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Today at Plage du Minou: Excellent for surfing — 89/100 for beginner level. Wind 4 kn S · Waves 1.0 m, 7 s · Tide -1.3 to 0.4 m. Best window around 04:00 UTC. Today's conditions at Plage du Minou: 0.8m waves with light onshore wind. E-Foiling looks Excellent in the midday, with Paddleboarding also worth considering. Water temperature is 15°C / 60°F.
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Plage du Minou faces S. Which swells reach it — and therefore whether there is anything worth riding — depends on that aspect more than on the open-ocean forecast height.
Today's wind is onshore at 4 kn. Onshore is the awkward one for surfing: it adds chop and pushes the wave over before it can stand up.
Over the published window Plage du Minou 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, 1 of 10 daylight hours clear that line at Intermediate.
Among the 31 scored spots within reach today, Plage du Minou ranks 21st 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.
Satellite-derived bathymetry with 10 m pixels and 10 cm vertical resolution out to ~40 m depth. The shape of the seabed is what determines where and how waves break.
Most apps run a single global model at 9–25 km. We blend regional NWP from national meteorological offices at 1.3–2 km — UK Met Office UKV, Météo-France AROME HD, ItaliaMeteo ICON-2I — with ECMWF IFS for the 8-day horizon. Finer resolution means the sea breeze, cliff funnelling and bay shadowing that changes everything for a session.
A nearshore wave model propagates the spectrum across the bathymetric mesh — modelling refraction, shoaling, dissipation, focusing and breaking as it goes. Most apps stop at swell + wind. We go further.
10 sport models × 4 ability levels weight wave height, period, wind, tide and breaking conditions differently — calibrated against ridden sessions so the scores mean what they say.
A compact wild sandy cove at the entrance to Brest Harbour, flanked by rocky headlands, with a beach-break producing fast, hollow lefts and rights over a sandy-with-rock bottom. Waves are best at low tide; the west side is used by surf schools, the east by more experienced surfers. Rip currents, rocks, and fast-rising Atlantic tides are documented hazards. Lifeguards are on duty through summer months, though exact hours here are unpublished.
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Wind at Plage du Minou today: 4 kn S (gusting 16 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 du Minou today: 1.0 m, 7 s period from E, mushy 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 du Minou today is around 04:00 UTC, when conditions score 63/100 for intermediate level. Conditions can shift by the hour — the 4Shor app shows the full 24-hour score chart.
For beginners, Plage du Minou scores 89/100 today for surfing — Excellent. 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 du Minou 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 du Minou is a coastal location near Le Minou 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 du Minou, 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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