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Carteret surfForecast / Normandy / France

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 20 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 slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Carteret today?

The current surf forecast for Carteret at 11AM is: 1.3m 16s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 1.6m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (CET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)16s
Afternoon (20 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)16s
Evening (20 Jan)5ft (1.6m)15s

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

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Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Fri
23
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)
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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2
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.3
W
1.1
WNW
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.3
W
1.1
W
2.2
S
1.1
W
1
W
1
W
1
W
1.1
W
2.5
W
3
W
3.5
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.1
W
Period(s) (?)16161616161615141414131361313131216161616151514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)117511759057788586121102944918880582414354411335314268620347547245450409526501779
Wind
(km/h)
30
S
35
S
40
SSE
50
SSE
50
SSE
45
S
35
SW
35
S
40
S
40
SSE
55
SSE
60
SSE
55
SSE
55
SSE
45
SSE
45
SSE
40
S
45
S
40
SW
40
SW
35
SW
25
SSW
35
SSE
40
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:39AM
8.67
8:58PM
8.49
9:13AM
8.92
9:33PM
8.66
9:48AM
9.02
10:09PM
8.70
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:28PM
0.74
3:40AM
0.93
4:02PM
0.60
4:14AM
0.88
4:35PM
0.59
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Fri
23
Sunrise--8:52-------8:52-------8:51-----
Sunset----5:43-------5:44-------5:45---
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
mod rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-----652-222231----11---
Temp. °C8789109777891010109999999988
Feels °C (?)1-1-1-2-1-1-1-1-20-2-2-1-10-10000130-1
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