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Hourtin Plage surfForecast / Gironde / France

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Monday 20 Apr 2026 CEST
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Hourtin Plage surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Hourtin Plage sea temperature is
15.6° C
(Which is 2.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Hourtin Plage today?

The current surf forecast for Hourtin Plage at 2PM is: 0.5m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 20). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (CEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Afternoon (20 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Evening (20 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.6
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.2
W
0.3
WNW
0.5
W
0.4
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
Period(s) (?)10109101010101010151314151413131212141414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)51506952484932323218341066713413017115314819820719212612586
Wind
(km/h)
20
NE
20
NE
15
NE
20
NNE
20
NNE
25
NE
25
NE
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
30
NE
35
ENE
15
ESE
25
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
15
NE
25
NNE
25
NE
25
NE
25
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:27PM
4.16
7:58AM
3.90
8:17PM
3.90
8:57AM
3.54
9:21PM
3.60
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:15PM
0.03
1:40AM
0.01
2:01PM
0.32
2:32AM
0.31
2:53PM
0.66
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
Sunrise-7:11-------7:09-------7:07------
Sunset-----8:55-------8:57-------8:58--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C12111418201714121091419211714121211141919171412
Feels °C (?)8710141512975381315116866916141296
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