Surf Break

Lat Long: 42.13° N 8.60° E

Cargese 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 18 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cargese sea temperature is
24.0°C
3.8° 

Cargese surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Cargese today (18 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (18 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 6s period with WNW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (18 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 6s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (18 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 7s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Cargese at 5AM is: 0.5m 6s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am October 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (CEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)6s
Afternoon (18 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)6s
Evening (18 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)7s

Table - waves today at Cargese. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 25mm), heaviest during Tue night. Warm (max 24°C on Mon afternoon, min 19°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (calm on Mon morning, fresh winds from the S by Tue afternoon).

Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
W
6
0.5
W
6
0.4
W
6
0.5
W
6
0.5
W
6
0.5
W
6
0.4
WNW
7
0.4
W
7
0.5
W
7
0.7
W
7
0.7
W
7
0.6
W
7
0.5
W
6
0.3
WNW
6
0.2
W
5
0.2
SSW
7
0.2
SSE
4
0.2
SSE
4
0.3
SSW
7
0.4
SE
4
0.4
SSE
4
0.9
SSW
8
0.5
SE
3
1.3
SSW
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
20
19
11
20
20
20
15
14
23
51
48
32
19
6
2
5
2
2
0
4
6
0
5
0
Wind (km/h)
15
SE
10
SE
10
SE
5
S
10
SW
5
SSW
0
NE
10
NE
10
ENE
10
E
10
E
0
NNE
10
NW
5
NNW
5
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
5
SSE
10
SSW
30
S
25
SSE
25
S
Wind State
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
on
glassy
glassy
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
High Tide
1:04AM0.15m
4:01PM0.22m
3:05AM0.15m
5:20PM0.22m
5:08AM0.15m
6:10PM0.24m
Low Tide
7:54AM0.09m
11:36PM0.14m
9:29AM0.09m
00:29AM0.12m
10:56AM0.09m
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
thunderstorm
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
—
7:39
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
7:41
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
7:43
—
—
—
—
—
—
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
—
—
—
—
—
6:39
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6:37
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6:37
—
—
 mm
1
1
1
1
—
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
2
4
8
3
Temp °C
20
20
20
21
22
21
21
20
20
20
20
23
23
24
22
22
22
21
21
23
23
20
20
20
Feels °C
19
19
19
21
22
22
23
20
19
19
18
23
22
24
22
21
21
20
20
24
23
17
18
18
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Cargese surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest