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Best Time to Surf Lacanau

Lacanau-Océan, France

Lacanau is a surf break in Lacanau-Océan, 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 Lacanau 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.

Best time to visit

3-year monthly avg · offshore significant wave height · 2022–2024

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Peak monthsThis monthOff-peakTap a bar for details.
Jan: 7.1ft average swell at 9.7 s from the WNW.
Feb: 7.5ft average swell at 10 s from the WNW.
Mar: 7.4ft average swell at 9.7 s from the WNW.
Apr: 5.4ft average swell at 8.3 s from the WNW.
May: 4.2ft average swell at 7.7 s from the WNW.
Jun: 3.4ft average swell at 6.9 s from the WNW.
Jul: 3.6ft average swell at 6.7 s from the WNW.
Aug: 4.0ft average swell at 7.1 s from the WNW.
Sep: 4.5ft average swell at 7.8 s from the WNW.
Oct: 6.0ft average swell at 8.6 s from the WNW.
Nov: 8.2ft average swell at 9.4 s from the WNW.
Dec: 6.9ft average swell at 9.2 s from the WNW.

Offshore significant wave height (Hs) from Open-Meteo ERA5 reanalysis, 2022–2024, at 45.0°, -1.0°.

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