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Lacanau Ocean surf break

Lacanau Ocean surfForecast / Gironde / France

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 15 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
10.6° C
 (Which is 1.8°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 1PM is: 1.2m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 24s secondary swell from a West direction, 1.2m 5s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (CET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)12s
Afternoon (15 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Evening (15 Jan)10ft (3.0m)19s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sun
18
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)
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
!
5
5
5
3
3
4
!
!
5
4
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
W
1
W
1
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
3
WSW
3
WSW
1.7
W
3
W
3
W
3
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
2.5
W
2.3
W
Period(s) (?)13131212127191817171616161615151515151514141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1173314290411341697686018225367493139813658310330252948302231703482348231572853277524991977
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
20
SE
30
SSE
30
S
40
SW
40
SSW
35
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
SW
20
S
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
20
SSE
20
S
5
SSW
5
ESE
10
E
10
ENE
10
NE
15
NE
10
NE
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		glassoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:47PM
3.09
3:06AM
3.30
3:29PM
3.26
3:45AM
3.49
4:07PM
3.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:10AM
1.15
8:29PM
1.11
8:58AM
0.95
9:13PM
0.91
9:40AM
0.74
9:53PM
0.71
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sun
18
Sunrise--8:38-------8:38-------8:37-----
Sunset----5:47-------5:49-------5:51---
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cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----3-11-1-11--------11
Temp. °C129101313111212121210111110101010108101110910
Feels °C (?)954743578957866689579767
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