Vanthrax surfForecast / La Cote Basque / France

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Monday 15 Dec 2025 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
15.1° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Vanthrax today?

The current surf forecast for Vanthrax at 4PM is: 1.9m 13s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm December 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (CET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Dec)7ft (2.1m)13s
Afternoon (15 Dec)6ft (1.9m)13s
Evening (15 Dec)6ft (1.8m)13s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
3
2
2
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
WNW
2
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.9
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.1
WNW
2
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
Period(s) (?)131313131313121615151515151414141414141313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)14491363118811881077102810132751241425132734266127292878283829072651234420641778152013291030848
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
15
S
10
S
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
10
S
5
S
10
WNW
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
W
15
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
W
5
NW
10
NW
5
WNW
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:27PM
2.93
1:55AM
2.99
2:15PM
3.00
2:36AM
3.12
2:57PM
3.09
3:14AM
3.24
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:02AM
1.06
7:28PM
0.95
7:53AM
0.95
8:12PM
0.88
8:37AM
0.82
8:53PM
0.79
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Sunrise--------8:32-------8:33-------
Sunset--5:30-------5:30-------5:31-----
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
rain showers
light rain
light rain
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
----------11---111------
Temp. °C131515141213131313131212121212121212121111101110
Feels °C (?)101213119111111111199989911101199786
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