Boucau Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(Landes, France)

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Boucau Surf Guide

Boucau in La Cote Basque is an exposed beach break that has quite reliable surf and can work at any time of the year. The best wind direction is from the east. Waves just as likely from local windswells as from distant groundswells and the ideal swell direction is from the west. The beach breaks peel to the left. When it's working here, it can get crowded.

Boucau Spot Info

Type:	Rating:	Reliability:	Todays Sea Temp*:
Beach	5	fairly consistent	17.7°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite

Surfing Boucau:

The best conditions reported for surf at Boucau occur when a West swell combines with an offshore wind direction from the East.

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What's the best time of year to surf Boucau (for consistent clean waves)?

octoberBest Season: autumn

The best time of year for surfing Boucau with consistent clean waves (rideable swell with light / offshore winds) is during Autumn and most often the month of October. Clean surfable waves are typically found 42% of the time in October while 48% of the time it tends to be blown out. For the remaining 10% of the time it is considered too small by most surfers but may still be OK for beginners and groms at times.

clean

42%

Surfable waves that hold up well for longer rides in prevailing cross-offshore, offshore or light wind conditions.

blown out

48%

Surfable sized waves that are of poorer quality due to prevailing onshore, cross-onshore or windy conditions (may be preferable for kitesurfing).

too small

10%

Waves usually considered too small for good surf. Some wave-magnet breaks may still work though if conditions are right (on occasion).

Explore Boucau Location Map

Interactive Boucau surf break location map. View information about nearby surf breaks, their wave consistency and rating compared to other spots in the region. Current swell conditions from local buoys are shown along with live wind speed and direction from nearby weather stations. Click icons on the map for more detail. The closest passenger airport to Boucau is Anglet (Biarritz-bayonne) Airport (BIQ) in France, 7 km (4 miles) away (directly). The second nearest airport to Boucau is San Sebastian Airport (EAS) in Spain, 29 km (18 miles) away.

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Please note that some surf spot locations are approximate to protect their exact location while others are not shown at close zoom level.

Boucau Surf Forecasts:

Hourly Forecast

16 Day Forecast

Todays Surf Summary
Monday, 4 May 2026, 11:24 Local Time

m, °C	Monday 04
ft, °F	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM
Wave (m)	NW	NW	NW	NW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	on	cross- on	cross- on

Tides at Boucau

Current tide and informaton

For Vieux Boucau, France, 2 km from Boucau.

Next High Water: 06:59pm | 3.85m

Next Low Water: 01:09pm | 1.24m

NEXT	IS AT (local time)	remaining
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Boucau Sea Temperature

The Boucau water temperature is reasonably warm (17.7 °C) but the air temperature will feel a few degrees cooler (13.0 °C). A good quality spring wetsuit would be ideal.

Today, many surfers would wear a spring wetsuit.

Current Temp*: 17.7°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite