Sea · Brittany · France
Grêve Rose
Best for kiting from April to May and from August to November. Also windy, but cold: December to March.
- Prime 60 %+
- Good 40 %+
- Possible 20 %+
- Off under 20 %
- Ringed: this month
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- Kite days
- 66%
- kite days
- Prime, 9 of 9 years good
- Wind
- 14kn
- from SW
- average 12:00 to 18:00
- Water
- 16°C
- 5/4
- water
- Trip odds
- 8in 10
- 10 day trips good
- about 6.7 kite days of 10
Trip odds, expected kite days, water and wetsuit for your exact dates. Free, no sign up.
How we know thisConfidence high
Confidence. Hourly model data, 2017 to 2025, checked against the season shape of a nearby weather station, a regional model or a documented season. Shares its model grid cell with 2 nearby spots, so the numbers describe the area, not one beach.
A kite day has at least 3 hours of 12 to 35 knots (gusts up to 45) between 10:00 and 19:00, in daylight. Percentages are the share of such days in each month, counted over 9 years.
Best months: at least half the days are kite days (50 % or more), outside the cold months. The colours grade every month on their own scale: Prime from 60 %, Good from 40 %, Possible from 20 %.
Prime also needs a good month in at least 7 of the 9 years, so one freak year cannot make a month Prime. A month with 60 %+ but fewer good years shows as Good.
x in 10 reads: of all 10 day trips that started in that month between 2017 and 2025, x in 10 got at least 5 kite days. We cap the figure at 9 in 10 because wind is never a promise.
How the wind behaves
In February, the windiest month
Afternoon wind 16 knots, average 12:00 to 18:00.
- Too light 24 %
- Kiteable 75 %
- Too strong 1 %
Too light on 24 %, kiteable on 75 %, too strong on 1 % of days.
Best hours: 10:00 to 18:00, when the wind is most often 12 to 35 knots.
Share of kite days by wind direction, 16 sectors
Wind direction varies, most often WSW (248°).
Month by month
- Kite days
- 66 % Primeabout 20 of 31 days
- Too light, kiteable, too strong
- Too light 34 %
- Kiteable 66 %
- Too strong 0 %
- Good years
- 9 of 9 years reached 50 % kite days
- 10 day trip
- 8 in 10 trips got at least 5 kite days, about 6.7 expected
- Best hours
- 10:00 to 18:00when the wind is most often 12 to 35 knots
- Daylight
- 10.9 h
- Water
- 16 °C, 5/4
- Air
- 16 °Cdaily maximum, 15 °C during kite hours
- Rain
- 16 of 31with 1 mm or more
| Kite days% of days | 69 | 75 | 70 | 56 | 54 | 46 | 46 | 50 | 54 | 66 | 71 | 72 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verdictshare plus good years | cold | cold | cold | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Prime | Prime | cold |
| 10 day tripof 10 trips, 5+ kite days | 9 in 10 | 9 in 10 | 9 in 10 | 6 in 10 | 7 in 10 | 5 in 10 | 5 in 10 | 6 in 10 | 6 in 10 | 8 in 10 | 9 in 10 | 9 in 10 |
| Good yearsof 9, reached 50 % | 9 of 9 | 8 of 9 | 9 of 9 | 5 of 9 | 6 of 9 | 4 of 9 | 3 of 9 | 5 of 9 | 6 of 9 | 9 of 9 | 8 of 9 | 9 of 9 |
| Best hourshour of day, most often 12 to 35 kn | 10 to 17 | 10 to 18 | 10 to 18 | 10 to 19 | 11 to 19 | 10 to 19 | 10 to 19 | 10 to 19 | 10 to 19 | 10 to 18 | 10 to 17 | 10 to 16 |
| Daylighth | 8.8 | 10.1 | 11.9 | 13.7 | 15.3 | 16.1 | 15.7 | 14.4 | 12.7 | 10.9 | 9.2 | 8.3 |
| Water°C at the surface | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 12 |
| Air°C, daily maximum | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 12 |
| Rain days1 mm or more | 19 of 31 | 15 of 28 | 16 of 31 | 10 of 30 | 10 of 31 | 10 of 30 | 8 of 31 | 9 of 31 | 12 of 30 | 16 of 31 | 20 of 30 | 19 of 31 |
| Wetsuitfor that water and the air on kite days, + boots and gloves | 6/5+ | 6/5+ | 6/5+ | 6/5+ | 5/4 | 5/4 | 4/3 | 4/3 | 4/3 | 5/4 | 5/4 | 6/5+ |
Good year: at least half the days of that month were kite days. Best hours: the hours from 10:00 on when the wind most often reaches 12 to 35 knots. Rain day: 1 mm or more of rain.
Source: ECMWF IFS 9 km via Open-Meteo, hourly model wind, 2017 to 2025; water temperature 2023 to 2025. How we count kite days and trip odds
Trip odds by start week
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Trip odds by start week, 10 day trips, 2017 to 2025
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Colours as in the kite year: 6 in 10 and more like Prime · 4 to 5 in 10 like Good · 2 to 3 in 10 like Possible · under 2 in 10 like Off · No data hatched (fewer than 30 trips) · Ringed: this week · Raised: your start week
Source: hourly wind from the ECMWF IFS model via Open-Meteo, 2017 to 2025, kiteCOMPASS method v1. How we count
9 in 10
trips of 10 days starting in week 47 (e.g. 19 to 25 November) got at least 5 kite days in 2017 to 2025 (63 trips).
