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Les Roches Blanches - le Leyde, France

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About Les Roches Blanches - le Leyde

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

The spot faces NW (323°), so it takes swell from the NW. The wind blows offshore from the SE (143°). 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 moderately: 10 m deep about 200 m out (1 in 22). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hollow. The sea is about 10°C in February, its coldest month (4/3 or 5/4, boots and gloves), and 16°C in July, its warmest (3/2 wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually January, February, March and April, with about 1 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Douarnenez, 2.8 km away (about 5 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 3 surf spots and 1 wind sports spot.

Water about 15°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).

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  2. Getting there. 1 h from the airport to Les Roches Blanches - le Leyde.

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  3. Accommodation.

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  4. Hire and lessons.

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Where it is

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Forecast

Les Roches Blanches - le Leyde does not suit beginners. This is the forecast for intermediates, so you can see what it does.

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

DayScoreInter­mediateSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct132 ft9 shollow62kJ14°C
Mon 19Oct282 ft13 shollow169kJ13°C
Tue 20Oct514 ft11 shollow279kJ14°C
Wed 21Oct08 ft10 smushy1,160kJ13°C
Thu 22Oct08 ft8 scrumbling837kJ15°C
Fri 23Oct08 ft12 smushy1,737kJ13°C
Sat 24Oct95 ft8 smushy227kJ14°C
Sun 25Oct08 ft9 smushy808kJ15°C
Mon 26Oct95 ft8 smushy313kJ16°C
Tue 27Oct09 ft9 scrumbling1,111kJ16°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

  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
    Surf Rocher de Coulinec

    Best 11:00 to 14:00 local time: 4 ft at 11 s, wind 2 kn (4 km/h).

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 28 of 80.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

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

The plan picks the best of 4 spots near Douarnenez each day: Anse du Ris, le guet, Les Roches Blanches - le Leyde, Rocher de Coulinec.

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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.

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