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Lacanau Ocean surf break

Lacanau Ocean surfForecast / Gironde / France

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 30 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
10.9° C
 (Which is 1.3°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Lacanau Ocean today?

The current surf forecast for Lacanau Ocean at 11AM is: 4.0m 13s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Jan)15ft (4.5m)13s
Afternoon (30 Jan)16ft (5.0m)18s
Evening (30 Jan)15ft (4.5m)17s

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

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Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Mon
02
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
!
0
!
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
!
!
!
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4.5
W
4.5
W
4
W
4
W
5
W
4.5
W
4.5
W
5
W
4.5
W
4.5
W
4.5
W
4.5
W
5
W
5
W
5
W
4.5
W
4
W
3.5
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.2
W
Period(s) (?)131313141818171716161616161616151515141414141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)699963205939637215382130971228013062108941097097929051111401259012006936870045454416833762886260219711632
Wind
(km/h)
45
W
35
W
30
WSW
30
SSW
40
SW
35
WSW
20
SW
35
W
30
W
40
WNW
30
W
25
W
45
W
35
WNW
25
NW
20
WNW
15
W
10
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
25
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		onononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:51PM
3.51
3:12AM
3.80
3:44PM
3.74
4:02AM
4.08
4:31PM
3.91
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:07AM
0.68
8:32PM
0.69
9:07AM
0.39
9:26PM
0.43
9:58AM
0.14
10:13PM
0.21
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Mon
02
Sunrise--8:26-------8:26-------8:25-----
Sunset----6:07-------6:09-------6:10---
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light rain
light rain
cloud
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light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
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Rain (mm)
1-11--13111221-11-1-----
Temp. °C11111211121111810101011111111111111111111111010
Feels °C (?)236444703135245678777765
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