Surf forecast · France · Landes
Surf forecast Vieux-Boucau today
Waves, swell and wind at Vieux-Boucau (Landes, 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.
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Big onshore.
Vieux-Boucau surf forecast, next 3 days
- Flat
- Small
- Fun
- Good
- Big
Sunday 25 October
Big Best window 07:00–10:00: big, onshore.
| Time | Waves | Swell | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | 3.1 m · 10 s ↑WNW | 3.1 m · 9 s ↑WNW | 34–42 km/h ↑WSW onshore |
| 12:00 | 3.3 m · 10 s ↑WNW | 3.2 m · 9 s ↑NW | 41–54 km/h ↑WSW onshore |
| 15:00 | 3.7 m · 10 s ↑WNW | 3.3 m · 10 s ↑NW | 42–57 km/h ↑W onshore |
Monday 26 October
Big Best window 10:00–13:00: big, light wind.
| Time | Waves | Swell | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | 3.0 m · 12 s ↑NW | 3.0 m · 10 s ↑NW | 9–13 km/h ↑SE cross-shore |
| 12:00 | 2.7 m · 12 s ↑NW | 2.7 m · 10 s ↑NW | 11–11 km/h ↑NNW cross-shore |
| 15:00 | 2.5 m · 11 s ↑NW | 2.5 m · 10 s ↑NW | 15–18 km/h ↑N cross-shore |
Tuesday 27 October
Good Best window 17:00–18:00: good, light wind.
| Time | Waves | Swell | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | 1.8 m · 11 s ↑WNW | 1.7 m · 9 s ↑WNW | 22–36 km/h ↑W onshore |
| 12:00 | 1.8 m · 10 s ↑WNW | 1.8 m · 9 s ↑WNW | 7–17 km/h ↑WNW light wind |
| 15:00 | 1.8 m · 10 s ↑WNW | 1.8 m · 9 s ↑WNW | 9–20 km/h ↑NW onshore |
Wednesday 28 October
Good Best window 14:00–17:00: good, offshore.
| Time | Waves | Swell | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | 2.4 m · 11 s ↑WNW | 2.4 m · 10 s ↑WNW | 7–14 km/h ↑E light wind |
| 12:00 | 2.5 m · 12 s ↑WNW | 2.5 m · 10 s ↑WNW | 8–17 km/h ↑E offshore |
| 15:00 | 2.5 m · 12 s ↑WNW | 2.4 m · 10 s ↑WNW | 8–20 km/h ↑E offshore |
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 Sun 02:00 local time · updated 2026-10-25 01:11 UTC
Waves map around Vieux-Boucau
Open the waves map centred on Vieux-Boucau
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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Questions
- Is there surf at Vieux-Boucau today?
- Big: waves 3.1 m at 11 s from WNW, swell 3.0 m · 9 s NW (Sun 02:00).
- Is the wind offshore at Vieux-Boucau?
- Wind 29 km/h from SW: onshore for a beach facing W.
- When is the best time to surf Vieux-Boucau today?
- 07:00–10:00 (big, onshore)
- How warm is the water at Vieux-Boucau?
- 17.5 °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
Moliets 7 km · Seignosse (Les Estagnots) 10 km · Hossegor (La Nord) 12 km · Hossegor (La Gravière) 14 km · Capbreton 17 km · Anglet 32 km
How it is computed
Hourly Open-Meteo Marine forecast (wave height, peak period and direction, swell) at a point just off Vieux-Boucau, 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.