St Gilles Croix de Vie Surf Forecast

/ Vendee (19 surf breaks) /

France (410 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (46.70° N 1.97° W)

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St Gilles Croix de Vie surfForecast / Vendee / France

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 CEST

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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 19.1° C
(Which is normal 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 2PM is: 1.0m 11s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (CEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Sep)	3.5ft (1.1m)	11s
Afternoon (17 Sep)	3.5ft (1.0m)	11s
Evening (17 Sep)	3ft (0.9m)	10s

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

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	Wednesday 17					Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
	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	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	0	1	0	1	3	3	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	W	W	W	W	WNW	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Period(s) (?)	11	11	10	10	10	10	12	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	279	227	177	158	163	208	566	726	813	660	544	535	416	335	329	272	247	242	200	192	192	188	188	184
Wind (km/h)	SSW	SSW	SW	W	WNW	NW	ESE	SE	SE	SSW	WNW	N	ENE	E	E	SE	SSE	SSE	S	SW	WSW	SSW	WNW	S
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			2:57PM 3.61				3:33AM 3.56				3:49PM 3.90				4:17AM 3.81				4:30PM 4.14				4:53AM 4.00
Low Tide / height (m)					8:32PM 1.00				8:55AM 1.02				9:31PM 0.71				9:47AM 0.70				10:17PM 0.42

	Wednesday 17					Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50
Sunset	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:12	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	19	20	24	25	25	23	22	21	22	21	20	21	20	20	19
Feels °C (?)	16	16	16	17	17	16	17	16	15	17	18	22	22	22	19	18	16	18	20	20	21	19	19	18

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Vendee

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at St Gilles Croix de Vie (light winds from the SW.(Wind varies from 130 to 270 degs) at La Roche sur-Yon Aerodrome/Les Ajoncs Airport 46 km from St Gilles Croix de Vie). A 1.1m groundswell from the W
1 hour 49 minutes ago St Gilles Croix de Vie

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46 km away, 1 h 49 min ago

9 km/h

0.0

19.1

Air / Water (°C)

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