Morbihan is home to the Gulf of Morbihan ("little sea" in Breton), an inland sea dotted with around forty islands. Tidal currents in the gulf's narrow entrance can reach 9 knots, among the strongest in Brittany. The 4 to 5 metre tidal range outside the gulf is amplified and modified within, creating a time lag of over one hour compared to the open sea.
From Lorient, city of sailing, to Quiberon and its wild coast, via Belle-Île-en-Mer, Morbihan offers over 900 km of shoreline. The megaliths of Carnac, witnesses to a Neolithic civilisation that already observed the tides, remind us that the relationship between people and the sea in Morbihan is millennia old. Shore fishing in the Étel river and the oyster farms of the gulf depend closely on tide times.
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