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Tanchet surfForecast / Vendee / France

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Tuesday 20 Jan 2026 CET
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Tanchet surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Tanchet sea temperature is
9.7° C
 (Which is 2.1°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tanchet today?

The current surf forecast for Tanchet at 9AM is: 2.2m 16s primary swell from a West direction and 1.6m 11s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.9m 4s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jan)7ft (2.2m)16s
Afternoon (20 Jan)7ft (2.1m)16s
Evening (20 Jan)11ft (3.5m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
3
!
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
W
1
W
1.4
W
2.2
W
2.2
W
2
W
2.2
W
2.2
W
3.5
SW
2.3
W
3
WSW
2
W
2.3
W
2.3
W
2.2
W
2.5
W
2.2
W
3.5
WSW
4
WSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4.5
WSW
Period(s) (?)181816161616161210151414141413131111121416161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2486061039241924471963238912652455224632071626215520941682212112523262443984901192910923104028917
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
15
WSW
10
SW
20
SSW
30
S
35
S
45
S
45
S
50
S
45
S
35
S
50
S
55
S
50
S
55
S
35
SSW
40
SSW
35
SW
35
SW
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
W
30
W
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		onononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:28AM
4.20
5:46PM
3.95
5:58AM
4.26
6:16PM
3.96
6:29AM
4.26
6:48PM
3.93
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:16PM
0.35
11:40AM
0.25
11:51PM
0.27
12:17PM
0.18
12:28AM
0.25
12:54PM
0.19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Sunrise----8:42-------8:41-------8:41---
Sunset------5:52-------5:53-------5:54-
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
rain showers
cloud
Rain (mm)
1------231---22722-1--1-
Temp. °C111010101111111011121212121112101110101011111110
Feels °C (?)877553211342111332334455
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