Vendee Surf

Detailed Vendee surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in Vendee. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in Vendee. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Vendee over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Vendee and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Vendee Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the Vendee Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Vendee coastline are also listed below.

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	Fri		Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Fri
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Vendee	St Gilles Croix de Vie Vendee	St Gilles Croix de Vie Vendee	St Gilles Croix de Vie Vendee	Saint Nicolas Vendee	St Gilles Croix de Vie Vendee	St Gilles Croix de Vie Vendee	St Gilles Croix de Vie Vendee	St Gilles Croix de Vie Vendee	St Gilles Croix de Vie Vendee	Saint Nicolas Vendee	Saint Nicolas Vendee	St Gilles Croix de Vie Vendee	St Gilles Croix de Vie Vendee	St Gilles Croix de Vie Vendee	St Gilles Croix de Vie Vendee	St Gilles Croix de Vie Vendee	St Gilles Croix de Vie Vendee	St Gilles Croix de Vie Vendee	St Gilles Croix de Vie Vendee	St Gilles Croix de Vie Vendee	St Gilles Croix de Vie Vendee	St Gilles Croix de Vie Vendee
Rating	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	1.1 S	0.3 W	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 W	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 W	0.9 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.2 WNW
Period(s)	13	11	11	5	10	10	9	5	7	10	9	9	9	7	6	5	5	5	9	8	8	7
Energy	170	104	88	135	41	35	58	44	32	37	71	50	34	42	77	52	49	24	27	15	12	10
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	5:34PM 4.22		5:42AM 4.02	5:50PM 4.06		6:05AM 4.06	6:29PM 4.38		6:31AM 3.95	6:42PM 4.05		7:00AM 3.80	7:04PM 3.92		7:31AM 3.61	7:47PM 3.71		8:07AM 3.40		8:27PM 3.50	8:40AM 3.06
Low Tide / height (m)		11:26PM 0.18	11:43AM 0.23		12:15AM 0.27	12:30PM 0.39		12:55AM 0.34	1:06PM 0.54		1:29AM 0.54	1:43PM 0.73		1:57AM 0.69		2:23PM 0.95	2:51AM 0.99		3:07PM 1.15	3:39AM 1.19		3:57PM 1.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	1	4	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
High °C	16	17	13	16	14	14	15	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	18
Low °C	16	15	12	15	14	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	14	13	12	13	13	12	13	12	11	14
Chill °C (?)	16	16	11	14	12	13	14	12	13	14	13	13	13	13	12	11	11	13	14	14	10	17
Sunrise	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:43	-
Sunset	9:15	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:19	-	-	9:17	-	-	9:22	-	-	9:22	-	-	9:23	-	-	9:25
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 S	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.3 SW	0.2 WNW	0.1 W	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	10	11	11	10	4	10	9	5	7	7	9	9	9	7	6	10	8	5	9	8	8	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.3 WNW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	0.1 W
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	10	9	9	8	5	10	7	7	7	6	11	-	8	9	8	8	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 NE	0.8 SSE	1.1 S	0.3 W	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	-	0.3 WSW	-	-	0.3 W	0.6 W	0.9 WNW	1.0 W	0.9 WNW	-	-	0.4 NNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	2	4	5	4	4	5	-	-	5	-	-	4	4	6	5	5	-	-	3	-	-

	Friday 01					Saturday 02								Sunday 03								Mon
	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Vendee	Bud Bud Vendee	Saint Nicolas Vendee	Saint Nicolas Vendee	Saint Nicolas Vendee	St Gilles Croix de Vie Vendee	St Gilles Croix de Vie Vendee	Ile de Re - Le lizay Charente Maritime	Ile de Re - Le lizay Charente Maritime	St Gilles Croix de Vie Vendee	St Gilles Croix de Vie Vendee	St Gilles Croix de Vie Vendee	St Gilles Croix de Vie Vendee	La Tranche sur Mer Vendee	Saint Nicolas Vendee	St Gilles Croix de Vie Vendee	St Gilles Croix de Vie Vendee	St Gilles Croix de Vie Vendee	St Gilles Croix de Vie Vendee	St Gilles Croix de Vie Vendee	St Gilles Croix de Vie Vendee	Saint Nicolas Vendee	St Gilles Croix de Vie Vendee
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	1.1 S	0.9 SSW	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.7 WSW	0.4 WNW	0.6 W
Period(s)	14	14	14	13	11	11	11	11	11	10	5	5	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	5	8	5
Energy	203	224	232	206	127	104	67	95	88	101	101	86	53	63	37	44	35	50	58	43	50	44
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				5:30PM 4.07				5:59AM 4.41				5:50PM 4.18				6:05AM 4.06				6:15PM 4.14
Low Tide / height (m)		11:07AM 0.21				11:38PM 0.25				11:55AM 0.29				12:03AM 0.20				12:30PM 0.39				12:51AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	16	18	19	17	16	14	13	13	14	16	14	15	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	13	13
Chill °C (?)	14	16	18	19	16	16	12	11	11	12	14	12	14	13	13	13	13	14	12	12	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:19	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.5 SSW	0.3 W	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.6 WSW	0.6 W
Period (s)	14	14	12	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	4	10	10	10	9	9	9	5	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.3 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.1 W	0.3 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 W	0.4 W	0.2 WNW	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.1 W	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	-	10	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	10	10	11	9	9	9	9	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.3 N	0.4 NE	0.4 SE	0.6 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.1 S	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 W	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	2	2	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	-	-

	Friday 01															Saturday 02
	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Vendee	Bud Bud Vendee	Saint Nicolas Vendee	Saint Nicolas Vendee	Saint Nicolas Vendee	St Gilles Croix de Vie Vendee	St Gilles Croix de Vie Vendee	Ile de Re - Le lizay Charente Maritime	Ile de Re - Le lizay Charente Maritime	St Gilles Croix de Vie Vendee	St Gilles Croix de Vie Vendee	St Gilles Croix de Vie Vendee	St Gilles Croix de Vie Vendee	La Tranche sur Mer Vendee	Saint Nicolas Vendee	St Gilles Croix de Vie Vendee	St Gilles Croix de Vie Vendee	St Gilles Croix de Vie Vendee	St Gilles Croix de Vie Vendee	St Gilles Croix de Vie Vendee	St Gilles Croix de Vie Vendee	Saint Nicolas Vendee	St Gilles Croix de Vie Vendee
Rating	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	11	11	12	13	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy	191	291	238	233	184	182	142	130	170	145	124	163	121	177	127	125	123	104	104	104	148	170
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)										5:27PM 4.16												5:40AM 4.12
Low Tide / height (m)				11:07AM 0.21												11:38PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	15	15	16	16	17	17	16	16	16	17	19	18	17	17	17	16	15	16	14	14
Chill °C (?)	14	14	15	15	16	16	17	17	16	16	15	16	19	18	16	16	16	16	14	15	12	12
Sunrise	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	10	10	14	14	10	11	11	12	13	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	-	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	-	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	14	14	-	10	13	13	13	13	-	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 ESE	0.5 SE	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2