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Lafitenia surfForecast / La Cote Basque / France

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Sunday 18 Jan 2026 CET
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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
13.3° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Lafitenia today?

The current surf forecast for Lafitenia at 12PM is: 2.2m 13s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (CET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)8ft (2.4m)13s
Afternoon (18 Jan)7ft (2.1m)12s
Evening (18 Jan)6ft (1.8m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wed
21
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
3
3
3
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
3
4
5
5
5
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.2
NW
2
WNW
1.9
NW
1.8
NW
1.8
NW
1.4
NW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
NW
1.6
NW
0.9
NW
1.2
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.4
NW
1.9
WNW
2.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
NW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
3
WNW
Period(s) (?)141313131212121211111111101010191817161616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)23342084183015031177104788785748538938933451013727764312781994373843124073337133714355
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
15
WSW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
SW
15
WSW
20
W
20
WNW
15
W
15
W
15
WNW
20
WNW
15
W
10
WSW
5
W
5
SSW
5
SE
5
SSE
10
SSE
15
S
20
S
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassoffcross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:10AM
3.88
4:32PM
3.77
4:45AM
4.01
5:07PM
3.87
5:19AM
4.12
5:40PM
3.93
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:23AM
0.95
10:33PM
0.99
10:57AM
0.82
11:06PM
0.88
11:30AM
0.73
11:39PM
0.82
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wed
21
Sunrise--8:33-------8:33-------8:33-----
Sunset----5:59-------6:00-------6:00---
light rain
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
2-1----2321--11---------
Temp. °C99910111111101111111111111010101091012101011
Feels °C (?)766798877777776789789656
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