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Dossen, France

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Dossen. Photo: Thesupermat, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Dossen

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

The spot faces W (286°), so it takes swell from the W. The wind blows offshore from the E (106°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 4–15 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves steeply: 10 m deep about 150 m out (1 in 15). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hollow. The sea is about 11°C in January, its coldest month (4/3 or 5/4, boots and gloves), and 16°C in August, its warmest (3/2 wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually January, February and April, with about 1 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Santec, 2.1 km away (about 5 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 1 surf spot.

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

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From Chicago: about 16 h 50 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

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

    See flights ORD → BES · Skyscanner from about £390 returnAd

  2. Getting there. 1 h from the airport to Dossen.

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  3. Accommodation.

    Stay in SantecAd

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  4. Hire and lessons.

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

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Where it is

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Forecast

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

DayScoreSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct92 ft9 shollow74kJ14°C
Mon 19Oct173 ft12 shollow185kJ13°C
Tue 20Oct234 ft11 shollow313kJ14°C
Wed 21Oct178 ft9 smushy1,083kJ13°C
Thu 22Oct358 ft9 scrumbling832kJ14°C
Fri 23Oct157 ft12 smushy1,357kJ12°C
Sat 24Oct286 ft9 shollow582kJ14°C
Sun 25Oct225 ft10 smushy485kJ16°C
Mon 26Oct197 ft9 smushy667kJ18°C
Tue 27Oct177 ft10 smushy933kJ17°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 expert surfers. Change dates

  1. Mon 19 Oct
    Travel out

    Fly ORD to BES, changing at DUB, then 1h by road. About 16h 50 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 4 ft at best.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 18 of 80.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Surf Dossen

    Best 14:00 to 17:00 local time: 8 ft at 9 s, wind 14 kn (25 km/h).

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 19 of 80.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Surf Dossen

    Best 14:00 to 17:00 local time: 6 ft at 9 s, wind 9 kn (17 km/h).

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to BES, changing at DUB, then 1h by road. About 16h 50 door to door

The trip from Santec, with every spot near it

Rough cost

About £1,070–£2,000 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 BES, estimated from distance and season, changing at DUB, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£390–£810
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Taxiairport and back, shared£65–£110
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£1,070–£2,000

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

Places to eat near Santec

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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