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◈Cap Fréhel · France
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🌫 Murky all week after the storm — the water isn't settling
visibility~1m

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Today — sit it out — wave, wind and surge pounding. 🌫 Murky all week after the storm — the water isn't settling

Sources: MeteoAlarm · buoys · Open-Meteo · Copernicus — high confidence · data 11:52

Sources & confidence

Sources
MeteoAlarm · buoys · Open-Meteo · Copernicus
Method
spearo sea-state engine: consensus of up to 6 models + satellite clarity (ZSD) + buoy-bias checks
Freshness
Re-read every hour, per coast

Compiled by the spearo sea-state engine · How it works →

The verdict comes from seven water factors and hard safety gates — not ten tabs. Go or stay.

How we score the water

Our own model

Our own forecast engine — not a third-party widget. It weighs these water factors into one go-or-stay verdict for this coast; the 0–10 dial is that verdict, read out as a number.

01
Swell & wave memory
Height, period and direction of the swell, plus the wake of recent storms — an old storm still stirs the water, and the engine remembers.
02
Wind & gusts
Speed and gusts, hour by hour — wind speed and an onshore push chop the surface and cut visibility.
03
Tide phase
Timing and range of the tide, calibrated per coast — big spring tides pull the verdict toward caution.
04
Water temperature
Sea-surface temperature — sharply cold water vetoes a green verdict.
05
Currents & outflow
Direction and drift of the current — it pushes you, and it drags turbid coastal water across where you dive.
06
Rain runoff & air clarity
Rain muddies the water inshore through land runoff, while fog and haze cut visibility at the surface.
07
Coast shape & exposure
How the coast faces the swell — a sheltered cove keeps the water clean; an exposed, head-on point takes a penalty.

Safety gates

  • Thunderstorm forecast — an instant red, no exceptions.
  • An official warning (MeteoAlarm / IPMA) — yellow, or red for the higher ranks.
  • Missing input data — a would-be green is capped to yellow rather than overstated.
  • Strong disagreement between forecast models — a green day is pulled back to yellow.
  • Night hours — where night spearfishing is banned by law the window is forced red; where it is legal (Australia outside NSW, New Zealand, South Africa) it is capped at yellow, never green.

It all folds into a single 0–10 score and one verdict: go or stay.

A forecast, not a guarantee — the sea has the last word.

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Seabed relief — promising ground

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Cap Fréhel — solo, off the rocks
DON'T GO
don't go · wave 2.3 m (occasionally up to ~4.6 m)
wave 2.3 m head-onwind 28, gusts 52 km/hsurge pounding the rocksvisibility ~1 m
today, best window 06:00–09:00
fish · Visibility 1 m · Water 15.7°C
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The day is picked above, in the hero. Here are that day's windows, the hour-by-hour map and the trends. Tap a window to break down the conditions.

Sunday · today2026-10-25
08:44–19:01 · full moon
▼ 01:00▲ 07:00▼ 13:00▲ 19:00 · 9.7 m
Hours (06→20)
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Day's trends
Tide-2.13 m
Wave1.42 m
Wind13 km/h
Water16 °C
fish activity: moonset 07:52 · moderate · moon underfoot 13:10 · high · moonrise 18:17 · moderate · moon overhead 00:00 · high
Conditions window06:00–09:00
don't go fish
Hs 2.32 m · roughperiod 12.6 s head-onwind 28→52surge 2.6viz 1 m
2.32 mrough · up to ~4.64 · 306° head-on
12.6 sswell building
28→52gusts 52 km/h
2.6pounding the rocks
0.67m/s
1 mrecent swell
15.7°Cthicker suit + hood
▼13:00tide turn near
Atmosphere14 kmovercast
moderatemoonset
  • wave 2.3 m (occasionally up to ~4.6 m)
  • steep wind-wave — choppy surface, careful on entry
  • just after high water
confidence lowtwilight
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The water column

Visibility and what drives it — post-storm clearing, river plume, temperature and the thermocline.

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spearo.app folds wind, wave, swell period, visibility, tides, water temperature and risk into a single verdict — go to the spot or not. It computes 7 days ahead from open marine models (Open-Meteo, IPMA), with no sign-up and no accounts. Built for solo spearfishing off the rocks, where any mistake costs dearly.

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The seabed

Relief and bottom type, tides, and the depths of each spot.

On the rock

The forecast is the plan.
The call is on the rock.

The models set the window. Whether you go in is read only at the water: count the sets, watch the surge on the entry. If in doubt, you don't get in.

