Carteret surfForecast / Normandy / France

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 18 Oct 2025 CEST
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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
16.3° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Carteret today?

The current surf forecast for Carteret at 5AM is: 0.2m 9s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 01:00am October 18). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 5s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (CEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)9s
Afternoon (18 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)8s
Evening (18 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)11s

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

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Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
W
0.1
W
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.3
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
1.3
S
1.4
S
1.7
S
1.2
W
1.4
W
1.5
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
4
W
Period(s) (?)1013999881210101055599966667911
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7366665111933307710217023533438318120721841970817423847
Wind
(km/h)
25
E
25
ESE
20
ESE
25
ESE
30
ESE
25
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
20
SE
25
SSE
30
SSE
40
S
45
S
45
S
40
S
30
WSW
35
SW
35
SW
40
SW
40
SSW
50
SSW
50
SW
50
WSW
50
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrossoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:42AM
7.32
6:57PM
7.70
7:20AM
7.86
7:34PM
8.17
7:53AM
8.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:03AM
1.89
1:23PM
1.91
1:44AM
1.43
2:00PM
1.45
2:17AM
1.09
2:32PM
1.10
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise----8:30-------8:33-------8:34---
Sunset------7:12-------7:09-------7:07-
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
rain showers
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
-----------27763-11-2311
Temp. °C141211101013151514141413141515161515141414151514
Feels °C (?)976547111198766891199775665
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Normandy

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still offshore at Carteret (fresh winds from the E at Vauville 28 km from Carteret). 0.2m 10s swell from the W to make surfable waves.

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28 km away, 1 h 27 min ago

33 km/h
E
0.0
16.3
Air / Water (°C)
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