Lacanau Ocean Surf Break

Lat Long: 45.00° N 1.21° W

Lacanau Ocean 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 23 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Lacanau Ocean sea temperature is
18.5°C
1.5° 

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


How big are the waves at Lacanau Ocean today (23 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (23 Oct, local time) - 18ft (5.5m), 13s period with W swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (23 Oct, local time) - 18ft (5.5m), 15s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Oct, local time) - 15ft (4.5m), 14s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Lacanau Ocean at 5PM is: 5.0m 15s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 23). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (CEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Oct)18ft (5.5m)13s
Afternoon (23 Oct)18ft (5.5m)15s
Evening (23 Oct)15ft (4.5m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Very mild (max 18°C on Mon morning, min 13°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the WNW on Fri afternoon, calm by Sun night).

Fri
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
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
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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0
0
0
0
0
0
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Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
5.5
W
14
5.5
W
16
5
W
15
4.5
W
14
4
WNW
14
3.5
WNW
13
3
WNW
13
3
WNW
12
2.5
WNW
12
2.5
WNW
12
2.5
WNW
12
2.5
W
12
2.5
W
11
3
W
10
3.5
W
11
3.5
W
11
4
W
12
4
W
13
3.5
W
13
3.5
W
13
3
WNW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
12899
14038
11085
8444
5810
3718
3145
2271
1903
1699
1669
1889
1898
1832
2582
3389
4261
4681
4093
3405
2906
Wind (km/h)
50
W
45
WNW
40
WNW
35
WNW
25
WNW
25
W
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
W
25
WSW
30
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
40
WSW
40
WSW
40
WSW
35
W
20
N
15
N
5
NE
Wind State
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
cross
cross
glassy
High Tide
3:30PM3.65m
3:53AM3.66m
4:06PM3.90m
4:27AM3.90m
4:42PM4.09m
Low Tide
9:04AM0.77m
9:28PM0.47m
9:43AM0.46m
10:06PM0.21m
10:22AM0.20m
10:43PM0.02m
clear
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light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
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light rain
rain showers
cloud
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8:30
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7:32
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1
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Temp °C
15
15
15
15
15
14
15
15
16
16
16
16
16
17
17
17
17
17
15
14
14
Feels °C
5
6
7
8
10
9
11
11
13
11
10
10
10
11
10
11
11
12
12
11
13
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