Lacanau Ocean surf break

Lacanau Ocean surfForecast / Gironde / France

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 16 Apr 2026 CEST
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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
15.5° C
(Which is 2.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Lacanau Ocean today?

The current surf forecast for Lacanau Ocean at 8PM is: 2.5m 15s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (CEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)7ft (2.2m)12s
Afternoon (16 Apr)8ft (2.5m)14s
Evening (16 Apr)8ft (2.5m)15s

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


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Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
3
2
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
1
1
3
3
3
3
3
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.3
W
2.1
W
2
W
1.8
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
Period(s) (?)131414151514141413131313121212121212111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1999276528033081270123582107171014221121972822807781781768755636593483403444452397
Wind
(km/h)
5
ENE
10
N
20
N
20
NNE
10
NE
10
E
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
S
10
NW
15
NNW
20
N
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NNE
15
NNW
25
N
25
N
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
20
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffglasscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:49PM
4.01
5:04AM
4.24
5:26PM
4.18
5:44AM
4.32
6:04PM
4.24
6:25AM
4.26
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:27AM
0.06
10:43PM
0.06
11:06AM
-0.12
11:24PM
-0.13
11:46AM
-0.18
12:06AM
-0.20
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise-------7:16-------7:16-------7:13
Sunset---8:50-------8:52-------8:52----
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
--------------------1213
Temp. °C151719191716161517181819181715151619181817141312
Feels °C (?)14151515151414131616141516151313141614141512119
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