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Hourtin Seasonal Surf Averages
Swell Consistency and Wind Overview
This graph shows the percentage of days that had a ridable wind swell (7 seconds period or more) or groundswell (10 seconds period or more) of over 3ft. It also shows the dominant wind direction. Not all of these days will neccessarily give great surf, and very short lived wind swells or longer period secondary swells may produce surf not recorded, but it gives a clear idea of the seasonal trend and a rough guide to the chances of scoring something ridable.
Monthly Overview
Understanding this DataThese swell averages are calculated ONLY on swells of more than 7 seconds period. This means this is the average height of a swell that's likely to produce ridable surf NOT an average of every wave heading toward the beach in a month. Likewise the period is the average period OVER 7 seconds. There will be days that have short period wind swells that won't produce and ridable swell and these are excluded from the averages. The consistency figure gives the percentage of days that meet this condition. For example if the consistency is 50% you could expect the 'average' swell for about 15 days in the month. Of course an average tells only part of the story. A combination of very large and very small swells may produce the same average as a consistent medium sized swell. |
Monthly DataJanuaryFebruary March April May June July August September October November December Nearby SpotsLe Crohot des CavalesCarcans Montalivet Le Gurp Lacanau L'Amelie Soulac Le Porge Le Verdon La Jenny Pontaillac Le Grand Crohot La Côte Sauvage Le Truc Vert L'Horizon La Pointe St-Trojan Les Allassins La Salie Biscarrosse-Plage Les Boulassiers Les Huttes St-Denis Chassiron Gouillaud Mimizan-Plage Lespecier Le Lizay Contis-Plage Cap de L'Homy Les Conches/Bud Bud St-Girons Plage Saint-Nicolas Moliets Plage Les Sables-d'Olonne Messanges L'Aubraie Vieux Boucau Sauveterre Casernes Le Penon Les Dunes Les Bourdaines Les Estagnots Les Culs Nus Hossegor (La Graviere) Hossegor (La Nord) La Sauzaie Hossegor (La Sud) L'Estacade Le Prevent Le Santocha Capbreton (La Piste/VVF) Labenne-Ocean Saint Gilles Croix de Vie Ondres Plage Tarnos La Barre Les Cavaliers La Madrague Les Corsaires Marinella Sables d'Or Le Club Le VVF Biarritz Grande Plage St jean de monts Cote des Basques Ilbarritz Erretegia |