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Carcans Plage surfForecast / Gironde / France

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 12 Jan 2026 CET
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Carcans Plage surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Carcans Plage sea temperature is
9.9° C
 (Which is 2.6°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Carcans Plage today?

The current surf forecast for Carcans Plage at 2PM is: 2.3m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 1.2m 5s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)7ft (2.1m)11s
Afternoon (12 Jan)8ft (2.4m)12s
Evening (12 Jan)8ft (2.4m)12s

Table - waves today at Carcans Plage. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thu
15
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
0
2
3
3
3
2
2
1
1
1
1
3
3
3
3
2
0
0
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
W
1.9
W
2.1
W
2.3
W
2.4
W
2.4
W
2.4
W
2.3
W
2.2
W
1.9
W
1.8
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.4
W
1.6
W
1.7
W
1.7
W
2
W
1.9
W
Period(s) (?)101011121212121212121111121212121212121413131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5697681075148016931693165415191347955814726666617657690638547538103091791712881173
Wind
(km/h)
20
S
20
SSE
25
S
30
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
20
SE
20
S
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SW
15
SW
20
WSW
10
WSW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:45AM
2.90
12:24AM
2.90
12:57PM
2.89
1:28AM
2.99
1:59PM
2.98
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:48AM
1.32
5:22PM
1.34
5:58AM
1.39
6:30PM
1.37
7:09AM
1.32
7:35PM
1.28
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thu
15
Sunrise--8:41-------8:40-------8:40-----
Sunset----5:44-------5:45-------5:46---
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cloud
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part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
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clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C121112141414131199913151414141311121314121212
Feels °C (?)87781010963348101010111079111181010
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