Today — right on the edge — wave, wind and visibility.
Sources & confidence
Compiled by the spearo sea-state engine
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.
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: 1152 spots across 189 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 mapIslets of rock and rip-rap, 2–8 m, shore (at low water); bass and mullet, BUT cut off by the flood — watch the clock. Coords approx.
Google MapsLa Guimorais hunting zone (Saint-Coulomb), ~8 km to the east, shore entry; mullet. Yield tied to the tidal coefficient.
Google MapsReference zone, sand + kelp + rock 5–12 m, ~1.5 km circuit, shore; bass, cuttlefish, wrasse, pollack, mullet, all levels. Exit ~2h before LW. Coords approx.
Google MapsPointe du Décollé (Saint-Lunaire), holed rock 0–8 m, shore entry; lobster, brown crab, conger in the crevices. Entry from Longchamp beach or the Décollé car park.
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».
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.
Spearfishing in Saint-Malo is governed by tide before fish. Spring ranges reach 12-13 m, and Grand Bé and Petit Bé are cut off by the flood, with frequent rescues. Pointe de la Varde is the reference mark: sand, kelp and rock, a circuit of about 1.5 km, and exit about 2 h before low water. Grand/Petit Bé is a low-water plan only. La Guimorais is tied to tidal coefficient, and Pointe du Décollé is holed rock with lobster, brown crab and conger. National rules add RC insurance, breath-hold only practice, no night hunting, and the 2026 registration plus catch declaration regime.
The keyword asks broadly, but Pointe du Grouin is not part of this set. The four marks below keep the article tied to confirmed names and tide warnings. Local webcams are surface checks only; no buoy station is available.
| Spot | Type | Depth | Level | Access | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pointe de la Varde | Sand, kelp and rock | Mixed sand, kelp and rock relief | All levels | Shore | Bass, cuttlefish, wrasse, pollack and mullet are the targets. Exit about 2 h before low water. |
| Grand / Petit Bé | Rock and rip-rap islets | Low-water rock access | - | Shore at low water | Bass and mullet hold here. The flood cuts the islets off, so the clock is the main rule. |
| La Guimorais | Saint-Coulomb shore zone | Tide-coefficient shore ground | - | Shore | Mullet holds here, and yield is tied to the tidal coefficient. |
| Pointe du Décollé | Holed rock at Saint-Lunaire | Crevices and holed rock | - | Longchamp beach or Décollé car park | Lobster, brown crab and conger hold in the cracks. Crustaceans are not harpoon targets. |
Saint-Malo is Channel macrotidal and has 12-13 m ranges on springs. That makes tide timing the first condition. At La Varde, exit about 2 h before low water. At Grand/Petit Bé, the flood cuts access. The cameras can show surface state, but there is no buoy station and no live visibility number.
The local warning is specific: Grand Bé and Petit Bé are cut off by the flood, with frequent rescues. Ferry traffic also runs off the walled town. This is why a Saint-Malo plan needs a return time before entry. If the route back is not fixed by the tide table, the spot is not ready.
There is no spring season for sea bass here. Bass appears at Pointe de la Varde and Grand/Petit Bé, then tide instructions take over. For the Channel façade, sea bass is 42 cm. Pollack is also 42 cm with a maximum of two per day on Atlantic/Channel. Mullet and conger also hold at these marks.
Yes. The France legal block says civil-liability insurance is mandatory, either standalone 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.
Use Pointe de la Varde, Grand/Petit Bé, La Guimorais and Pointe du Décollé. Plan each one around tide timing.
The named species are bass, cuttlefish, wrasse, pollack, mullet, lobster, brown crab and conger. Sizes come from the Channel table.
There is no monthly sea-bass calendar. Use tide timing: La Varde exit about 2 h before low water and careful flood timing around the Bé islets.
No old-style spearfishing licence is required since 2009, but RC insurance is mandatory. From 10 Jan 2026, registration plus catch declaration applies.
In France, stay at least 150 m from vessels actively fishing. Spearfishing is also banned in ports, bathing zones and marine reserves.
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