Local legend
Lafitenia
Saint-Jean-de-Luz, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France43.415, -1.629Point break · faces NW (312°)
Spot guide
Lafitenia is an NW-facing point break in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. It picks up swell from W to NNW, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 74% of the directions it faces. Offshore wind here blows from the SE: light winds or SE breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while NW onshores chop it up.
- Break
- Point
- Faces
- NW (312°)
- Best swell
- WNW to NNW (290°–340°), 12 s or longer
- Best wind
- E to S offshore, or glassy
- Best surf height
- 4–10 ft at the beach
- Swell window
- W to NNW (277° to 336.5°)
- Offshore wind
- SE
- Tide
- Model estimate
- Wave buoy
- None within 250 km
- Cams
- None yet
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