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Lacanau Ocean surf break

Lacanau Ocean surfForecast / Gironde / France

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Monday 19 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 1.6°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 6PM is: 1.0m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.2m 21s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 19). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (CET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jan)4ft (1.2m)11s
Afternoon (19 Jan)5ft (1.6m)10s
Evening (19 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
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)
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
3
3
3
2
1
2
0
2
2
1
1
2
3
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
WNW
1.6
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
WNW
1
W
0.7
W
1.1
W
1.4
W
2.3
W
2.3
W
2.1
W
2.3
W
2.4
W
2.5
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.3
W
2.1
W
2
W
2
W
2.1
W
3.5
W
4
W
5
W
Period(s) (?)111010101018171616161616161514141414141313131213
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)34358818423122532872410292634260121812543282529723676257021251781155314211491363551437874
Wind
(km/h)
5
SW
20
NW
10
W
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
SSW
15
S
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
30
S
35
S
35
S
30
SSE
35
SSE
35
S
35
SSE
30
SSE
10
SW
30
SSW
40
SW
40
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		ononcrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:14PM
3.64
5:27AM
3.93
5:46PM
3.68
6:00AM
3.97
6:19PM
3.68
6:32AM
3.96
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:54AM
0.40
11:04PM
0.40
11:29AM
0.28
11:39PM
0.31
12:05PM
0.23
12:14AM
0.29
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Sunrise--------8:36-------8:34-------
Sunset--5:52-------5:54-------5:55-----
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
12--1-------------2-5231
Temp. °C10111211111111111010119101212101012111110101111
Feels °C (?)979888876563454325348333
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