Lacanau Ocean surf break

Lacanau Ocean surfForecast / Gironde / France

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Friday 17 Apr 2026 CEST
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Lacanau Ocean surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Lacanau Ocean sea temperature is
15.9° C
(Which is 3.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Lacanau Ocean today?

The current surf forecast for Lacanau Ocean at 5PM is: 1.7m 13s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)7ft (2.1m)14s
Afternoon (17 Apr)6ft (1.8m)13s
Evening (17 Apr)5ft (1.6m)12s

Table - waves today at Lacanau Ocean. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
1
1
1
2
1
1
3
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
W
1.8
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.7
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1.4
WNW
1.2
WNW
1
W
0.9
WNW
0.7
W
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.6
W
0.5
W
Period(s) (?)131313131212121212121111111111111111101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)142211049728386946728768877366044924834033382754253222291841081281097451
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
15
SW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
N
15
N
20
N
20
N
15
N
25
NNW
25
N
20
N
15
NNE
15
NNE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NE
20
NNE
20
NE
20
NE
20
ENE
20
NE
20
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
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)
5:26PM
4.18
5:44AM
4.32
6:04PM
4.24
6:25AM
4.26
6:44PM
4.20
7:10AM
4.08
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:06AM
-0.12
11:24PM
-0.13
11:46AM
-0.18
12:06AM
-0.20
12:27PM
-0.11
12:50AM
-0.14
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise-------7:16-------7:13-------7:11
Sunset---8:52-------8:52-------8:53----
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171817171615131315161717161412111519211914121110
Feels °C (?)151615141313101013121313141187121617159775
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