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Lacanau Ocean surf break

Lacanau Ocean surfForecast / Gironde / France

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Friday 23 Jan 2026 CET
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
11.2° C
 (Which is 1.0°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 8PM is: 5.0m 16s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Jan)15ft (4.5m)13s
Afternoon (23 Jan)18ft (5.5m)16s
Evening (23 Jan)16ft (5.0m)16s

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

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Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
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)
0
0
0
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0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4.5
W
5
W
5.5
W
5
W
5
W
4.5
W
4.5
W
4
W
4.5
W
5
W
5
W
4.5
W
4.5
W
4.5
W
4.5
W
4
W
5
W
4.5
W
4.5
W
5
W
5
W
5.5
W
5
W
4.5
W
Period(s) (?)131416161616161615151616161716161514141414151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6801826614475137221235510494894176137941107521160997929706115931018586799766751175948512972712385127419878
Wind
(km/h)
40
W
40
WSW
35
SW
20
S
20
SSW
15
S
15
WSW
20
WSW
30
WSW
40
WSW
40
W
30
WNW
35
WNW
25
W
35
WSW
45
SW
40
W
40
W
50
WSW
40
WNW
45
WNW
45
WNW
35
NW
25
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		crosscross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		onononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:29PM
3.56
7:44AM
3.75
8:10PM
3.44
8:29AM
3.56
9:00PM
3.28
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:19PM
0.29
1:32AM
0.43
2:00PM
0.42
2:16AM
0.59
2:47PM
0.61
3:09AM
0.78
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Sunrise--------8:33-------8:32-------
Sunset--5:59-------6:00-------6:00-----
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Rain (mm)
121--211121121145723221-
Temp. °C101011101098991011111111111111891010101110
Feels °C (?)11345543213445423-1-221034
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