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Lacanau Ocean surf break

Lacanau Ocean surfForecast / Gironde / France

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 24 Jan 2026 CET
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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
11.4° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Lacanau Ocean today?

The current surf forecast for Lacanau Ocean at 11PM is: 4.5m 16s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Jan)--
Afternoon (24 Jan)15ft (4.5m)16s
Evening (24 Jan)15ft (4.5m)16s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
!
!
!
3
2
2
0
1
0
0
Swell
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4.5
W
4.5
W
4.5
W
4.5
W
4
W
4
W
4.5
W
4.5
W
4.5
W
4.5
W
4.5
W
4.5
W
4.5
W
4
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.2
W
2.1
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
2.5
WSW
Period(s) (?)161616171616151414141415151514141413131312121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9481894192811040594358353949280696622672084029127856080475668430832202288160714208557486502037
Wind
(km/h)
35
WSW
30
WNW
35
WNW
25
W
30
WSW
40
SW
45
W
45
W
45
W
50
WNW
35
NNW
25
NW
25
NW
15
WNW
15
W
15
SSW
20
S
20
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
35
S
35
SSE
45
S
40
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		oncross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		ononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		crosson
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:10PM
3.44
8:29AM
3.56
9:00PM
3.28
9:26AM
3.34
10:07PM
3.14
10:47AM
3.15
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:00PM
0.42
2:16AM
0.59
2:47PM
0.61
3:09AM
0.78
3:43PM
0.83
4:13AM
0.95
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Sunrise------8:32-------8:30-------8:30-
Sunset6:00-------6:00-------6:02-------
light rain
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
3121149132111-1----132-3
Temp. °C101111111110910910109101011121111101012121411
Feels °C (?)354652-10-1-123467876446553
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