Vanthrax surfForecast / La Cote Basque / France

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Saturday 28 Mar 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
13.7° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Vanthrax today?

The current surf forecast for Vanthrax at 7AM is: 1.1m 20s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 1.3m 11s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 28). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (CET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)18s
Afternoon (28 Mar)6ft (1.9m)17s
Evening (28 Mar)8ft (2.5m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
2
4
4
3
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
2
3
2
3
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
NW
1.5
NW
0.8
NW
1.1
NW
1.4
NW
1.8
NW
2
NW
2.3
NW
3
NW
2.2
NW
2.2
NW
2.2
NW
2.2
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.3
NW
2.1
NW
2
NW
1.9
NW
1.8
NW
2
NW
2.3
NW
2
NW
Period(s) (?)121221201818161615151414141413131313121212121217
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6995835489891356192520842545391121111999197219182898257022411819140711501048869105813742312
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
10
NNE
5
ENE
0
ENE
5
NNW
20
WNW
30
N
25
NNW
25
N
30
NNW
30
NNE
20
NNE
25
NNE
30
N
30
N
30
N
25
NNE
20
NNE
10
NE
5
NE
5
NNW
20
NW
25
WNW
25
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
onglassglasscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:39AM
3.01
1:29PM
2.92
1:49AM
3.25
2:26PM
3.17
2:41AM
3.50
3:10PM
3.39
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:58AM
0.91
7:20PM
1.00
8:02AM
0.66
8:16PM
0.73
8:49AM
0.42
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Sunrise---6:56-------6:54-------6:52----
Sunset-------7:28-------7:29-------7:30
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----12-12111---------23
Temp. °C910889101010999889101010998910911
Feels °C (?)566676333222212344667636
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