Annual classification : Excellent
Latest sample : Sep 15, 2025Open the health profile ↗In brief
Penthievre Ocean is a beach 3.5 km from Saint-Pierre-Quiberon (Morbihan). The beach faces west. Within 1,000 m, OpenStreetMap lists toilets, car parks and a café. Nearby are Penthievre Baie, 1.0 km to the south, Pouladen, 1.6 km to the south, and Les Sables Blancs, 1.6 km to the north-east.
Tide
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Forecast
Today’s weather
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Place characteristics
- Distance to town
- Saint-Pierre-Quiberon · 3.5 km
Practical information
RecordedNot documented
© OpenStreetMap · Oct 20, 2026 · check on site · Sources
- Parking10 recorded within 1 km
- ≈ 226 mFee : No
- ≈ 275 m
- ≈ 296 m
- ≈ 396 mFee : No
- ≈ 408 mFee : No
Distances as the crow flies · © OpenStreetMap · Data from Oct 20, 2026
- Toilets2 recorded within 1 km
- ≈ 133 mFee : NoWheelchair access : Yes
- ≈ 705 mFee : NoWheelchair access : No
Distances as the crow flies · © OpenStreetMap · Data from Oct 20, 2026
- Showers
Not in our sources yet.
- Water
Not in our sources yet.
- Café1 recorded within 1 km
- ≈ 452 mBeach barOpening hours : Mo-Su 12:00-22:00
Distances as the crow flies · © OpenStreetMap · Data from Oct 20, 2026
- Bus4 recorded within 1 km
- ≈ 674 mPenthièvre
- ≈ 675 mSaint-Pierre-Quiberon Penthièvre
- ≈ 703 mPenthièvre
- ≈ 704 mSaint-Pierre-Quiberon Penthièvre
Distances as the crow flies · © OpenStreetMap · Data from Oct 20, 2026
- Bikes5 recorded within 1 km
- ≈ 63 mDeclared capacity : 12
- ≈ 459 m
- ≈ 476 mFee : NoDeclared capacity : 10
- ≈ 477 mDeclared capacity : 6
- ≈ 704 mDeclared capacity : 6
Distances as the crow flies · © OpenStreetMap · Data from Oct 20, 2026
- Charging
Not in our sources yet.
- Lifeguards
Not in our sources: follow the signs on site.
- Wheelchair
Not in our sources yet.
- Dogs
Not in our sources: follow the signs on site.
- Play area
Not in our sources yet.
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Today’s windows
Calculated at 11:49 PM · rules coast-v5
- Very good window
- Possible window
- Less favourable
- Prohibited
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Shore gathering — Check first
Shore gathering
11:49 PM–02:49 AM · Check first
Confidence 25 % · rules coast-v5
Beach run — Check first
Beach run
08:00 AM–09:30 AM · Check first
Confidence 35 % · rules coast-v5
Coastal walk — Check first
Coastal walk
10:00 AM–12:00 PM · Check first
Confidence 35 % · rules coast-v5
Family beach time — Check first — latest health sample has expired
Family beach time
02:00 PM–05:00 PM · Check first
Confidence 0 % · rules coast-v5
Photography — Check first
Photography
03:42 PM–05:42 PM · Check first
Confidence 35 % · rules coast-v5
Sunset — Check first
Sunset
04:57 PM–06:27 PM · Check first
Confidence 35 % · rules coast-v5
Beaches nearby
Discovery score: distance, available annual classification and catalogue quality. It is neither real-time health advice nor a safety conclusion.
- Penthievre BaieDistance 1.0 kmAnnual classification: Excellent
rene boulay · CC BY-SA 3.0PouladenDistance 1.6 kmAnnual classification: Excellent
rene boulay · CC BY-SA 3.0Les Sables BlancsDistance 1.6 kmAnnual classification: Excellent
rene boulay · CC BY-SA 3.0KerhostinDistance 1.7 kmAnnual classification: Good- Poul PerneauDistance 2.8 kmAnnual classification: Excellent
Frank Vassen from Brussels, Belgium · CC BY 2.0MentorDistance 2.8 kmAnnual classification: Excellent
Official information
An annual classification or the absence of an event in the feed does not mean bathing is currently permitted. Local signs and published orders take priority.