Entry points

Where to get in
off the rocks.

Scouted entries, coloured by today. The colour is the sea state at the spot, not a guarantee: the wash and a slippery entry you judge on site.

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Amas du CapCap Fréhel
no data
window
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Seabed depth of the selected area
≈6.5–20 m (bathymetry SHOM Litto3D, 5 m, © Shom)

Detached stack to the west, rock and kelp 4–17 m, shore/boat; bass, pollack, wrasse. Slack water only. Bass is closed March–May on the local Cap Fréhel rectangle — check this year's order.

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🔒 Anse des LogesCap Fréhel
no data
Pro · subscribers
window
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Seabed depth of the selected area
≈1.3–9.6 m (bathymetry SHOM Litto3D, 5 m, © Shom)

The full spot briefing is part of the subscription: entry, bottom, hazards, tide window.

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Reference

What's in season,
what the law says.

In season now
  • bar / loup (European seabass)
    Dicentrarchus labrax · 0–15 m · arrêté 2012
    Bag: north of 48°N — 3/day (except 1 Feb–31 Mar: catch-and-release only); south of 48°N — 2/day year-round.
  • maigre (meagre)
    Argyrosomus regius · 5–30 m · arrêté 2012
  • gilthead seabream
    Sparus aurata · 2–20 m · arrêté 2012
  • white seabream
    Diplodus sargus · 0–15 m · arrêté 2012
  • black seabream
    Spondyliosoma cantharus · 3–25 m · arrêté 2012
  • grey mullet
    Mugil / Chelon spp. · 0–8 m · arrêté 2012
  • European conger
    Conger conger · 5–40 m · arrêté 2012
  • striped red mullet
Veulettes-sur-Mer
  • Saint-Valery-en-Caux
  • Veules-les-Roses

    • North Brittany

    • Perros-Guirec
    • Trégastel
    • Roscoff

    South Brittany

    • Lorient
    • Arzon – Port-Navalo
    • Île de Groix
    • Quiberon
    • Concarneau
    • Bénodet
    • Belle-Île-en-Mer

    Pays de la Loire

    • Le Croisic
    • Noirmoutier
    • Île d'Yeu
    • Les Sables-d'Olonne

    West Brittany

    • Douarnenez
    • Plouguerneau
    • Crozon-Morgat
    • Camaret-sur-Mer
    • Audierne
    • Penmarch
    • Le Conquet
    • Pointe du Raz
    • Île de Sein
    • Ouessant

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    Anse des SévignésCap Fréhel
    no data
    window
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    Seabed depth of the selected area
    ≈1.4–8.0 m (bathymetry SHOM Litto3D, 5 m, © Shom)

    Cove, rock and kelp 1–14 m, shore; bass, spider crab, crab. Leave two hours before low water.

    Google Maps
    Anse du CrocCap Fréhel
    no data
    window
    —
    Seabed depth of the selected area
    ≈0.6–5.7 m (bathymetry SHOM Litto3D, 5 m, © Shom)

    Slip and beginner-friendly plateau, 2–5 m at 150 m from shore; bass, wrasse, mullet. Best = 2nd hour of flood → HW slack.

    Google Maps
    Pied du capCap Fréhel
    no data
    window
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    Seabed depth of the selected area
    ≈5.6–21 m (bathymetry SHOM Litto3D, 5 m, © Shom)

    Rocky cliff foot under the lighthouse, ≤12 m, shore (advanced); bass, wrasse, serious current off slack. Coords verified.

    Google Maps
    🔒 Pointe de Château RenardCap Fréhel
    no data
    Ultra · subscribers
    window
    —
    Seabed depth of the selected area
    ≈3.9–23 m (bathymetry SHOM Litto3D, 5 m, © Shom)

    The full spot briefing is part of the subscription: entry, bottom, hazards, tide window.

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    🔒 Pointe de la CorbièreCap Fréhel
    no data
    Ultra · subscribers
    window
    —

    The full spot briefing is part of the subscription: entry, bottom, hazards, tide window.

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    🔒 Pointe de la ToucheCap Fréhel
    no data
    Pro · subscribers
    window
    —
    Seabed depth of the selected area
    ≈3.1–7.5 m (bathymetry SHOM Litto3D, 5 m, © Shom)

    The full spot briefing is part of the subscription: entry, bottom, hazards, tide window.

