Spot guide
Lacanau is a W-facing beach break in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. It picks up swell from WSW to NW, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 72% of the directions it faces. Offshore wind here blows from the E: light winds or E breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while W onshores chop it up.
- Break
- Beach
- Faces
- W (275°)
- Best swell
- WSW to NW (258°–316°), 9 s or longer
- Best wind
- NE to SE offshore, or glassy
- Best surf height
- 3–6 ft at the beach
- Swell window
- WSW to NW (258° to 323°)
- Offshore wind
- E
- Tide
- Model estimate
- Wave buoy
- None within 250 km
- Cams
- 4
Cams at Lacanau
- Lacanau · watch on Viewsurf ↗
- Lacanau · Sud du poste de secours nord · watch on Viewsurf ↗
- Lacanau · Poste de Secours Nord · watch on Viewsurf ↗
- Lacanau · Plage Centrale · watch on Viewsurf ↗
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