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Carteret surfForecast / Normandy / France

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 24 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
8.8° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Carteret today?

The current surf forecast for Carteret at 3AM is: 3.0m 16s primary swell from a West direction and 0.9m 4s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (CET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Jan)7ft (2.1m)15s
Afternoon (25 Jan)6ft (1.9m)14s
Evening (25 Jan)7.5ft (2.3m)15s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
!
1
3
2
2
2
4
4
4
4
3
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
W
2.3
W
2.5
W
3
W
3
W
2.3
W
1.9
W
1.9
W
1.9
W
2
W
2.4
W
2.3
W
2.1
W
1.9
W
1.8
W
1.6
W
1.4
W
1.2
W
1
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.7
W
Period(s) (?)151517161515141414141616151414131312121211111216
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2182232038824481386524371525146314111620282726002093150412618756434392853893503693831508
Wind
(km/h)
45
S
35
SSW
35
WSW
30
SSW
30
S
35
SSE
10
SSW
10
SW
15
W
10
NW
10
NNE
5
NE
5
E
10
SSE
15
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
45
SSE
45
SSE
35
SE
40
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
off		glassoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:29PM
8.31
11:48AM
8.29
12:16AM
7.88
12:40PM
7.74
1:14AM
7.39
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:44PM
0.99
6:00AM
1.44
6:24PM
1.39
6:44AM
1.82
7:12PM
1.87
7:40AM
2.24
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Sunrise------8:48-------8:47-------8:45-
Sunset5:49-------5:50-------5:52-------
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
mod rain
Rain (mm)
-521-161---------2212-16
Temp. °C889977689876767778999999
Feels °C (?)-21230-12455445230-10110011
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