Penfoul, France

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Landunvez, 2 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: BES (BES), 26 km.

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About Penfoul

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

The spot faces NW (310°), so it takes swell from the NW. The wind blows offshore from the SE (130°). 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 moderately: 10 m deep about 200 m out (1 in 20). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hollow. The sea is about 11°C in February, 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, April, May and June, with about 1 good days in 7; in February and March, about 0. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Landunvez, 2 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: BES (BES), 26 km. Within 5 km we also list 1 surf spot and 1 wind sports 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 35 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to BES, changing at Dublin Airport (DUB).
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No town nearby
No stay checked for this site yet: Landunvez, 2 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: BES (BES), 26 km.
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Forecast

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

Forecast and score for expert surfers at Penfoul, each day
Day	Score for experts	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Mon 19Oct	18, too small	3 ft12 shollow	223kJ	wind from the south, 2 knots	13°C
Tue 20Oct	41, fair	6 ft11 shollow	616kJ	wind from the south-west, 9 knots	14°C
Wed 21Oct	5, poor	10 ft11 smushy	2,048kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 19 knots	12°C
Thu 22Oct	10, poor	9 ft9 scrumbling	1,242kJ	wind from the south, 15 knots	14°C
Fri 23Oct	10, poor	9 ft11 smushy	1,530kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 18 knots	13°C
Sat 24Oct	0, too big	11 ft10 smushy	1,953kJ	wind from the west, 10 knots	13°C
Sun 25Oct	17, poor	10 ft8 smushy	1,033kJ	wind from the north-west, 11 knots	13°C
Mon 26Oct	39, fair	7 ft8 smushy	550kJ	wind from the south-west, 11 knots	16°C
Tue 27Oct	18, poor	10 ft8 smushy	1,220kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 11 knots	16°C
Wed 28Oct	0, too big	12 ft10 scrumbling	2,406kJ	wind from the south-west, 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 Tue 20 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for expert surfers. Change dates

Tue 20 Oct
Travel out
Fly ORD to BES, changing at DUB, then 45 min by road. About 16h 35 door to door
Wed 21 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 14 of 80.
Thu 22 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 31 of 80.
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 15 of 80.
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.
Sun 25 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 27 of 80.
Mon 26 Oct
Travel home
Fly ORD to BES, changing at DUB, then 45 min by road. About 16h 35 door to door

Rough cost

About £795–£1,540 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 BES, estimated from distance and season, changing at DUB, full-service airlines, with a hold bag	£390–£810
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		£795–£1,540

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

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