Vanthrax surfForecast / La Cote Basque / France

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Tuesday 21 Apr 2026 CEST
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Vanthrax surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Vanthrax sea temperature is
16.1° C
(Which is 2.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Vanthrax today?

The current surf forecast for Vanthrax at 7PM is: 0.7m 15s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (CEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Afternoon (21 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Evening (21 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
2
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.6
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.9
NW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
1
NW
0.9
WNW
0.9
NW
0.8
NW
0.7
NW
0.5
NW
0.5
NW
0.4
NW
0.3
NW
0.3
NW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
Period(s) (?)1212151513131312121214141313131212121212111099
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)53521421882613132992681843534563572992492021577269502219181717
Wind
(km/h)
10
E
10
ENE
15
ENE
20
E
15
WSW
10
E
10
SSE
10
S
25
W
20
W
20
W
15
W
10
WSW
5
SW
5
SSE
10
ESE
5
E
10
E
10
ENE
15
E
15
ESE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
onononoffcross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:16PM
3.61
8:52AM
3.29
9:14PM
3.36
10:00AM
2.99
10:28PM
3.14
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:58PM
0.40
2:30AM
0.36
2:51PM
0.70
3:33AM
0.65
3:55PM
0.97
4:50AM
0.87
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sunrise-------7:13-------7:11-------7:11
Sunset---8:55-------8:57-------8:58----
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
----1-------------------
Temp. °C192527241717161616151515131313121823252319171615
Feels °C (?)192426231516151412121213121213101722242217151413
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