Dead Zone Surf Forecast

/ Gironde (25 surf breaks) /

France (410 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (44.52° N 1.26° W)

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Dead Zone surfForecast / Gironde / France

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 19 Aug 2025 CEST

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

Today's Dead Zone sea temperature is 24.5° C
(Which is 2.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Dead Zone today?

The current surf forecast for Dead Zone at 11AM is: 0.6m 5s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am August 19). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (CEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (19 Aug)	2ft (0.6m)	5s
Afternoon (19 Aug)	1.5ft (0.5m)	5s
Evening (19 Aug)	2ft (0.6m)	5s

Table - waves today at Dead Zone. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Hourly 12 Days

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	Tuesday 19							Wednesday 20								Thursday 21								Fri 22
	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	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	WSW	W	W	W	W	W	W	WNW	NW	NW	NW	NNW	NNW
Period(s) (?)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	25	25	26	20	27	30	22	19	18	15	12	37	38	53	64	82	86	94	145	181	147	113	93	95
Wind (km/h)	WNW	W	W	W	WNW	NW	NW	WNW	WNW	W	W	W	W	W	W	WNW	WNW	NNW	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)					2:29PM 3.15				3:11AM 3.11				3:32PM 3.40				4:06AM 3.32				4:23PM 3.65
Low Tide / height (m)		7:49AM 1.11					8:37PM 0.87				9:02AM 0.93				9:40PM 0.63				9:56AM 0.69				10:29PM 0.40

	Tuesday 19							Wednesday 20								Thursday 21								Fri 22
Sunrise	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-

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

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Gironde

Wind Update Light wind has turned cross-on at Lacanau Ocean (light winds from the NW at La Hume 40 km from Lacanau Ocean). No surfable waves
50 minutes ago Lacanau Ocean

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Actual: 50 min ago

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Cross-On

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