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Hourtin Plage ratings
Quality on a good day: 5.0
Consistency of surf: 4.0
Difficulty level: 4.0
Crowds: 3.0

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Hourtin Plage Surf Forecast / France – Gironde / France

2 – 7 Day Weather and Surf Issued (local time): 18 pm Sunday 03 Jun 2012

Hourtin Plage surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

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Largest waves (m) & direction (?) 0.8
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Max-energy 122 197 121 84 115 253 533 360 472 666 466 1540 1796 1326 951 698 375 162
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Key to wind character - offshore winds at Hourtin Plage blow from the E
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Today's Hourtin Plage sea temperature is 17.5 °C (Statistics for 03 Jun 1981-2005 - mean: 17.3 max: 19.2 min: 15.1 °C)

Days 0-3 Weather Summary: Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Warm air temperatures (max 21°C on Tue afternoon, min 14°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the W on Sun afternoon, calm by Tue morning). Days 3-6 Weather Summary: Some drizzle, heaviest during Thu afternoon. Warm air temperatures (max 26°C on Thu morning, min 15°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (light winds from the WNW on Thu afternoon, fresh winds from the W by Fri morning).
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Summary clear clear clear some clouds rain shwrs some clouds some clouds some clouds some clouds rain shwrs some clouds some clouds clear clear clear clear clear some clouds
Rain (mm) - - - - 1 - - - - 1 - - - - - - - -
High °C 17 15 20 21 18 19 19 17 26 23 17 18 18 16 18 18 15 23
Low °C 16 14 17 20 15 17 18 16 23 18 16 18 17 15 17 16 14 18
Chill °C (?) 16 14 20 21 18 19 19 17 26 23 16 17 17 15 17 17 15 23
Sunrise - - 5:18 - - 5:16 - - 5:16 - - 5:16 - - 5:16 - - 5:16
Sunset 20:46 - - 20:47 - - 20:49 - - 20:50 - - 20:50 - - 20:51 - -
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Hourtin Plage is 34 km (21 miles) from Pauillac. If you plan a holiday in Acquitaine, look for hotels and other accommodation in Pauillac. Pauillac has rooms for a wide range of budgets as well as car hire and transport links.