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Lacanau Ocean ratings
Quality on a good day: 4.4
Consistency of surf: 3.9
Difficulty level: 3.0
Wind and kite surfing: 3.0
Crowds: 1.7

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Lacanau Ocean Surf Forecast / France – Gironde / France

2 – 7 Day Weather and Surf Issued (local time): 18 pm Monday 04 Jun 2012

Lacanau Ocean 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 (?) 0.7
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Period (s) (?) 9 13 11 11 10 12 11 11 11 11 11 10 10 9 8 8 8 9
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Max-energy 84 115 433 459 354 464 617 1641 2513 1919 1273 530 370 269 356 555 568 1088
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Key to wind character - offshore winds at Lacanau Ocean blow from the E
onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy
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Today's Lacanau Ocean sea temperature is 17.5 °C (Statistics for 04 Jun 1981-2005 - mean: 17.5 max: 19.8 min: 15.1 °C)

Days 0-3 Weather Summary: Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm air temperatures (max 22°C on Tue afternoon, min 13°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light. Days 3-6 Weather Summary: Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Sun morning. Cool air temperatures (max 19°C on Sat afternoon, min 15°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (calm on Sat morning, fresh winds from the WSW by Sun morning).
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  clear rain showers part cloud part cloud clear clear part cloud part cloud part cloud clear part cloud rain showers part cloud rain showers light rain light rain part cloud rain showers
Summary clear rain shwrs some clouds some clouds clear clear some clouds some clouds some clouds clear some clouds rain shwrs some clouds rain shwrs light rain light rain some clouds rain shwrs
Rain (mm) - 2 - - - - - - - - - 1 - 1 5 1 - 1
High °C 22 16 18 20 19 22 18 16 18 18 16 16 19 17 17 17 16 18
Low °C 19 15 16 19 16 20 18 16 17 17 15 16 17 17 17 16 15 17
Chill °C (?) 22 15 18 20 19 22 17 15 17 17 16 16 19 16 16 16 15 17
Sunrise - - 5:18 - - 5:18 - - 5:18 - - 5:18 - - 5:16 - - 5:16
Sunset 20:46 - - 20:47 - - 20:49 - - 20:49 - - 20:50 - - 20:51 - -
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