Vanthrax surfForecast / La Cote Basque / France

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 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
21.4° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Vanthrax today?

The current surf forecast for Vanthrax at 4AM is: 2.0m 12s primary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (CEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)6ft (1.8m)11s
Afternoon (17 Sep)5ft (1.6m)11s
Evening (17 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)10s

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

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Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
2
3
1
1
2
2
1
2
1
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
1
2
2
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
NW
2.1
NW
1.9
NW
1.9
NW
1.7
NW
1.6
NW
1.5
NW
1.4
NW
1.3
NW
1.1
NW
1.2
NW
1.4
NW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
0.9
NW
0.9
WNW
1.3
WNW
1
WNW
Period(s) (?)121212121111111110101010131312121211111111101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)141512021012913715582515408335255286408904943843680585451394419166195320210
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
5
S
5
SE
10
SE
0
E
5
N
5
NNW
0
N
5
SW
5
SW
5
SW
5
SSE
10
E
5
NE
10
NE
15
E
10
SSW
10
WSW
5
S
10
SSE
5
SSE
5
ENE
5
ESE
40
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
glasscrosscrossglassglassoffcross-
off
crossononcross-
on
oncross-
off
offcross-
off
crossglassglasscross-
on
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:58AM
2.81
2:23PM
3.09
3:04AM
3.02
3:21PM
3.34
3:53AM
3.24
4:06PM
3.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:50AM
1.14
8:37PM
0.83
8:55AM
0.90
9:31PM
0.60
9:42AM
0.65
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sunrise---7:47-------7:48-------7:50----
Sunset-------8:14-------8:12-------8:10
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171616162124232019181717223034312623222224293324
Feels °C (?)171616152224232120181717213033302523222226303319
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for La Cote Basque

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Vanthrax (light winds from the SW at SanSebastianFuenterrabia 4 km from Vanthrax). 1.9m 12s groundswell from the NW to make surfable waves.

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Actual: 43 min ago

9 km/h
SW
Clean
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