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Pontaillac surfForecast / Charente Maritime / France

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 17 Jan 2026 CET
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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
8.2° C
 (Which is 3.9°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Pontaillac today?

The current surf forecast for Pontaillac at 11AM is: 2.5m 15s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 17). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 5.

Time (CET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)8ft (2.5m)15s
Afternoon (17 Jan)8ft (2.5m)15s
Evening (17 Jan)7.5ft (2.3m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tue
20
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)
4
4
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
2
3
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.3
W
2.2
W
2.1
W
1.9
W
1.8
W
1.6
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1
W
0.9
W
1
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
Period(s) (?)151515151514141413131312121212111111111010101118
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3022339033022943261221551929162712561094839575480472390284277231181210133141143315
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
5
SE
5
ESE
10
ENE
15
ENE
25
NE
20
ENE
25
E
25
E
20
E
20
ESE
15
ESE
10
SE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSW
10
W
0
W
10
ESE
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:52AM
3.67
4:14PM
3.59
4:27AM
3.85
4:47PM
3.72
5:00AM
4.01
5:18PM
3.82
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:43AM
0.72
9:57PM
0.68
10:22AM
0.52
10:34PM
0.49
10:59AM
0.35
11:10PM
0.35
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tue
20
Sunrise--8:38-------8:38-------8:37-----
Sunset----5:47-------5:49-------5:51---
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----2--1--------------1
Temp. °C988910910101111111111111010109810101099
Feels °C (?)766664556677997764357977
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