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Today at Plage de Créac'h an Avel: Excellent for surfing — 85/100 for intermediate level. Wind 8 kn SE · Waves 1.4 m, 8 s · Tide -1.5 to 0.7 m. Best window around 20:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Plage de Créac'h an Avel: 1.4m waves with light cross-shore wind. Kite Foiling looks Excellent in the morning, with E-Foiling also worth considering. Water temperature is 16°C / 61°F.
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Plage de Créac'h an Avel faces NE, away from the prevailing Atlantic swell. For surfing that means it needs a specific direction to work rather than picking up the everyday groundswell, so it is a spot to check rather than assume.
Today's wind is cross-shore at 8 kn. Straight cross-shore sits between the two for surfing — the face stays rideable but the wall is less organised than on a clean offshore.
Over the published window Plage de Créac'h an Avel clears 60/100 for surfing at every ability from Beginner to Expert — an unusually broad spot, which normally means a range of conditions rather than one narrow sweet spot. Today, 6 of 10 daylight hours clear that line at Intermediate.
Among the 31 scored spots within reach today, Plage de Créac'h an Avel ranks 7th for surfing. The order changes by discipline: the same conditions that put a spot top for one sport can drop it down the list for another.
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A wide, sheltered fine-sand beach with pebble areas and boat ramps, on the calm shore of an inlet protected from dominant southwesterly winds. Flat water suits sailing, kayaking, kitesurfing, swimming and sand yachting, with a nautical centre across the inlet. Bathing water quality is rated excellent; the season runs roughly mid-June to mid-September. Dogs and barbecues permitted, smoke-free. Pleasant at high tide, with the inlet moderating wave energy.
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Wind at Plage de Créac'h an Avel today: 8 kn SE (gusting 27 kn). Wind direction relative to the shore affects surfing conditions significantly — offshore winds produce cleaner, glassier surfaces while onshore winds add chop. These are daily averages; the 4Shor app shows hourly detail.
Waves at Plage de Créac'h an Avel today: 1.4 m, 8 s period from W, peeling character. 4Shor derives nearshore wave conditions from ECMWF IFS 9-km atmospheric data and the IBI regional ocean model, updated hourly.
The best window for surfing at Plage de Créac'h an Avel today is around 20:00 UTC, when conditions score 85/100 for intermediate level. Conditions can shift by the hour — the 4Shor app shows the full 24-hour score chart.
For beginners, Plage de Créac'h an Avel scores 58/100 today for surfing — Okay. A score of 65–79 is Good for a beginner; 80+ is Excellent (90+ is Epic!); below 45 the session is usually not worth it. 4Shor scores every location across Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced and Expert levels.
Plage de Créac'h an Avel is scored for Surfing, Windsurfing, Kite Surfing, Kite Foiling, Wing Foiling, E-Foiling, Paddleboarding, Swimming, Kayaking, Canoeing in the 4Shor forecast system. Conditions are rated Beginner through Expert for each sport, updated every hour, so you always know whether the session is worth the drive.
Plage de Créac'h an Avel is a coastal location near Mogueran in France. It is one of more than 2,500 European water-sport locations scored daily by 4Shor.
4Shor's ShorSense™ system combines satellite-derived seafloor mapping, nearshore wave models, wind and tide data to generate a hyper-local forecast. At Plage de Créac'h an Avel, conditions are scored hourly on a 0–100 scale for each sport and ability level. A score of 80+ means Excellent (90+ Epic!); 65–79 is Good; below 45 the session is usually not worth the drive.
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