Vanthrax Surf Forecast

/ La Cote Basque (36 surf breaks) /

France (410 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Vanthrax surfForecast / La Cote Basque / France

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Sunday 31 Aug 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 22.7° C
(Which is 1.6°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: 2.0m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am August 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (CEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (31 Aug)	7ft (2.1m)	10s
Afternoon (31 Aug)	6.5ft (2.0m)	10s
Evening (31 Aug)	8ft (2.4m)	12s

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

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	Sunday 31							Monday 01								Tuesday 02								Wed 03
	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	1	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	NW	NW	WNW	WNW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW	WNW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	678	866	804	804	1190	1546	1912	2138	2367	2549	2742	2956	3512	3235	2901	2830	2631	2200	1912	1735	1678	1776	1906	1871
Wind (km/h)	SSE	SSW	W	NW	WNW	WNW	WSW	WSW	W	WSW	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	W	WSW	SSW	S	S	W	WNW	W	WSW	SSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			10:00AM 2.71				10:35PM 2.54					11:13AM 2.55				12:12AM 2.43				1:01PM 2.55				1:54AM 2.53
Low Tide / height (m)	3:53AM 1.24				4:27PM 1.32				4:57AM 1.44					5:51PM 1.46				6:31AM 1.50				7:28PM 1.39

	Sunday 31							Monday 01								Tuesday 02								Wed 03
Sunrise	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:40	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	5	1	-	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	19	22	20	18	18	18	17	17	17	18	20	20	19	17	17	17	16	20	23	22	20	19	18
Feels °C (?)	20	20	22	18	16	16	19	16	15	15	15	15	15	16	15	15	16	14	18	21	20	19	19	17

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for La Cote Basque

Wind Update Recent clean conditions at Biarritz - Cote des Basques have likely become affected by the arrival of onshore winds (moderate winds from the W at Biarritz/Anglet Airport 4 km from Biarritz - Cote des Basques). A 1.9m swell from the WNW
1 hour 58 minutes ago Biarritz - Cote des Basques

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1 h 58 min ago

15 km/h

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