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Carteret surfForecast / Normandy / France

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 19 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
8.9° 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 8AM is: 0.6m 10s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (CET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jan)2ft (0.6m)10s
Afternoon (19 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)11s
Evening (19 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)18s

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

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Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thu
22
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.6
WNW
0.9
WNW
1
WNW
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.4
W
1.1
WNW
1.6
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.3
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
Period(s) (?)101010101118181616161616161515141414131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)747373988225751057513301175905768991605110811581033880600427411480470389
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
15
S
15
S
20
S
20
SSW
15
S
25
S
20
SSW
25
S
30
S
40
SSE
45
SSE
50
SSE
45
S
40
S
15
SW
35
S
35
SSE
45
SSE
55
S
45
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:05AM
8.32
8:24PM
8.21
8:39AM
8.67
8:58PM
8.49
9:13AM
8.92
9:33PM
8.66
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:54PM
1.02
3:07AM
1.11
3:28PM
0.74
3:40AM
0.93
4:02PM
0.60
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thu
22
Sunrise--8:53-------8:52-------8:52-----
Sunset----5:40-------5:43-------5:44---
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cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
Rain (mm)
---11--------265--32121-
Temp. °C99999998877810877779101010109
Feels °C (?)6565554420-2-20-1-23-1-10-11221
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