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    Pointe du Fort la LatteCap Fréhel
    no data
    window
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    Seabed depth of the selected area
    ≈2.4–19 m (bathymetry SHOM Litto3D, 5 m, © Shom)

    Approaches to the pointe du Fort la Latte (Plévenon), rock-sand line, shore entry; bass, mullet, pollack, bream. ⚠️ set off 1–1.5 h before slack low tide.

    Google Maps
    🔒 Port au Sud-EstCap Fréhel
    no data
    Pro · subscribers
    window
    —
    Seabed depth of the selected area
    ≈0.7–5.6 m (bathymetry SHOM Litto3D, 5 m, © Shom)

    The full spot briefing is part of the subscription: entry, bottom, hazards, tide window.

    Open in the app →

    SOLO is the biggest risk: underwater you can black out from lack of oxygen silently and fatally, with no one around. Solo is never truly «safe». Below are the best weather windows; carry a buoy, tell someone your plan and exit time, and any doubt — don't go.

    Mullus surmuletus · 3–30 m · arrêté 2012
  • common sole
    Solea solea · 2–20 m · arrêté 2012
  • European hake
    Merluccius merluccius · 10–40 m · arrêté 2012
  • Atlantic mackerel
    Scomber scombrus · 0–20 m · arrêté 2012
    Atlantic 20 cm (North Sea — 30 cm), Mediterranean 18 cm.
  • pollack
    Pollachius pollachius · 5–30 m · arrêté 2012
    Atlantic/Channel: max 2/day. Practically absent in the Mediterranean.
  • Atlantic cod
    Gadus morhua · 5–40 m · arrêté 2012
  • brown meagre / corb
    Sciaena umbra · 5–30 m · arrêté 2012
    🚫 Mérou (5 spp.) and corb: TOTAL spearfishing ban in the French Mediterranean (mainland + Corsica), moratorium to end 2033. Size is irrelevant — not a legal target at all.
    • Law
    • ✓No paid licence since 2009 (décret 2009-727), BUT since 12 Feb 2026 there IS a registration regime, and it differs BY BASIN (arrêté of 7 Nov 2025, version of 1 Apr 2026): Atlantic and Channel — only if you target the listed species; Mediterranean — everyone aged 16+; shore gathering (pêche à pied) is exempt ONLY while it does not target the listed species — target one and registration applies there too; the overseas territories — not yet required. Civil-liability (RC) insurance for spearfishing is mandatory too — a standalone policy or an FFESSM/FFPSA federation licence. Speargun (arbalète) — 16+.
    • ✓Breath-hold only — any equipment that lets you breathe underwater is banned; you may not carry such equipment and a speargun/foëne on the same boat (bar a prefect's derogation), nor carry and use a speargun and an underwater scooter together; guns powered by a detonating charge, or by compressed gas the diver did not compress himself, are banned (CRPM art. R.921-90). A spearfisher may not: fish between the legal hours of sunset and sunrise; come within 150 m of vessels actively fishing or of gear marked by buoys; take animals from other people's nets and traps; use a light source; take crustaceans with a speargun or a foëne (hands only); keep the gun loaded out of the water (CRPM art. R.921-91 and R.921-92). Ports and marked bathing zones are closed by the LOCAL arrêté, not by a national act; a protected STATUS (Natura 2000, marine park) does NOT by itself ban spearfishing — the specific closures are on the map.
    • ✓Min. sizes are façade-specific (arrêté 26.10.2012 + EU 2019/1241): sea bass (bar) 42 cm Atlantic/Channel and 30 cm Mediterranean. In the Med, moratoria protect the grouper (×5) and the brown meagre (corb) — don't shoot them. Registration + catch declaration have applied since 12 Feb 2026 (arrêté of 7 Nov 2025 as amended 1 Apr 2026). See the species card and the guide.
    • ✓EU Reg. 2023/2842 is in force in France: registration applies since 12 Feb 2026 (differently by basin) and catch declaration covers the species of the annex in force, and the annex ties each species to the basin where it must be declared (not every species in every basin): sea bass (bar), pollack (lieu jaune), blackspot seabream Pagellus bogaraveo (dorade rose), dolphinfish (dorade coryphène) and mackerel (maquereau). Bluefin tuna is NOT in that annex. Check your basin and your species against the annex in force. Basis: the arrêté of 7 Nov 2025 as amended 1 Apr 2026. There is NO postponement.
    • ✓Marking the catch is MANDATORY: on the listed species you cut off the lower lobe of the caudal fin (arrêté 17.05.2011 as amended by the arrêté of 30.12.2021) — sea bass, bonito, cod, brown meagre (corb), dentex, dolphinfish, gilthead, blackspot seabream, swordfish, lobster, spiny lobster, pollack, saithe, meagre, marlins, mackerel, red porgy, red scorpionfish, white seabream, sole, wahoo, the FOUR tunas on the list (yellowfin, albacore, skipjack and bigeye), sailfish. Bluefin tuna is NOT on this list — it has its own regime. For shore spearfishing the mark is made AS SOON AS you get back to the shore. Specimens must be kept whole. Bluefin tuna — fishing is prohibited without an annual ADMINISTRATIVE authorisation, with a tag fitted immediately after capture and a declaration (arrêté 24.03.2026). Which body issues it is decided by the REGION WHERE THE VESSEL IS REGISTERED: the DIRM as a rule, and the DMLC for vessels registered in Corsica. Belonging to a federation changes only the SUBMISSION CHANNEL — the application goes through the federation — not the issuer, which remains the administration.
    • ⛔ 🚫 Mérou (5 spp.) and corb — total spearfishing ban in the Mediterranean (mainland + Corsica), moratorium to end 2033.
    • ⛔ Grande nacre (Pinna nobilis) — full take ban (Habitats Dir. 92/43 Annex IV). Marine mammals, turtles, seahorses (Hippocampus), corals — do not touch.
    • ⛔ Crustaceans (lobster, spiny lobster, spider crab, ormer/abalone) — harpoon/foëne PROHIBITED. By hand while freediving only, where species/size/season is open. Ormeau (Haliotis) — hand-take heavily restricted/seasonal, effectively closed in many zones.

