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Lacanau Ocean surf break

Lacanau Ocean surfForecast / Gironde / France

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Friday 16 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
10.7° C
 (Which is 1.7°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 4PM is: 2.5m 16s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (CET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)10ft (3.0m)16s
Afternoon (16 Jan)8ft (2.5m)16s
Evening (16 Jan)8ft (2.5m)16s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
4
4
3
4
4
!
!
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.3
W
2.2
W
2.1
W
1.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
Period(s) (?)161616161515151515151414141413131312121212111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)36793396335330252948302231273436343631142814257023081948170815381230992861755569439431366
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSE
20
SE
15
S
15
S
15
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
10
SE
10
E
10
NNE
15
NNE
5
NNE
5
SSW
5
SE
10
ESE
15
ESE
10
SE
15
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
5
SSE
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffglasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:29PM
3.26
3:45AM
3.49
4:07PM
3.42
4:21AM
3.68
4:41PM
3.55
4:55AM
3.82
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:58AM
0.95
9:13PM
0.91
9:40AM
0.74
9:53PM
0.71
10:18AM
0.55
10:29PM
0.53
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Sunrise--------8:37-------8:37-------
Sunset--5:49-------5:51-------5:52-----
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-111-1------------------
Temp. °C1010121211101098101110101010991011109888
Feels °C (?)568975655787898767876576
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