Vanthrax surfForecast / La Cote Basque / France

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am 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 1PM is: 0.4m 12s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 07:00am 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
Fri
24
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
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
0.6
WNW
0.5
NW
0.4
NW
0.3
NW
0.3
NW
0.3
WNW
Period(s) (?)13121212151513131312121214141313131212121212119
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)61535352142188261313299268184353456357304249202159966950211917
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
5
SE
10
E
10
ENE
15
ENE
15
E
25
WSW
10
ENE
10
SE
10
SSW
25
W
20
W
15
W
10
W
10
WSW
5
SSW
5
SSE
10
ESE
10
E
5
NE
10
NE
15
E
15
ESE
15
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offglasscross-
on
onononoffoncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
crosscross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:56AM
3.60
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
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
Sunrise-7:15-------7:13-------7:11------
Sunset-----8:55-------8:57-------8:58--
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
light rain
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
1-----2-----------------
Temp. °C151519252624171616161615151513131212172325231917
Feels °C (?)151519242423131515141212121311121010162224221715
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