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 7 pm Sunday 19 Oct 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 16.6° 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 8PM is: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a West direction and 1.5m 5s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm October 19). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (CEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (19 Oct)	-	-
Afternoon (19 Oct)	2.5ft (0.8m)	11s
Evening (19 Oct)	3ft (0.9m)	11s

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

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	Sunday 19			Monday 20								Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22
	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	11 AM	2 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	W	W	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	W	W	W	W	W	WSW	WSW	SW	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	11	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	143	181	569	889	917	851	1125	2176	3260	3580	3170	2768	2062	1542	1144	1007	817	334	314	767	1048	1094	1263	753
Wind (km/h)	SSW	SW	WSW	SW	WSW	WSW	SW	WSW	WSW	W	W	W	W	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)	4:35PM 4.15				4:52AM 4.07					5:01PM 4.21				5:15AM 4.16				5:24PM 4.23				5:35AM 4.22
Low Tide / height (m)			10:27PM 0.33				10:42AM 0.33					11:01PM 0.22				11:17AM 0.22				11:35PM 0.19				11:52AM 0.19

	Sunday 19			Monday 20								Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:33	-
Sunset	7:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	4	2	-	-	1	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	1	3	6	1	3	3	1
Temp. °C	16	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	15	16	17	17	17	17	18
Feels °C (?)	10	13	12	10	10	10	8	8	7	8	10	10	10	12	12	12	13	12	14	13	11	13	12	13

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Vendee

Wind Update The wind is still cross-on at St Gilles Croix de Vie (moderate winds from the S at La Roche sur-Yon Aerodrome/Les Ajoncs Airport 46 km from St Gilles Croix de Vie). 1.7m 10s swell from the SW with a 1.1m 10s swell from the W. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 47 minutes ago St Gilles Croix de Vie

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46 km away, 1 h 47 min ago

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16.6

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