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Guethary - Les Alcyons/Avalanche surfForecast / La Cote Basque / France

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Wednesday 28 Jan 2026 CET
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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
13.0° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Guethary - Les Alcyons/Avalanche today?

The current surf forecast for Guethary - Les Alcyons/Avalanche at 12AM is: 3.5m 17s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 8.

Time (CET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Jan)--
Afternoon (29 Jan)11ft (3.5m)18s
Evening (29 Jan)11ft (3.5m)17s

Table - waves today at Guethary - Les Alcyons/Avalanche. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
Print Table
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
7
5
8
8
8
7
7
6
5
5
0
0
4
6
4
6
7
8
!
0
!
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
4
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
5
WNW
4
WNW
4
WNW
4
WNW
3.5
WNW
4.5
WNW
4.5
WNW
5.5
WNW
5
WNW
6
WNW
6.5
WNW
5.5
WNW
5
WNW
Period(s) (?)181817171716161616161510111313141918171716131416
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)74707140705877057913717965875808460639813532571037865323478846601385212742167351481017660137791044512898
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
20
WNW
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
40
WNW
25
W
20
WSW
15
S
20
SSW
30
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
5
S
35
WNW
50
W
45
W
40
W
40
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		oncross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		oncross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:49AM
3.03
1:34PM
3.06
2:04AM
3.26
2:42PM
3.27
3:04AM
3.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:18PM
1.01
7:02AM
0.87
7:35PM
0.88
8:14AM
0.63
8:38PM
0.66
9:13AM
0.36
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunrise------8:26-------8:25-------8:23-
Sunset6:10-------6:13-------6:14-------
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cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
mod rain
rain showers
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
Rain (mm)
--2-------1031---11-37222
Temp. °C111098788111412101110910131211108891010
Feels °C (?)8564344811102555568880-3-122
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