Pontaillac surfForecast / Charente Maritime / France

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Tuesday 21 Apr 2026 CEST
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Pontaillac surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Pontaillac sea temperature is
15.3° C
(Which is 2.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Pontaillac today?

The current surf forecast for Pontaillac at 2AM is: 0.6m 13s primary swell from a West direction and 0.1m 5s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 21). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (CEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Apr)2ft (0.6m)13s
Afternoon (22 Apr)2ft (0.6m)14s
Evening (22 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)13s

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


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Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
W
0.5
W
0.7
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.4
WSW
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.8
WSW
Period(s) (?)1514131312121414141313131212911101010912111212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)671291271251131101481441348987563026451161339668444591139179
Wind
(km/h)
30
NE
35
ENE
35
ENE
15
ESE
30
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
10
E
20
NNE
20
NE
15
NE
15
ENE
20
ENE
15
E
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
ENE
25
ENE
20
E
15
E
15
E
15
E
15
E
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:18PM
3.97
8:59AM
3.61
9:23PM
3.67
10:20AM
3.28
10:53PM
3.44
11:56AM
3.14
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:04PM
0.32
2:34AM
0.30
2:56PM
0.66
3:33AM
0.65
3:56PM
0.99
4:42AM
0.95
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sunrise-----7:07-------7:05-------7:03--
Sunset-8:57-------8:58-------9:00------
clear
clear
clear
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---11-------------------
Temp. °C201614121111141920161413121115212220191715141720
Feels °C (?)1386846101717121198812181915151511111518
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