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Tanchet surfForecast / Vendee / France

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 18 Mar 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
12.0° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Tanchet today?

The current surf forecast for Tanchet at 2PM is: 1.3m 13s primary swell from a West direction and 0.8m 18s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 18). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (CET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)13s
Afternoon (18 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)18s
Evening (18 Mar)7ft (2.1m)16s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sat
21
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
2
2
1
!
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.3
W
1.3
WSW
2
W
2.1
W
2
W
1.8
W
1.6
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)141413131817161615151414141413131313121212121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)663704599590109322622234190313961074797631515432347273215209153108106727043
Wind
(km/h)
25
E
25
E
30
E
35
E
35
ENE
40
ENE
40
ENE
35
E
30
ENE
25
ENE
30
E
25
ESE
20
E
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
E
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
20
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:07AM
4.34
4:27PM
4.24
4:38AM
4.56
4:57PM
4.41
5:11AM
4.66
5:29PM
4.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:11AM
0.02
10:25PM
0.01
10:48AM
-0.20
11:02PM
-0.18
11:24AM
-0.29
11:40PM
-0.25
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sat
21
Sunrise--7:15-------7:13-------7:11-----
Sunset-----7:15-------7:16-------7:17--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C111012161612109771013151413108891315141110
Feels °C (?)5459931100371010852237101065
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