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Carteret surfForecast / Normandy / France

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Sunday 18 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
9.0° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Carteret today?

The current surf forecast for Carteret at 7PM is: 0.8m 11s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 18). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (CET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)12s
Afternoon (18 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Evening (18 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
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)
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
WNW
0.8
WNW
1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.2
WNW
1.3
W
1.1
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.6
W
Period(s) (?)121111111110101010101118181616161616161615141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)28420915114911210874737374852574085756531175101776886862076412081048999
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
5
SE
10
E
15
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
S
20
S
15
S
20
SSE
25
S
25
SSW
20
S
35
SSE
45
SSE
50
SSE
50
SSE
55
SSE
35
SSW
35
S
30
S
35
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		crosscross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:30AM
7.89
7:50PM
7.85
8:05AM
8.32
8:24PM
8.21
8:39AM
8.67
8:58PM
8.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:19PM
1.41
2:32AM
1.41
2:54PM
1.02
3:07AM
1.11
3:28PM
0.74
3:40AM
0.93
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Sunrise--------8:53-------8:52-------
Sunset--5:39-------5:40-------5:43-----
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C91011101099999999887791097776
Feels °C (?)6897756555654330-2-2-1-3-1-10-2
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