Hendaye Plage

Beach break

Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Forecast reliability: HighWhy?

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From level beginner · Boardshort / lycraAccessible from beginner level: hip-high waves (0.5–0.7 m), fairly forgiving. Below that, better to aim for more modest conditions.
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Conditions
5.5/10
Fair
Size
0.50.7 m
hip-high
Wind
10 km/h
WSW · Cross-shore
Swell
0.7 m
7 s · NW
Best window · 6h5.6/10 · 0.50.8 m · 13 km/h
Today's take

Small wave, short, weak swell (windswell) from the NW. Cross-shore wind that ruffles the surface a little. Fair conditions, surfable but nothing special: fine for a practice session.

Today's forecast

SUNDAY, AUGUST 16
RatingWaves mSwell sWind km/hWeather
00h0.40.779☁️23°
03h0.40.8711🌧️23°
06hBest0.50.8713☁️22°
09h0.50.8810☁️24°
12h0.50.8810🌧️23°
15h0.50.8813☁️25°
18h0.50.789☁️24°
21h0.50.786☀️23°

3-hour slots (spot local time · GMT+2) · ★ rating out of 5 · arrow = swell/wind direction · highlighted row = best slot

Tides

06h12h18h0 mPM 07:11+1.3 mBM 13:06-2.2 mPM 19:28+1.4 mmaintenant

The spot

wind swell

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Last updated: Sat, Aug 15, 07:34 GMT+2 · Données : Open-Meteo (modèles vagues + météo) · servies depuis la base pré-calculée.