Cap Ferret Surf Forecast

/ Gironde (25 surf breaks) /

France (410 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (44.63° N 1.26° W)

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Cap Ferret surfForecast / Gironde / France

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Wednesday 20 Aug 2025 CEST

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

Today's Cap Ferret sea temperature is 24.2° C
(Which is 2.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Cap Ferret today?

The current surf forecast for Cap Ferret at 6PM is: 0.7m 4s primary swell from a West direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm August 20). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (CEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (20 Aug)	1.5ft (0.4m)	5s
Afternoon (20 Aug)	1.5ft (0.4m)	5s
Evening (20 Aug)	2.5ft (0.8m)	5s

Table - waves today at Cap Ferret. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Wednesday 20					Thursday 21								Friday 22								Saturday 23
	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	NW	NW	W	WNW	WNW	W	W	W	WNW	NW	NW	NW	NW	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Period(s) (?)	5	5	4	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	15	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	12	12	20	51	79	94	76	78	75	98	93	60	64	78	98	90	113	137	166	160	144	125	158	120
Wind (km/h)	WNW	WNW	W	W	WNW	NNW	NNW	NNE	N	NNW	NNW	NW	NNW	NNW	NW	WNW	WNW	W	WNW	NNW	NNW	N	N	E
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)			3:33PM 3.41				4:07AM 3.33				4:24PM 3.66				4:52AM 3.52					5:07PM 3.85				5:32AM 3.64
Low Tide / height (m)	9:00AM 0.92				9:38PM 0.63				9:54AM 0.68				10:27PM 0.40				10:39AM 0.46					11:08PM 0.22

	Wednesday 20					Thursday 21								Friday 22								Saturday 23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16
Sunset	-	-	-	9:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	2	3	1	4	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	18	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	18
Feels °C (?)	19	19	17	17	18	19	21	19	17	16	15	16	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	19	20	17

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Gironde

Wind Update The cross-on wind has turned onshore at Lacanau Ocean (moderate winds from the W at La Hume 40 km from Lacanau Ocean). No surfable waves
56 minutes ago Lacanau Ocean

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Actual: 56 min ago

41 km/h

Onshore

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