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Vieux Boucau surf break

Vieux Boucau surfForecast / Landes / France

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Monday 20 Apr 2026 CEST
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Vieux Boucau surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Vieux Boucau sea temperature is
15.3° C
(Which is 2.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Vieux Boucau today?

The current surf forecast for Vieux Boucau at 3PM is: 0.6m 9s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)2ft (0.6m)9s
Afternoon (20 Apr)2ft (0.6m)9s
Evening (20 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
2
1
2
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
NW
0.6
NW
0.8
NW
0.6
NW
0.6
NW
0.5
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.3
NW
0.4
NW
0.7
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
Period(s) (?)10999910101013121212151513131312121214131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)786797655755323244382350188123282282265292283288407373269265
Wind
(km/h)
5
ESE
10
WNW
5
S
10
N
15
N
10
N
5
SSW
0
WSW
5
SE
10
E
15
E
10
E
10
E
20
E
10
S
20
ENE
15
ESE
10
E
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
15
SW
15
WSW
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassoncross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglasscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:27PM
3.85
7:57AM
3.62
8:17PM
3.63
8:53AM
3.30
9:15PM
3.38
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:11PM
0.14
1:38AM
0.10
1:58PM
0.40
2:31AM
0.36
2:51PM
0.70
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
Sunrise-7:15-------7:13-------7:11------
Sunset-----8:53-------8:54-------8:57--
cloud
light rain
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
light rain
light rain
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-23-1---------14--------
Temp. °C151516181817161515141824262420161515151514141414
Feels °C (?)151516181615151515131723252219131314121211121213
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