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Vanthrax surfForecast / La Cote Basque / France

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 24 Jan 2026 CET
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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
13.4° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Vanthrax today?

The current surf forecast for Vanthrax at 9PM is: 3.0m 16s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 3.5m 10s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (CET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Jan)--
Afternoon (24 Jan)13ft (4.0m)15s
Evening (24 Jan)10ft (3.0m)16s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
5
3
5
7
5
4
5
0
0
0
0
6
8
7
4
4
3
3
3
2
1
2
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
WNW
4.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
4.5
WNW
4
WNW
4
WNW
5.5
WNW
5.5
WNW
6.5
WNW
7
WNW
6.5
WNW
6
WNW
5
WNW
4.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.1
WNW
2
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
Period(s) (?)161616161616161413131414161615141414131313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7153100584948553693727954729799771002714943165701628416706124648826553440822967183014751250967904802
Wind
(km/h)
30
W
40
WNW
40
WNW
25
W
20
S
20
SSW
25
SSW
40
W
50
W
55
WNW
55
WNW
50
WNW
40
WNW
20
WNW
15
SSW
15
SSE
15
S
20
S
25
S
25
S
20
S
20
SSE
20
SSW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:11PM
3.26
8:31AM
3.38
9:01PM
3.12
9:26AM
3.18
10:03PM
2.99
10:38AM
3.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:00PM
0.45
2:14AM
0.61
2:47PM
0.62
3:08AM
0.78
3:44PM
0.82
4:15AM
0.93
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Sunrise------8:30-------8:29-------8:27-
Sunset6:07-------6:07-------6:08-------
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light rain
rain showers
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
mod rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
rain showers
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
-132---7444321-----1---1
Temp. °C1010101088979101010101110111210101112131414
Feels °C (?)2214333-2-1-2-1-116788546891010
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