La-Hague

La-Hague is a WNW-facing beach break in Normandy, France. It picks up swell from WSW, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 93% of the directions it faces. Offshore wind here blows from the ESE: light winds or ESE breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while WNW onshores chop it up.

Rare slot: an island gap lets in swell from 274.8° (W) and nothing either side. It only lines up when a storm sits in that exact direction, more than 310 km out. How slot swells work

Break

Beach

Faces

WNW (298°)

Best swell

WSW (240°–256°), 9 s or longer

Best wind

ENE to SSE offshore, or glassy

Best surf height

3–6 ft at the beach

Swell window

WSW (240° to 255.5°)

Rare slot

island gap, 274.8° W

Offshore wind

ESE

Tide

Model estimate

Wave buoy

None within 250 km

Cams

2