Zero wind trips: fewer than 1 in 20
about 7.2 kite days expected out of 10
Kite days per trip, 63 trips
Bars right of the line are good trips (5 kite days or more).
Kitesurfing at Grêve Rose: quick answers
When is the best time to kitesurf at Grêve Rose?
The best months are April to May and August to November: from 2017 to 2025, 50 to 71 % of days in those months were kite days.
Is Grêve Rose windy in October?
Yes, very. 66 % of days in October were kite days from 2017 to 2025, about 20 days in a typical October. 8 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in October got at least 5 kite days, 2017 to 2025.
What is the water temperature at Grêve Rose?
The water ranges from 10 °C in January to 19 °C in July. In October it is about 16 °C (wetsuit: 5/4).
How many kite days does Grêve Rose get in a year?
About 221 days a year were kite days from 2017 to 2025, out of 365. A kite day has at least 3 hours of 12 to 35 kn model wind between 10:00 and 19:00 in daylight, with gusts up to 45 kn.
Live forecast
The numbers above are long term averages. The forecast shows the next days.
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Spot facts
- Region
- Brittany
- Country
- France
- Water body
- Sea, from Natural Earth map data
- Nearest airport
- Brest Bretagne airport (BES), 78 km straight line. Flights are not sold here; this is for planning only.
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00 in October
- Coordinates
- 48.8296, -3.5253
- Model
- ECMWF IFS 9 km via Open-Meteo, hourly
Conditions, checked against kite guides
Water state, flat areas, waves and whether schools teach here, from kite sources, not from satellite images.
Not yet checked against kite guides. We research spot conditions one by one and show only what a kite source says.
Nearby kite spots in Brittany
- 65% kite days
Île Grande4 km
14 kn SW16 °C 5/4sea
Kite days by month in Île Grande: Jan 69 %, Feb 73 %, Mar 70 %, Apr 59 %, May 57 %, Jun 49 %, Jul 51 %, Aug 49 %, Sep 54 %, Oct 65 %, Nov 69 %, Dec 72 % - 62% kite days
Trestel13 km
13 kn SW16 °C 5/4sea
Kite days by month in Trestel: Jan 67 %, Feb 72 %, Mar 67 %, Apr 52 %, May 48 %, Jun 43 %, Jul 44 %, Aug 46 %, Sep 50 %, Oct 62 %, Nov 65 %, Dec 68 % - 52% kite days
Plestin19 km
12 kn SW16 °C 4/3sea
Kite days by month in Plestin: Jan 55 %, Feb 62 %, Mar 60 %, Apr 42 %, May 44 %, Jun 32 %, Jul 35 %, Aug 34 %, Sep 43 %, Oct 52 %, Nov 58 %, Dec 60 % - 61% kite days
Primel-Trégastel25 km
13 kn SW16 °C 5/4sea
Kite days by month in Primel-Trégastel: Jan 66 %, Feb 68 %, Mar 69 %, Apr 56 %, May 57 %, Jun 46 %, Jul 50 %, Aug 45 %, Sep 52 %, Oct 61 %, Nov 64 %, Dec 67 % - 47% kite days
Térénez29 km
11 kn SWsea
Kite days by month in Térénez: Jan 46 %, Feb 54 %, Mar 51 %, Apr 34 %, May 36 %, Jun 26 %, Jul 27 %, Aug 28 %, Sep 39 %, Oct 47 %, Nov 47 %, Dec 48 % - 67% kite days
Sillon de Talbert31 km
14 kn SW16 °C 5/4sea
Kite days by month in Sillon de Talbert: Jan 68 %, Feb 71 %, Mar 66 %, Apr 56 %, May 52 %, Jun 43 %, Jul 49 %, Aug 52 %, Sep 56 %, Oct 67 %, Nov 68 %, Dec 69 % - 62% kite days
Carantec33 km
13 kn SW16 °C 5/4sea
Kite days by month in Carantec: Jan 66 %, Feb 71 %, Mar 71 %, Apr 57 %, May 58 %, Jun 49 %, Jul 53 %, Aug 50 %, Sep 53 %, Oct 62 %, Nov 67 %, Dec 68 % - 66% kite days
Le Dossen42 km
14 kn SW16 °C 5/4sea
Kite days by month in Le Dossen: Jan 69 %, Feb 76 %, Mar 74 %, Apr 62 %, May 61 %, Jun 53 %, Jul 55 %, Aug 51 %, Sep 56 %, Oct 66 %, Nov 70 %, Dec 71 %
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kiteCOMPASS · method k3h-10to19-v1 · 2017 to 2025
Model wind: ECMWF IFS 9 km via Open-Meteo, hourly, 2017 to 2025. Water temperature: 2023 to 2025. Kite day: at least 3 hours of 12 to 35 kn model wind between 10:00 and 19:00 in daylight, with gusts up to 45 kn. Shares its model grid cell with 2 nearby spots, so the numbers describe the area, not one beach. Confidence: high.
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In October, 66 % of days at Grêve Rose met the kiteCOMPASS kite day rule: at least 3 hours of 12 to 35 kn model wind between 10:00 and 19:00 in daylight, with gusts up to 45 kn (ECMWF IFS 9 km via Open-Meteo, hourly, 2017 to 2025). https://kitecompass.app/spot/greve-rose
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