Lafitenia surfForecast / La Cote Basque / France

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 06 Aug 2025 CEST
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Lafitenia surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Lafitenia sea temperature is
23.7° C
(Which is 2.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Lafitenia today?

The current surf forecast for Lafitenia at 1PM is: 1.5m 10s primary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am August 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (CEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Aug)5ft (1.6m)11s
Afternoon (06 Aug)5ft (1.5m)10s
Evening (06 Aug)5ft (1.6m)12s

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

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Wednesday
06
Thursday
07
Friday
08
Sat
09
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
NW
1.6
NW
1.6
NW
1.5
NW
1.3
NW
1.6
NW
1.6
NW
1.6
NW
1.6
NW
1.4
NW
1.3
NW
1.3
NW
1.2
NW
1.2
NW
1.1
NW
1
NW
1
NW
0.9
NW
0.9
NW
1
NW
1
NW
1.1
NW
0.9
NW
0.7
NW
Period(s) (?)111110101012121211111111111010101010101110101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)606584513460536655655644589471414368319302217185181154150220200217163166
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
10
ESE
10
E
10
NNE
15
N
5
N
5
W
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
5
WNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
WSW
5
SSW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
ENE
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
W
10
WNW
20
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassoffcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
ononglasscross-
on
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
glasscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:17AM
3.39
3:36PM
3.60
4:05AM
3.59
4:20PM
3.83
4:46AM
3.80
4:59PM
4.06
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:23AM
1.58
9:52PM
1.37
10:07AM
1.36
10:33PM
1.12
10:46AM
1.14
11:11PM
0.90
Wednesday
06
Thursday
07
Friday
08
Sat
09
Sunrise-7:01-------7:01-------7:03------
Sunset-----9:22-------9:22-------9:20--
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191821252623201919192224252320201920252926242221
Feels °C (?)211921242423201818182224252420201920262926252220
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  1. weather stationWind Update Still cross-shore at Lafitenia (light winds from the NNE at San Sebastian/Fuenterrabia 12 km from Lafitenia). A 1.4m swell from the NW

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1 h 27 min ago

11 km/h
NNE
Cross-Shore
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