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Carteret surfForecast / Normandy / France

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Monday 12 Jan 2026 CET
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Carteret surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Carteret sea temperature is
9.2° C
 (Which is 1.0°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Carteret today?

The current surf forecast for Carteret at 6AM is: 2.3m 10s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.7m 11s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)6ft (1.9m)12s
Afternoon (12 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)12s
Evening (12 Jan)6ft (1.8m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
SSW
2.3
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.3
WSW
1.9
W
1.9
W
2
W
1.8
W
1.8
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.3
W
1.4
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.1
W
0.9
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.6
W
0.9
W
Period(s) (?)6910111212121212111111111111111111111111111413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3488981045114395510021155885880652553482418426491482416303209235188151136280
Wind
(km/h)
50
S
35
SW
35
SW
35
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
25
S
30
S
35
SSE
35
S
30
S
30
SSW
10
WSW
20
NNW
15
N
15
NNE
5
NE
5
NNE
5
W
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrossoncross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		glassoncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:55AM
6.45
2:26PM
6.26
3:08AM
6.22
3:44PM
6.10
4:20AM
6.27
4:53PM
6.24
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:43PM
2.61
8:08AM
2.95
8:36PM
3.00
9:14AM
3.21
9:48PM
3.22
10:42AM
3.20
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Sunrise----8:59-------8:59-------8:57---
Sunset------5:30-------5:31-------5:34-
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
11--12-----2----11------
Temp. °C1012121110101111111010101091011108877788
Feels °C (?)065445666654314583434554
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