Surf Climatology
Best Time to Surf La Graviere
Hossegor, France
La Graviere is a surf break in Hossegor, France, and this page shows the time of year when it usually gets the most surf. The figures are three years of offshore wave data, 2022 to 2024, averaged month by month at the nearest offshore point. The peak surf season at La Graviere is Feb & Nov, when the average offshore swell is at its biggest.
Peak surf season: Feb & Nov.
Based on the 3-year average offshore wave height, 2022–2024.
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3-year monthly avg · offshore significant wave height · 2022–2024
Offshore significant wave height (Hs) from Open-Meteo ERA5 reanalysis, 2022–2024, at 43.5°, -1.5°.
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