Photo: Anthony Cantin / UnsplashBeach breaks, 3/2–5/4+ water by season, quiet nomad scene.
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At a glance
Peak season—52% surfable at peak
Suits—no month clears our bar
Boardlongboard · bothbeach
Water10–19.4°C3/2–5/4+ most of the year
Internet445 Mbpsmedian download · Ookla
Cost / mo$2,070+all-in, estimated
Where you'll surf — and work, eat, train
5 spots within 25 km · 5 with own season dataspot in season nowout of seasonno dot — no per-spot season data
Hazardsrips
Spot details
- Keep Cool Surfing1.2 km
- Atlantic Lézard1.8 km
- Bréti Surfschool1.8 km
- Wind N Surf16.7 km
- École de surf - Talmont Plagebeach22.6 km
3 coworking · 3 cafés · 3 gymsPowered by Google — ratings and maps are live from Google Maps. SurfBase doesn't edit or rank the reviews.
All places (9)
Coworking3 listed
- Coworking St GillesView on Google
- Le Qg Coworking SablaisView on Google
- Blue Working - Location bureaux, domiciliation entreprise les Sables d'OlonneView on Google
Cafés3 listed
- La Ferme du Marais Girard / Le Comptoir des SoeursView on Google
- Boulangerie L'Atelier Papilles Brem sur Merserves coffee — not a dedicated caféView on Google
- café de la plageserves coffee — not a dedicated caféView on Google
Gyms3 listed
- CrossFit Saint Hilaire de Riez - Hyrox Training ClubView on Google
- Elle'm FitnessView on Google
- Crossfit Sandy CoastView on Google
The surf year
Peak consistency 52% · below our season thresholdSurfable days by month · intermediateBest window — · % of days with rideable surf, ERA5 2015–2024
52peak · Apr
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Swell
o-hdo-hdo-hdmidmidmidmidmidmidmidmido-hd
Wind ok
44%40%45%64%58%59%53%58%56%55%42%37%
Water
10°10°11°13°16°19°19°19°19°18°15°12°
Barsless surfablemore
Water5/4+ hoodedunder 13°4/3 wetsuit13–16°3/2 wetsuit17–19°
How we compute this
Computed from hourly ERA5 / ERA5-Ocean reanalysis (2015–2024): swell reaching this coast × wind quality × size for the chosen level, over daylight hours. Sea temperature 2023–2025.model v3 · computed 2026-09-22 · no forecast — a historical climatologyFull methodology
Surfable days by level, month by month
| Level | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beginner | 34% | 35% | 39% | 41% | 49% | 49% | 40% | 52% | 49% | 39% | 34% | 31% |
| Intermediate | 41% | 42% | 48% | 52% | 47% | 43% | 31% | 45% | 47% | 48% | 42% | 39% |
| Advanced | 41% | 45% | 45% | 40% | 27% | 24% | 14% | 21% | 30% | 39% | 40% | 38% |
Working from here
median 445 Mbps · no known coworking · from $1,180 a month · balanced sceneInternet speedmedian download · Ookla445 Mbps
Coworking spacesknown in OpenStreetMap0
Quiet ↔ Party65 / 100
Rent rangework-ready studio, monthly · USD$1,180–$2,240
Month all-inrent + living, modeled · USD≈ $2,070–$3,440
Estimated — modeled, not sourcedFind a place to stay
Monthly-stay searches for Bretignolles-sur-Mer.We link out — we don't book. Prices and availability live on Agoda, Booking.com and Airbnb. Some links may earn SurfBase a commission — the advice stays free and unchanged.
Getting there
Nearest airportLa Roche-sur-Yon Les Ajoncs Airport
CodeEDM
Distance37 km
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Sources & confidence
AI-seeded · not yet human-checkedSee the full methodology for how every figure is computed.Town references: osm · openwateratlas · wikidata · open-meteo · osm-coworking · ourairports · ookla · google-places · open-meteo-skill · osm-poi · ookla-wifi · wb-price-level
Updated 2026-09-22Suggest a correction