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Vanthrax surfForecast / La Cote Basque / France

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Saturday 17 Jan 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
13.6° 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 6PM is: 3.0m 15s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 17). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (CET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)11ft (3.5m)15s
Afternoon (17 Jan)10ft (3.0m)15s
Evening (17 Jan)10ft (3.0m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
2
3
4
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.2
NW
2
WNW
1.9
NW
1.9
WNW
1.8
NW
2
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
NW
1.4
NW
0.9
NW
1.4
NW
1.9
WNW
Period(s) (?)151515141414141313131212121211111111101010191817
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)48614734417337143456286624302084191515031177104797285790438938930027726842453512781970
Wind
(km/h)
5
SE
5
NE
10
ENE
10
NNE
5
NNW
10
SW
15
SW
10
SW
5
S
5
SSW
5
SSE
5
S
10
SSE
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
W
10
WNW
5
NNW
5
NW
5
N
5
NE
0
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		ononcross-
on		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		crosscross-
off		glassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:01PM
3.18
4:15AM
3.44
4:36PM
3.31
4:49AM
3.59
5:09PM
3.40
5:23AM
3.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:44AM
0.69
9:56PM
0.68
10:22AM
0.52
10:32PM
0.53
10:58AM
0.39
11:06PM
0.41
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Sunrise--------8:34-------8:33-------
Sunset--5:58-------5:59-------6:00-----
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
132663---------11---1111
Temp. °C99109999910111210999101010101010101010
Feels °C (?)7787866689118665677888999
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