    Rules change. Exact distances from beaches/ports and seasonal closures are set by the local préfecture maritime — check its arrêté and the DIRM/OFB zone map before heading out.

    Safety protocol
    • Sets: watch the wave trains ≥15 min before entering; Hmax ≈ 2×Hs, the wash can run 50 m past the foam line. A lull >10 min with period >12 s = a big set «overdue», do NOT enter; enter right after a full set passes and re-check at minute 30.
    • Exit FIRST: find your exit AND a backup before entering. On a rocky/boulder shore a 0.5 m rise in swell can make the exit impossible — getting pinned/unable to climb out is the main killer.
    • Headland rip: prominent points often have a permanent topographic rip regardless of the model — locate it, enter/exit on the windward side, never swim against it.
    • Cold: wetsuit per the SST chip; the first shiver = a metabolic surge and a drop in breath-hold → get out at the first steady shiver. Cap the session at 45–60 min below 15 °C.
    • Solo discipline: buoy up; tell someone the spot and exit time; conservative breath-hold (never push it in cold/murky/surfy water); visibility <3 m — don't enter.
    • Afternoon wind: on many coasts the wind builds from midday — plan to be out of the water by midday; the chop builds — get out.
    • UV 11:00–15:00 (UVI ≥6): sunscreen and cover up on the surface interval.
    • Solo is a fundamental risk (hypoxic blackout with no buddy). Any doubt = No-go.

    FAQ — spearfishing in Cap Fréhel

    Where can I spearfish in Cap Fréhel?

    Cap Fréhel has rock entry points such as Pied du cap, Anse du Croc and Pointe du Fort la Latte. The most spectacular cape on the Emerald Coast, red-sandstone cliffs dropping into water that can be very clear. Below you'll find each spot (access, shelter and hazards) and today's forecast.

    When is the best season in Cap Fréhel?

    Summer (June–September). North Brittany is macro-tidal (8–10 m range): clear water and the entry both hinge on slack. The jagged coast gives shelter in almost any wind if you know the right cove.

    How cold is the water in Cap Fréhel?

    Atlantic/Channel: ~10 °C in winter, ~17–18 °C in summer. A 7 mm hooded suit year-round. Clearer water than farther east down the Channel, especially at rocky capes on the flood slack.

    Is Cap Fréhel good for a beginner?

    Moderately technical: macro-tides, but the jagged coast offers plenty of sheltered entries. Plan on slack; knowing the local coves, it's doable for a confident beginner on a calm day.

    Do I need a licence in Cap Fréhel?

    No paid licence in Cap Fréhel — but third-party (RC) insurance is MANDATORY, and since 10/01/2026 a free EU registration + catch declaration (RECFishing app) applies from age 16. Breath-hold only (no scuba), buoy mandatory, no night; sizes by coast (bar 42 Atl. / 30 Med.), grouper and corb banned in the Med. See the guide.

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