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Lacanau Ocean surf break

Lacanau Ocean surfForecast / Gironde / France

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 09 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
10.3° C
 (Which is 2.3°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 9AM is: 5.5m 13s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 09). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (CET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)18ft (5.5m)13s
Afternoon (09 Jan)18ft (5.5m)13s
Evening (09 Jan)16ft (5.0m)13s

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

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Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Mon
12
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
!
4
4
4
2
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
5
W
5.5
W
5
W
5
W
5.5
W
5
W
4.5
WNW
5
WNW
4.5
WNW
4
WNW
4
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.1
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
W
1.4
WNW
1.5
W
1.5
W
Period(s) (?)121313131313131313121212121212121312121211111010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7490104929361898392299025734376786578524844163995339728372319196116591252953730584486496477
Wind
(km/h)
55
W
50
W
50
W
55
WNW
50
WNW
50
WNW
45
NW
50
NW
45
NW
40
NW
35
NW
35
NW
30
NW
25
NW
15
NNW
10
E
10
ESE
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
20
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:42AM
3.53
9:12PM
3.15
9:32AM
3.25
10:06PM
2.98
10:31AM
3.01
11:11PM
2.87
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:39PM
0.72
2:53AM
0.91
3:26PM
0.97
3:46AM
1.14
4:20PM
1.19
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Mon
12
Sunrise--8:41-------8:41-------8:41-----
Sunset----5:40-------5:42-------5:43---
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C11101098101010101010101111119888910101110
Feels °C (?)0-10-3-3-1-1-10012357654356665
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