- Forecast
- Maps
- Live
- Weather State
- Spot Information
Guethary - Les Alcyons/Avalanche Surf Forecast
/ La Cote Basque (36 surf breaks) /
Surf Forecasts:
Guethary - Les Alcyons/Avalanche surfForecast / La Cote Basque / France
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 02 May 2026 CESTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Guethary - Les Alcyons/Avalanche surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Guethary - Les Alcyons/Avalanche sea temperature is
17.3° C
(Which is 3.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Guethary - Les Alcyons/Avalanche today?
The current surf forecast for Guethary - Les Alcyons/Avalanche at 8AM is: 1.0m 13s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am May 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (CEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (02 May) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 13s |
| Afternoon (02 May) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 12s |
| Evening (02 May) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 12s |
Table - waves today at Guethary - Les Alcyons/Avalanche. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 37mm), heaviest during Sun night. Warm (max 20°C on Sat afternoon, min 13°C on Mon morning). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saturday 2 | Sunday 3 | Monday 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | |
Swell Height Map |    |    |    | |||||||||||||||||||||
NW 13 | NW 13 | NW 13 | NW 12 | NW 12 | NW 12 | NW 12 | NW 12 | NW 11 | NW 11 | NW 11 | NW 11 | NW 11 | NW 11 | NW 10 | NW 10 | NW 10 | NW 10 | NW 10 | NW 10 | NW 10 | NW 10 | NW 10 | NW 10 | |
374 | 369 | 315 | 286 | 272 | 197 | 197 | 193 | 180 | 168 | 116 | 114 | 165 | 159 | 173 | 181 | 173 | 181 | 71 | 147 | 144 | 188 | 163 | 157 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | glassy | cross-off | cross-on | glassy | cross-off | glassy | cross-on | cross-on | glassy | glassy | on | on | on | on | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | |
High Tide | 5:39AM3.57m | 5:52PM3.61m | 6:10AM3.50m | 6:23PM3.56m | 6:43AM3.38m | 6:55PM3.46m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 11:22PM0.32m | 11:37AM0.37m | 11:57PM0.33m | 12:10PM0.45m | 00:31AM0.41m | 12:44PM0.57m | ||||||||||||||||||
 |  |  | |  | | |  | |  | |  |  | |  | | | | | | |  | |  | |
 | — | 6:58 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:56 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:56 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9:07 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9:08 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9:10 | — |
— | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | — | 1 | — | |
Temp °C | 19 | 17 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 |
18 | 15 | 14 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NW 13 | NW 13 | NW 13 | NW 12 | NW 12 | NW 12 | NW 12 | NW 12 | NW 11 | NW 11 | NW 11 | NW 11 | NW 11 | NW 11 | NW 10 | NW 10 | NW 10 | NW 10 | NW 8 | NW 10 | NW 10 | NW 10 | NW 10 | NW 10 |
 kJ | 374 | 369 | 315 | 286 | 272 | 197 | 197 | 193 | 180 | 168 | 116 | 114 | 165 | 159 | 173 | 181 | 173 | 181 | 71 | 147 | 144 | 188 | 163 | 157 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WNW 12 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | — | W 10 | WNW 10 | — | WNW 10 | WNW 4 | WNW 4 | NW 4 | NW 4 | — | — | — | — | — | NW 10 | — | NW 4 | — | — | — |
| kJ | 44 | 40 | 40 | 23 | — | 19 | 20 | — | 9 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 68 | — | 14 | — | — | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | WNW 10 | W 10 | W 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | 7 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | WSW 11 | — | — | W 10 | W 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | NW 4 | NW 4 | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | 39 | — | — | 17 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11 | 18 | — | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 108 | 60 | 147 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Best forecast wave conditions in La Cote Basque | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Guethary - Les Alcyons/Avalanche surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest