Etretat surfForecast / Normandy / France

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Friday 10 Apr 2026 CEST
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Etretat surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Etretat sea temperature is
11.5° C
(Which is 2.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Etretat today?

The current surf forecast for Etretat at 9PM is: 0.3m 14s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm April 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (CEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Apr)4ft (1.2m)6s
Afternoon (10 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)6s
Evening (10 Apr)1ft (0.3m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.2
WNW
0.7
WSW
1.7
W
2
W
1.9
W
1.7
W
1.8
W
1.9
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
0.7
WNW
1.2
W
1.1
W
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
W
0.5
W
Period(s) (?)661414141481336778899816899999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9753403938362417004113973504385363863112412101941411158342
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
5
WSW
5
NNE
15
E
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
S
40
W
35
W
35
WSW
30
WSW
25
SW
35
SW
35
SW
25
SW
25
SW
20
WSW
15
WSW
0
SSE
10
S
15
SSW
20
S
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossoffglasscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:29PM
5.99
6:05AM
5.97
7:08PM
5.95
7:39AM
6.06
8:25PM
6.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:18AM
3.26
11:49PM
3.60
12:32PM
3.47
1:17AM
3.68
2:03PM
3.35
2:43AM
3.36
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Sunrise-------7:16-------7:13-------7:11
Sunset---8:43-------8:45-------8:46----
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C81010121211111110910109887810101010987
Feels °C (?)577865562012200014586532
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