Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Vanthrax today (14 Aug):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (14 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 10s period with WNW swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (14 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 10s period with WNW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (14 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 9s period with WNW swell.
The current surf forecast for Vanthrax at 5AM is: 0.6m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.1m 6s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 01:00am August 14). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.
| Time (CEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (14 Aug) | 2ft (0.6m) | 10s |
| Afternoon (14 Aug) | 2ft (0.6m) | 10s |
| Evening (14 Aug) | 2ft (0.6m) | 9s |
Table - waves today at Vanthrax. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Warm (max 24°C on Fri afternoon, min 20°C on Fri morning). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Friday 14 | Saturday 15 | Sunday 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | NW 6 | WNW 8 | NW 8 | NW 8 | NW 8 | NW 8 | NW 8 | NW 8 | NW 7 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 93 | 90 | 80 | 111 | 75 | 74 | 69 | 68 | 66 | 73 | 71 | 71 | 70 | 64 | 62 | 47 | 46 | 112 | 109 | 95 | 95 | 107 | 65 | 105 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | glassy | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off |
High Tide | 6:22AM3.81m | 6:38PM4.14m | 7:02AM3.78m | 7:18PM4.03m | 7:40AM3.66m | 7:56PM3.81m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 00:04AM-0.15m | 12:16PM-0.01m | 00:45AM-0.12m | 12:56PM0.02m | 1:24AM0.01m | 1:36PM0.16m | ||||||||||||||||||
 | |  | |  | | |  | | |  | | | |  |  |  | | | | | | | | |
 | — | 7:09 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:11 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9:12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9:10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9:08 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 21 | 20 | 20 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 21 |
Feels °C | 22 | 21 | 21 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 24 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 25 | 24 | 26 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 21 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 23 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WNW 11 | WNW 11 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | NW 4 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | NW 6 | NW 6 | NW 6 | NW 6 | NW 8 | NW 8 | NW 8 | NW 8 | NW 8 | NW 8 | NW 7 |
| kJ | 93 | 90 | 80 | 111 | 75 | 74 | 69 | 68 | 66 | 14 | 71 | 71 | 70 | 47 | 46 | 46 | 30 | 112 | 109 | 95 | 95 | 107 | 65 | 105 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NW 6 | N 6 | — | — | — | NW 4 | — | — | — | WNW 9 | — | NW 5 | — | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | — | — | — | — | — | NNW 7 | — |
| kJ | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 6 | — | — | — | 73 | — | 15 | — | 64 | 62 | 47 | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | 33 | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 4 | W 4 | WNW 4 | WNW 4 | NW 4 | — | NW 4 | NW 4 | WNW 4 | — | NW 4 | — | NW 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 8 | — | 7 | 9 | 14 | — | 16 | — | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 1 | 5 | 5 | 35 | 431 | 185 | 487 | 151 | 5 | 80 | 5 | 217 | 186 | 186 | 125 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 186 | 76 | 76 | 27 |
Best forecast wave conditions in La Cote Basque | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Vanthrax surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest