Etretat surfForecast / Normandy / France

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 09 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
10.9° C
(Which is 2.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Etretat today?

The current surf forecast for Etretat at 2PM is: 0.2m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (CEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)1ft (0.3m)9s
Afternoon (09 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)11s
Evening (09 Apr)--

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


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Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
W
0.3
W
0.2
WNW
0.2
WNW
0.5
W
0.9
WNW
1.3
WNW
0.2
WNW
1.4
NW
1.2
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.2
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.6
W
1.7
W
1.7
W
1.7
W
Period(s) (?)991211945116661489914991356777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1514131239001114710366404540403617171700250287303
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
20
W
30
WNW
35
NW
30
NNW
25
N
10
NNE
10
E
10
SSW
5
ENE
15
ESE
25
SE
30
SSE
25
SSE
25
S
40
W
40
W
30
WSW
30
SW
35
SW
40
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:41AM
6.66
4:13PM
6.33
4:36AM
6.24
5:29PM
5.99
6:05AM
5.97
7:08PM
5.95
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:24AM
2.88
10:46PM
3.26
11:18AM
3.26
11:49PM
3.60
12:32PM
3.47
1:17AM
3.68
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
Sunrise-7:20-------7:18-------7:16------
Sunset-----8:42-------8:43-------8:45--
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C15141515131198877910121110101110891098
Feels °C (?)13121213952123357853461-1131-1
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