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St Gilles Croix de Vie surfForecast / Vendee / France

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Tuesday 27 Jan 2026 CET
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St Gilles Croix de Vie surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's St Gilles Croix de Vie sea temperature is
9.6° C
 (Which is 1.8°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at St Gilles Croix de Vie today?

The current surf forecast for St Gilles Croix de Vie at 1AM is: 4.0m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (CET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Jan)11ft (3.5m)15s
Afternoon (28 Jan)11ft (3.5m)17s
Evening (28 Jan)11ft (3.5m)17s

Table - waves today at St Gilles Croix de Vie. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
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)
0
0
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0
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0
0
0
0
0
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Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4.5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4
WSW
4
WSW
4
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
4
WSW
4.5
WSW
6
WSW
Period(s) (?)131314141414151717171717161616161514141313131417
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7083710568276141535153776174730469906756667867526278627862095655474345555377453837184862752219336
Wind
(km/h)
35
WSW
25
W
15
W
15
WSW
5
SSW
10
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
S
15
S
15
S
15
SW
15
SSE
20
S
20
SW
30
SW
35
W
40
WSW
35
W
40
WSW
50
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:20PM
3.36
12:20PM
3.36
1:09AM
3.47
1:57PM
3.52
2:26AM
3.75
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:15PM
1.03
5:52AM
1.06
6:29PM
1.07
7:10AM
0.95
7:43PM
0.93
8:21AM
0.68
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Sunrise------8:37-------8:36-------8:34-
Sunset6:02-------6:04-------6:06-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
----12---11-111112121113
Temp. °C10109988910108999910101010111010101010
Feels °C (?)244555675343566766522320
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