The place in pictures
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Country profile
- Languages
- French
- Currency
- Euro
- Driving side
- right
Wikidata · CC0 · Retrieved on Sep 18, 2026
Sources and method
- Tide heights
- Heights retain the vertical reference supplied by the source and are not an official hydrographic zero.
- Sea temperature and conditions
- Temperature and conditions come from a limited-resolution coastal model, not an observation at the beach. Do not use for navigation or to conclude that bathing is safe.
- Beach characteristics
- These place characteristics are recorded from the linked sources. They describe the place, not current conditions.
Source & freshness
Météo-France — Vigilance météorologique, Licence OuverteAging
Official regulation
Method and source ↗Licence ↗Ministère des Solidarités et de la Santé — Données de rapportage de la saison balnéaire — mise à jour de la ressource data.gouv.frFresh
Official catalogue · Bathing water quality
Method and source ↗Licence ↗Ministère des Solidarités et de la Santé — Données de rapportage de la saison balnéaire — mise à jour de la ressource data.gouv.frFresh
Official catalogue · Bathing water quality
Method and source ↗Licence ↗Ministère des Solidarités et de la Santé — Données de rapportage de la saison balnéaire — mise à jour de la ressource data.gouv.frExpired
Official catalogue · Bathing water quality
Method and source ↗Licence ↗EEA/WISE Bathing Water Quality 2025 et autorités nationales — classement annuel, pas un avis sanitaire actuelAging
Official catalogue · Bathing water quality
Method and source ↗Licence ↗GeoNames gazetteer (cities500) — Saint-Pierre-Quiberon — CC BY 4.0Fresh
Additional source
Method and source ↗Licence ↗Copernicus DEM GLO-30 -- (c) DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; distributed via the AWS Open Data Registry (bucket copernicus-dem-30m).Fresh
Additional source
Method and source ↗Copernicus DEM GLO-30 © DLR e.V. et Airbus DS, fourni par l'UE et l'ESAFresh
Copernicus DEM (elevation)
Method and source ↗Licence ↗NOAA OISST v2.1 (NOAA PSL)Fresh
NOAA OISST (sea temperature)
Method and source ↗Licence ↗© contributeurs OpenStreetMap (ODbL)Fresh
OpenStreetMap (coastline layout)
Method and source ↗Licence ↗© ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortiumFresh
ESA WorldCover (land cover)
Method and source ↗Licence ↗Lang, N., Jetz, W., Schindler, K., & Wegner, J. D. (2023). A high-resolution canopy height model of the Earth. Nature Ecology & Evolution. Data: https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000609802 (CC BY 4.0)Fresh
Tree canopy (documented dataset)
Method and source ↗Bunting, P., Hilarides, L., Rosenqvist, A., Zanaga, D., Van De Kerchove, R., Lucas, R., Castro Brandao Vaz dos Santos, P. (2024). Global Mangrove Watch: Annual Mangrove Extent, version 4.0.19. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12756047 (CC BY 4.0)Fresh
Tree canopy (documented dataset)
Method and source ↗Athanasiou, P., van Dongeren, A., Pronk, M., Giardino, A., Vousdoukas, M., Ranasinghe, R. (2024). Global database of Coastal Characteristics (GCC), version 1.1. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11072020 (described in https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2023-313) (CC BY 4.0)Fresh
Nearshore slope (documented dataset)
Method and source ↗EOT20 — Hart-Davis et al. (2021), DGFI-TUM, CC BY 4.0Modelled reference
Modelled data · Tide model
Method and source ↗Licence ↗Préfecture de Morbihan — source officielleUnavailable
Administrative directory
Method and source ↗GeoNames · CC BY 4.0
Modelled data and this estimate do not replace an official source. Mareloa is not a navigation tool.