Beach

both

Level 5/10

La Nord

Lacanau, France

🌀Strong rips👥Crowded

La Nord is Lacanau's contest venue—a quality beachbreak that has hosted the Lacanau Pro since 1979, making it one of Europe's longest-running surf competitions. The wave offers punchy, performance-oriented walls that work across a range of conditions, though it rarely reaches the raw power of the Hossegor zone to the south. The town's surf culture runs deep, with generations of French surfers cutting their teeth on these banks. When it's on, La Nord delivers legitimate QS-level waves.

10-Day Forecast

Today

Poor

0.8mWNW

@8s

9km/h

0.8m

@8s

9km/h

Mon

Poor

0.4mWNW

@7s

8km/h

0.4m

@7s

8km/h

Tue

Poor

0.4mWNW

@9s

9km/h

0.4m

@9s

9km/h

Wed

Poor

0.4mW

@10s

16km/h

0.4m

@10s

16km/h

Thu

Poor

0.8mWSW

@5s

15km/h

0.8m

@5s

15km/h

Fri

Poor

0.6mWNW

@7s

10km/h

0.6m

@7s

10km/h

Sat

Poor

1.2mW

@8s

13km/h

1.2m

@8s

13km/h

Sun

Poor

1.0mWNW

@8s

13km/h

1.0m

@8s

13km/h

Mon

Poor

1.0mWNW

@10s

15km/h

1.0m

@10s

15km/h

Tue

Fair

2.4mWNW

@10s

11km/h

2.4m

@10s

11km/h

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Today's Conditions

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Swell

0.8m

WNW(284°)

Score: 9/25

Period

Short period / windswell

Score: 4/25

Wind

9km/h

ENE(71°)

Score: 21/25

Weather

29°C

0.0mm29%

Secondary Swell

0.1mWSW

Forecast Confidence

100%

Sources: open-meteo-marine, open-meteo-weather

Best Session

afternoon

AM: 14 km/h E|PM: 10 km/h ESE

Lighter winds later (10 km/h)

Tide at 3pm (-1.6m)

Location & Conditions

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Tide Times

3:25 am

Low tide - -1.91m

10:08 am

High tide - 0.75m

3:43 pm

Low tide - -1.63m

10:30 pm

High tide - 0.92m

Times shown in spot-local time.

Strike Score Breakdown

Poor

Components

Swell Direction15/25

Swell Size9/25

Swell Period4/25

Wind21/25

Raw Score49/100

Adjustments

🌊 Tide-6

📉 Undersized Swell-7

Adjusted Score36/100

Confidence

Multiplier×1.00

Final Score36

🌊 Too low for this tide window

Location & Conditions

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