Biarritz - Cote des Basques surf break

Biarritz - Cote des Basques surfForecast / La Cote Basque / France

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 17 Jan 2026 CET
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Biarritz - Cote des Basques surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Biarritz - Cote des Basques sea temperature is
13.2° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Biarritz - Cote des Basques today?

The current surf forecast for Biarritz - Cote des Basques at 1AM is: 3.0m 14s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 17). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 11.

Time (CET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)8ft (2.4m)13s
Afternoon (18 Jan)7ft (2.2m)12s
Evening (18 Jan)6ft (1.9m)12s

Table - waves today at Biarritz - Cote des Basques. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
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2
2
3
3
2
3
2
3
0
0
2
2
0
0
1
2
3
3
5
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.2
NW
2
WNW
2
WNW
1.9
WNW
2
WNW
1.4
NW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
NW
1.4
NW
0.9
WNW
1.4
NW
1.9
NW
2.4
WNW
3
WNW
Period(s) (?)151414141413131312121212111111111010101918171616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)417337143456305224302084183015031177113897210264853893893002772683776431278208628214664
Wind
(km/h)
10
ENE
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
WSW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
S
10
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
5
WSW
5
SSW
15
W
15
WNW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
NNW
10
N
10
ESE
5
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
glassoncross-
on
ononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:00PM
3.67
4:13AM
3.92
4:35PM
3.79
4:48AM
4.04
5:08PM
3.88
5:22AM
4.14
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:23PM
1.44
10:49AM
1.28
10:59PM
1.32
11:24AM
1.17
11:32PM
1.23
11:58AM
1.10
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Sunrise------8:33-------8:33-------8:33-
Sunset5:57-------5:58-------5:59-------
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
27531--------221121---11
Temp. °C1099910910111111101010109999910111199
Feels °C (?)878875798987667765678877
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