Ile de Ré - Petit bec, France

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: St Clement des Baleines, 4 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: LRH (LRH), 26 km.

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About Ile de Ré - Petit bec

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

The spot faces NW (308°), so it takes swell from the NW. The wind blows offshore from the SE (128°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 2–9 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves very gently: 10 m deep about 3.4 km out (1 in 345). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 10°C in January, its coldest month (4/3 or 5/4, boots and gloves), and 20°C in August, its warmest (2 mm shorty). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually January, February, March and April, with about 1 good days in 7; in July, about 0. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: St Clement des Baleines, 4 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: LRH (LRH), 26 km. Within 5 km we also list 1 surf spot.

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

Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to LRH, changing at Dublin Airport (DUB).
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No town nearby
No stay checked for this site yet: St Clement des Baleines, 4 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: LRH (LRH), 26 km.
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Forecast

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

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Ile de Ré - Petit bec, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	23, too small	2 ft9 smushy	83kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 8 knots	15°C
Mon 19Oct	16, too small	2 ft15 ssoft	98kJ	wind from the north-east, 12 knots	15°C
Tue 20Oct	46, fair	3 ft12 smushy	283kJ	wind from the north-north-west, 6 knots	14°C
Wed 21Oct	5, poor	4 ft7 smushy	146kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 22 knots	15°C
Thu 22Oct	0, too big	8 ft8 smushy	757kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 18 knots	17°C
Fri 23Oct	0, too big	6 ft14 smushy	1,183kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 28 knots	16°C
Sat 24Oct	0, too big	8 ft9 smushy	781kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 18 knots	16°C
Sun 25Oct	0, too big	6 ft9 smushy	619kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 22 knots	18°C
Mon 26Oct	0, too big	8 ft8 smushy	734kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 14 knots	17°C
Tue 27Oct	0, too big	7 ft9 ssoft	644kJ	wind from the south, 14 knots	16°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 intermediate surfers. Change dates

Mon 19 Oct
Travel out
Fly ORD to LRH, changing at DUB, then 45 min by road. About 17h door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Surf Ile de Ré - Petit bec
Best 11:00 to 14:00 local time: 3 ft at 12 s, wind 6 kn (11 km/h).
Wed 21 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 15 of 80.
Thu 22 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
Fly ORD to LRH, changing at DUB, then 45 min by road. About 17h door to door

Rough cost

About £810–£1,575 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing a room. A guide from typical prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book. No town nearby, so no stay is in it.

Rough cost per person for this trip
What	How we worked it out	Each
Flights	return ORD to LRH, estimated from distance and season, changing at DUB, full-service airlines, with a hold bag	£405–£845
To the UK airport	parking or the train, there and back	£35–£65
Taxi	airport and back, shared	£45–£75
Food	7 days eating out	£240–£445
Board and wetsuit	5 days, or about £85 to fly your own	£85–£145
Total		£810–£1,575

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

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