Today — sit it out — wave, wind and surge pounding. 💧 Water looks set to clear by Saturday (~6d) — tentative
Sources & confidence
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.
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.
Safety gates
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.
Where to get in, where to hunt
Wind, wave and the swell windows — when to go and the best hours.
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.
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Visibility and what drives it — post-storm clearing, river plume, temperature and the thermocline.
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.
Now live: 3016 spots across 406 stretches of coast — mainland Portugal, Madeira and the Azores.
See all spotsRelief and bottom type, tides, and the depths of each spot.
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.
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.
Open the seafloor mapThe full spot briefing is part of the subscription: entry, bottom, hazards, tide window.
Open in the appThe full spot briefing is part of the subscription: entry, bottom, hazards, tide window.
Open in the app⛔ Spearfishing is BANNED here — the 300 m band along the Côte Sauvage is permanently closed to spearfishing (Quiberon municipal order 87/27 of 29/04/1997, DIRM Bretagne synthesis pp. 20-21, stretch "Kervihan to Beg er Lann"); this point lies north of Pointe de Kervihan and the band's northern limit is published nowhere as a tracé — we close it out of caution until the act itself has been read. The spot stays on the map to mark the closure: find a legal stretch on the no-take map.
Google MapsMore sheltered SE point, rock and weed 3–10 m, shore; the fallback when the west builds, bass and bream.
Google Maps⛔ Spearfishing is BANNED here — the 300 m band along the Côte Sauvage is permanently closed to spearfishing (Quiberon municipal order 87/27 of 29/04/1997, DIRM Bretagne synthesis pp. 20-21) and this point IS the southern limit the act names, Beg er Lann. The spot stays on the map to mark the closure: find a legal stretch on the no-take map.
Google MapsThe full spot briefing is part of the subscription: entry, bottom, hazards, tide window.
Open in the appBoulders, kelp and canyons facing due west, 2–12 m, shore; big sea bream, pollack, bass, lots of spider crab. Heavy shorebreak — small swell only.
Google Maps⛔ Spearfishing is BANNED here — the 300 m band along the Côte Sauvage is permanently closed to spearfishing (Quiberon municipal order 87/27 of 29/04/1997, DIRM Bretagne synthesis pp. 20-21, stretch "Kervihan to Beg er Lann"); this point lies north of Pointe de Kervihan and the band's northern limit is published nowhere as a tracé — we close it out of caution until the act itself has been read. The spot stays on the map to mark the closure: find a legal stretch on the no-take map.
Google MapsThe full spot briefing is part of the subscription: entry, bottom, hazards, tide window.
Open in the app⛔ Spearfishing is BANNED here — the Port-Haliguen harbour zone, closed to spearfishing. The spot stays on the map to mark the closure: find a legal stretch on the no-take map.
Google MapsSOLO 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.
Cameras, map and reference — to hand as you come up.
Check the cam BEFORE you leave. Foam, brown/green murk, or waves washing the entry rocks = No-go. At night/in fog the cam is useless — treat it as «unknown», NOT «green».
Spearfishing in Quiberon is a peninsula decision. The west-facing Côte Sauvage around Pointe du Percho has boulders, kelp, canyons, big sea bream, pollack, bass and spider crab, but heavy shorebreak means small swell only. Beg er Goalennec and the Conguel on the southeast side are the fallback when the west builds. Port-Haliguen is a sheltered boat hub with port traffic. Macro tide range, cold water year-round, variable visibility and W/NW wind shape the plan. Nationally, France requires RC insurance and the 2026 registration plus catch declaration regime.
The plan is built around exposure. West is not the same as east, and Port-Haliguen is a traffic-aware boat hub, not just an easy entry. Spot depth and level stay qualitative because safety scores and spot-depth claims are not provided. The listed webcams are surface checks; France has no buoy station.
| Spot | Type | Depth | Level | Access | Notes |
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| Côte Sauvage (Pointe du Percho) | West-facing boulders, kelp and canyons | Boulder and kelp relief | Small swell only | Shore | Big sea bream, pollack, bass and spider crab are the targets. Heavy shorebreak is the key local warning. |
| Beg er Goalennec / Conguel | More sheltered southeast point | Rock and weed | Fallback when west swell builds | Shore | Bass and bream hold here. This is the east-side alternative when the Côte Sauvage is wrong. |
| Port-Haliguen | Sheltered boat hub on the east side | Rock and sand near port water |
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.
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| Easy entry |
| Launches toward Houat, easy entry and port traffic all matter. Keep that traffic in the plan. |
Quiberon is Atlantic mesotidal, with a west-facing bad sector. The general marks are 4-5 m tidal range, cold water year-round and 4-10 m visibility, not today's reading. The wind that ruins it is W/NW. The operating rule is slack water and no swell, especially on the Côte Sauvage.
The peninsula splits into the wild west face and the bay side. Côte Sauvage/Pointe du Percho is the exposed boulder, kelp and canyon ground. Beg er Goalennec/Conguel is the southeast fallback when west swell builds. Port-Haliguen is a sheltered east-side boat hub with port traffic.
Bass holds on both the Côte Sauvage and the southeast fallback. Atlantic rules apply: sea bass 42 cm, pollack 42 cm with a maximum of two per day, white seabream 25 cm, mullet 30 cm and mackerel 20 cm.
Yes. The France legal block says RC insurance is mandatory for spearfishing, either as a standalone policy or through an FFESSM/FFPSA federation licence. It also says breath-hold only, no scuba or hookah, no night spearfishing, 16+ for a speargun, and from 10 Jan 2026 registration plus catch declaration.
Côte Sauvage/Pointe du Percho, Beg er Goalennec/Conguel and Port-Haliguen are the working marks. West exposure decides which side is usable.
Yes, but only by small swell. Expect boulders, kelp, canyons and heavy shorebreak.
Local species include big sea bream, pollack, bass, spider crab and bream. Use the Atlantic façade sizes and limits.
No old-style spearfishing licence is required since 2009, but RC insurance is mandatory. From 10 Jan 2026, registration plus catch declaration applies.
RC insurance is required for spearfishing in France. It can be standalone or through an FFESSM/FFPSA federation licence.
No. The France legal block bans night spearfishing from sunset to sunrise.
