Port

Lesconil

3.7Plobannalec - Lesconil, FranceSouth Finistère

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Maximum length: 45 ft
VHF channel: 9
Maximum draught: 6 ft

Small fishing harbour on the Pays Bigouden coast of south Finistère, 32 plaisance berths alongside the working fleet.

Guide

Approach and anchoring

Entrance from the south between the Men ar Groas rocks to the east and the Karreg Kreiz ledge to the west, both buoyed. Channel dredged to 2 m, drying at the inner quays on large spring tides. On the way in, keep to the right of the second red beacon, which stands over a rock. Strong cross-currents on the ebb. VHF 9.

Practical

32 visitor and resident berths managed by the municipality of Plobannalec-Lesconil, open April to October, with the office closed Monday and Tuesday, so phone ahead. Places are few and the catways fill fast, though boats can raft on the east-side pontoon. The harbour office and sanitary block were rebuilt in 2025 and the showers are now spacious and very clean. Water on the quay, no fuel berth. Around 26 to 39 euros a night. Bakery, grocery, a small mini-market 150 m away and fishmongers in the village, with fresh landings sold at the criée in the afternoon.

Ashore

GR 34 coastal path runs along the shore towards Le Guilvinec at 4 km west and Loctudy at 6 km east. Pointe de Lesconil and its light, a 17 m white tower built in 1921, at 500 m on foot. The village has a crêperie, an ice cream shop and a Bigouden smokehouse for local smoked fish. Haliotika fisheries discovery centre in Le Guilvinec explains the local langoustine fishery.

History

Lesconil was one of the main sardine and tuna ports of the Pays Bigouden in the first half of the 20th century, with canneries supplying Paris and London. The fleet has shifted to inshore trawling for langoustines and hake since the 1980s.