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Carteret surfForecast / Normandy / France

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Thursday 08 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 1.1°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Carteret today?

The current surf forecast for Carteret at 4PM is: 2.2m 8s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)9s
Afternoon (08 Jan)7ft (2.2m)8s
Evening (08 Jan)21ft (6.5m)12s

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

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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
!
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
3
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
W
1.5
W
2.2
WSW
3
WSW
6.5
W
7
W
6.5
WNW
5
WNW
4
WNW
4
WNW
4
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.1
W
1.9
W
1.8
W
1.6
W
1.4
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1
W
Period(s) (?)99891214131210888121212121212121211111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)425342526137711166202241328875663145200620541778285225982948257813341062909687492358289231
Wind
(km/h)
20
WSW
30
SSW
50
SSW
65
SW
90
SW
90
W
80
WNW
65
WNW
55
WNW
50
WNW
55
NW
50
NW
45
NW
45
NW
50
NW
50
NW
40
NNW
35
NNW
25
NNW
20
N
10
NNE
10
E
10
SE
20
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:56AM
8.50
11:22PM
7.91
11:39AM
7.92
12:06AM
7.39
12:25PM
7.29
12:55AM
6.88
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:42PM
1.03
5:57AM
1.58
6:20PM
1.56
6:36AM
2.07
6:59PM
2.11
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Sunrise--------9:00-------9:00-------
Sunset--5:25-------5:27-------5:28-----
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-443-211111-------------
Temp. °C99111187888888877777765433
Feels °C (?)522-2-10-12-8-6-4-4-5-4-3-4-5-4-3-11110-1-3
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