Pontaillac Surf Forecast

/ Charente Maritime (28 surf breaks) /

France (410 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (45.62° N 1.04° W)

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Pontaillac surfForecast / Charente Maritime / France

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Sunday 17 Aug 2025 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 22.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Pontaillac today?

The current surf forecast for Pontaillac at 5AM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am August 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (CEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Aug)	1.5ft (0.4m)	9s
Afternoon (17 Aug)	1ft (0.3m)	9s
Evening (17 Aug)	1ft (0.3m)	8s

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

Hourly 12 Days

Charente Maritime Surf

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		Sunday 17								Monday 18								Tuesday 19
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	WNW	W	W	W	W	WNW	WNW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	60	40	42	40	25	23	35	33	10	8	6	6	9	14	20	29	42	50	54	60	49	52	51	52
Wind (km/h)	WSW	WSW	ESE	ESE	ESE	W	WNW	NW	N	NNE	ESE	S	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	WSW	WSW	W	WSW	WSW	W	W	WNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		11:06PM 3.36				11:50AM 3.28				12:48AM 3.20				1:29PM 3.29					2:19AM 3.27				2:48PM 3.50
Low Tide / height (m)				5:07AM 0.99				5:45PM 1.03				6:22AM 1.19				7:09PM 1.09				7:44AM 1.17

		Sunday 17								Monday 18								Tuesday 19
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:06

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	25	22	23	22	25	30	27	26	29	26	23	21	22	22	20	20	19	19	19	19	20	21	21	20
Feels °C (?)	27	25	23	21	25	30	25	24	27	25	20	21	22	22	18	19	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Charente Maritime

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Pontaillac (calm at OLERON CHAR A VOILE 31 km from Pontaillac). 0.6m 5s windswell from the WSW with a 0.6m 9s swell from the W. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 28 minutes ago Pontaillac

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31 km away, 1 h 28 min ago

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22.0

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