Bay of Brest
A large sheltered roadstead at the western tip of Brittany and one of the country's wing foil centres. Specialist wing schools teach inside the bay, at spots such as the Grève de Penn-al-Lann, and along the North Finistère coast towards Plouguerneau and Landéda.
Source: seawindfoil.com · checked 2026-09-24
Climate
Monthly averages in °C, 2016–2025: air as the daily high and low, water as the sea surface.
| Series | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air max. | 10° | 11° | 12° | 14° | 17° | 19° | 21° | 21° | 19° | 16° | 13° | 11° |
| Air min. | 7° | 7° | 8° | 9° | 11° | 14° | 15° | 16° | 14° | 12° | 10° | 8° |
| Water | 11° | 11° | 11° | 12° | 13° | 15° | 16° | 16° | 15° | 15° | 14° | 12° |
- Air: ERA5 / ERA5-Land (Copernicus Climate Change Service) via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0), contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026
- Water: NOAA OISST v2.1, provided by NOAA PSL, Boulder, Colorado, USA (Public domain). Sea surface temperature of the nearest 25 km grid cell with open water, 13 km from the spot
Schools and rental
4 stations at this spot: what they offer, whose gear they run and when they are open.
One of France's first specialised wing foil schools, teaching from Brest to Plouguerneau.
NotiwingA wing foil school on the Bay of Brest.
Rêve O KiteA wing foil and kite school in North Finistère near Brest.
Sea, Wind & FoilA wing foil school teaching at Carantec, Brest and Port-la-Forêt, and in Guadeloupe.