Etretat surfForecast / Normandy / France

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 04 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
10.2° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Etretat today?

The current surf forecast for Etretat at 5AM is: 1.5m 7s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 04). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (CEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Apr)4ft (1.2m)7s
Afternoon (04 Apr)3ft (0.9m)8s
Evening (04 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)8s

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


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Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.3
W
1.1
W
0.9
WNW
0.8
W
0.7
W
1.3
WSW
1.6
WSW
2
W
2.4
W
2.5
WNW
2.3
WNW
2
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)77777788468898876681111111010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)303264226166117869061004668008726394262471048285164121825232
Wind
(km/h)
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
SW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
40
SSW
40
SW
40
W
40
W
35
W
30
W
25
W
20
WNW
15
WNW
5
WSW
15
SSE
15
SE
20
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
20
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:53AM
8.12
1:08PM
8.04
1:23AM
8.04
1:39PM
7.87
1:54AM
7.83
2:12PM
7.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:31AM
1.21
7:46PM
1.31
8:02AM
1.39
8:17PM
1.59
8:34AM
1.67
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Sunrise---7:31-------7:28-------7:26----
Sunset-------8:34-------8:36-------8:37
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C111111111114171614119999101099878121514
Feels °C (?)5567781210630011355742281110
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  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
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