Etretat surfForecast / Normandy / France

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Wednesday 08 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
10.5° C
(Which is 1.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Etretat today?

The current surf forecast for Etretat at 2AM is: 0.3m 9s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (CEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)1ft (0.3m)9s
Afternoon (09 Apr)1ft (0.3m)8s
Evening (09 Apr)--

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
W
0.2
WNW
0.3
W
0.5
W
0.9
WNW
1.2
WNW
0.2
WNW
0.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.6
W
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.2
WNW
0.2
WNW
0.9
WSW
Period(s) (?)14141399912894511106667141414913134
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)414034171614131239001110876853374038361716160
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
10
N
5
ENE
10
SSE
10
SW
10
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
W
30
WNW
30
NW
25
NNW
20
N
10
NNE
10
ESE
5
SE
5
NNE
20
ENE
25
SE
30
SE
30
SSE
25
SSE
30
WSW
40
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
oncross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscross-
on
oncrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:24PM
6.77
3:41AM
6.66
4:13PM
6.33
4:36AM
6.24
5:29PM
5.99
6:05AM
5.97
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:00PM
2.82
10:24AM
2.88
10:46PM
3.26
11:18AM
3.26
11:49PM
3.60
12:32PM
3.47
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunrise-----7:20-------7:18-------7:16--
Sunset-8:39-------8:42-------8:43------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212120181514141513101098779101111111011119
Feels °C (?)21212017141212139443334677543650
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