Lafitenia Surf Forecast and Surf Reports
(La Cote Basque, France)
Lafitenia Spot ID
Type: reef and point
Reliability: fairly consistent
Best: Swell W | Wind SE
Sea Temperature Today is: 15.6 °C
| Sat | Sunday 26 | |||
| 10PM | 1AM | 4AM | 7AM | |
| Wave (m) |
 WNW |
 NW |
 NW |
 NW |
| Period (s) | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 |
| Wind (km/h) |  |
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| Wind State | cross- off |
cross- off |
cross- off |
cross |
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Lafitenia in La Cote Basque is an exposed reef and point break that has quite reliable surf and can work at any time of the year. The best wind direction is from the southeast. Waves just as likely from local windswells as from distant groundswells and the ideal swell angle is from the west. No beach break here as well as a right hand reef break.. Likely to be crowded if working. Beware of crowds and rocks.
Forecast Wave Energy (Power): 12hrs
Tide Times:
For Saint Jean de Luz, France, 3 km from Lafitenia.
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Lafitenia Tide Times and Tide Chart
Live Weather:
At Urrugne, 6 km from Lafitenia.
calm km/h |  dry | Air temperature 10 °C |
Overall Lafitenia Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in January
Surf photos from
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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Lafitenia:
(click location name for more details)- Closest break1 mi
- Second closest break1 mi
- Third closest break1 mi
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- Fifth closest break2 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Lafitenia:
- Closest wave buoy207 mi
- Second closest wave buoy335 mi
- Third closest wave buoy401 mi
- Fourth closest wave buoy436 mi
- Fifth closest wave buoy452 mi
Tide stations nearest to Lafitenia:
- Closest tide stationSaint Jean de Luz2 mi
- Second closest tide stationBidart4 mi
- Third closest tide stationHendaye7 mi
- Fourth closest tide stationFuenterrabia7 mi
- Fifth closest tide stationVieux Boucau10 mi
Airports
- The closest passenger airport to Lafitenia is San Sebastian Airport (EAS) in Spain, 12 km (7 miles) away (directly).
- The second nearest airport to Lafitenia is Anglet (Biarritz-bayonne) Airport (BIQ) in France, 13 km (8 miles) away.
- Third is Pamplona Airport (PNA) in Spain, 71 km (44 miles) away.
- Pau Pyrenees Airport (PUF) in France is 100 km (62 miles) away.
- Bilbao Airport (BIO) in Spain is the fifth nearest airport to Lafitenia and is 102 km (63 miles) away.
This is the Surf-Forecast page for Lafitenia, La Cote Basque. Use the tab navigation above to view Lafitenia sea temperature, Lafitenia photographs, Lafitenia detailed swell predictions, wind and weather forecasts, Lafitenia webcams, current wind from La Cote Basque live weather stations and Lafitenia tide predictions. The France swell maps link will open up the big picture showing France and the surrounding seas. These swell maps can be animated to show the different swell components, wave energy, wave period, wave heights, together with wind and weather forecasts, current weather and sea state observations from France wave-buoys, passing ships and coastal weather stations. Each of the forecast pages for this surf break feature a global and regional wavefinder tool to locate the best surf conditions in the area around Lafitenia.
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