Is there surf at Lacanau today?

Big: waves 3.5 m at 9 s from WNW, swell 2.7 m · 9 s WNW (Sat 21:00).

Is the wind offshore at Lacanau?

Wind 41 km/h from WSW: onshore for a beach facing W.

When is the best time to surf Lacanau today?

No daylight hours are left today; the table shows the next days.

Where do the numbers come from?

The Open-Meteo Marine API (wave models of Météo-France, ECMWF and NOAA) for a point just off the beach, and the Open-Meteo forecast for the wind. A model at sea, not a surf report: sandbanks, reefs and tide shape the waves you actually get.

Surf forecast · France · Gironde

Surf forecast Lacanau today

Waves, swell and wind at Lacanau (Gironde, France) today and for the next 3 days, every 3 hours of daylight, with a plain verdict per day — flat, small, fun, good or big, offshore or onshore — and the best window to paddle out.

Right now

Waves3.5 m9 s · from WNW

Swell2.7 m9 s · from WNW

Wind41 km/hfrom WSW · gusts 53 · onshore

Water16.1 °C

Big onshore.

Lacanau surf forecast, next 3 days

Flat
Small
Fun
Good
Big

Saturday 24 October

No daylight hours left today: see tomorrow.

Sunday 25 October

Big Best window 17:00–18:00: big, cross-shore.

Time	Waves	Swell	Wind
09:00	4.2 m · 9 s W	3.0 m · 10 s WNW	48–62 km/h W onshore
12:00	4.3 m · 10 s WNW	2.9 m · 10 s WNW	50–67 km/h WSW onshore
15:00	4.2 m · 10 s WNW	3.7 m · 9 s WNW	21–33 km/h NNW cross-shore

Monday 26 October

Good Best window 17:00–18:00: good, cross-shore.

Time	Waves	Swell	Wind
09:00	2.9 m · 11 s WNW	2.9 m · 9 s WNW	18–24 km/h SSE cross-shore
12:00	2.7 m · 11 s WNW	2.7 m · 9 s WNW	20–26 km/h S cross-shore
15:00	2.5 m · 10 s WNW	2.5 m · 9 s WNW	12–16 km/h SSW cross-shore

Tuesday 27 October

Good Best window 07:00–10:00: good, light wind.

Time	Waves	Swell	Wind
09:00	2.0 m · 10 s WNW	1.8 m · 9 s WNW	6–12 km/h SE light wind
12:00	2.1 m · 10 s WNW	2.0 m · 9 s WNW	14–26 km/h W onshore
15:00	2.2 m · 10 s WNW	2.2 m · 9 s WNW	12–27 km/h W onshore

Every 3 hours of daylight, local time. Waves = significant height of the whole sea, with the peak period; swell = the long-period part. Arrows point where the waves and the wind are going.

Forecast for Sat 21:00 local time · updated 2026-10-24 19:11 UTC

Waves map around Lacanau

Open the waves map centred on Lacanau

Live significant wave height from NOAA WaveWatch III, averaged over 2° cells: coarser than the forecast above, so near the coast it can differ from it.

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Water temperature in Lacanau · Swell map · Wind map

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Questions

Is there surf at Lacanau today?: Big: waves 3.5 m at 9 s from WNW, swell 2.7 m · 9 s WNW (Sat 21:00).
Is the wind offshore at Lacanau?: Wind 41 km/h from WSW: onshore for a beach facing W.
When is the best time to surf Lacanau today?: No daylight hours are left today; the table shows the next days.
How warm is the water at Lacanau?: 16.1 °C
Where do the numbers come from?: The Open-Meteo Marine API (wave models of Météo-France, ECMWF and NOAA) for a point just off the beach, and the Open-Meteo forecast for the wind. A model at sea, not a surf report: sandbanks, reefs and tide shape the waves you actually get.

Nearby surf spots

Cap Ferret 39 km · Montalivet 42 km · Soulac-sur-Mer 57 km · Biscarrosse 62 km · Mimizan 88 km · Moliets 129 km

All surf spots

How it is computed

Hourly Open-Meteo Marine forecast (wave height, peak period and direction, swell) at a point just off Lacanau, and the Open-Meteo wind at 10 m. Size: flat under 0.3 m, small under 0.8 m, fun under 1.5 m, good under 2.5 m (with a period of 8 s or more), big above. Wind: under 8 km/h light; otherwise offshore, cross-shore or onshore from its angle to the direction the beach faces. The best window is the 3 daylight hours with the best mix of size, period and wind. Rebuilt every 3 hours. Live map.