Spot guide
La Torche is a W-facing reef break in Penmarch, Brittany, France. It picks up swell from SW to NW, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 57% of the directions it faces. Offshore wind here blows from the E: light winds or E breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while W onshores chop it up.
- Break
- Reef
- Faces
- W (281°)
- Best swell
- SW to WNW (220°–300°), 11 s or longer
- Best wind
- NE to SE offshore, or glassy
- Best surf height
- 3–8 ft at the beach
- Swell window
- SW to NW (215° to 313.5°)
- Offshore wind
- E
- Tide
- Model estimate
- Wave buoy
- None within 250 km
- Cams
- 8
Cams at La Torche
- Penmarch · watch on Viewsurf ↗
- Penmarch 2 · watch on Viewsurf ↗
- Penmarch 3 · watch on Viewsurf ↗
- Penmarch 6 · watch on Viewsurf ↗
- Penmarch 7 · watch on Viewsurf ↗
- Penmarch 4 · watch on Viewsurf ↗
- Penmarch 5 · watch on Viewsurf ↗
- Penmarch · Kerity · watch on Viewsurf ↗