 shollow90kJ15°C
Tue 27Oct252 ft9 shollow90kJ17°C

Day scores here are the conditions out of 80; a trip's score on the results is the same conditions out of 100. The journey never scores. The forecast reaches about 10 days. Energy is the swell's power in kJ per metre of wave, from its height and interval: it grows with the square of each, so a long-period swell hits far harder than a short one the same size. The word under the swell is the wave's shape, our estimate from the sea floor. Wind is in knots: 10 kn is about 19 km/h. The arrow points where the wind blows to; offshore wind, blowing from the land out to sea, is green and says so.

Your trip, day by day

6 nights from Mon 19 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for beginner surfers. Change dates

  1. Mon 19 Oct
    Travel out

    Fly ORD to JER, changing at DUB, then 1h 20 by road. About 17h 10 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 1 ft at best.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 17 of 80.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Surf Cap frehel

    Best 17:00 to 20:00 local time: 2 ft at 8 s, offshore wind.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 1 ft at best.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Surf Cap frehel

    Best 17:00 to 20:00 local time: 2 ft at 8 s, offshore wind.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to JER, changing at DUB, then 1h 20 by road. About 17h 10 door to door

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Rough cost

About £1,115–£2,075 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing a room. A guide from typical prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book.

WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to JER, estimated from distance and season, changing at DUB, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£395–£820
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Hire car6 days, shared£105–£175
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, shared£255–£425
Food7 days eating out£240–£445
Board and wetsuit5 days, or about £85 to fly your own£85–£145
Total£1,115–£2,075

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026: where they come from. Lessons, lift-pass deals and insurance are extra.

Places to eat near Fréhel

  • Chez PierrotPizza · 0.2 km from the centre
  • KaptiphainePancake house · 0.2 km from the centre
  • La DroseraFrench · 1.4 km from the centre
  • O' Toubon0.1 km from the centre
  • O'Crêpes de SylvainePancake house · 0.5 km from the centre

Within 2 km of the town centre, listed by how complete the listing is (website, opening hours, cuisine) and whether two sources name it. Not a judgement of the food: we have no reviews. Listings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps Foundation. Credits

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