Etretat surfForecast / Normandy / France

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 02 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
10.1° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Etretat today?

The current surf forecast for Etretat at 4AM is: 0.4m 7s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 02). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (CEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)1ft (0.3m)7s
Afternoon (03 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)6s
Evening (03 Apr)5ft (1.6m)7s

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


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Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
WNW
0.4
W
0.3
W
0.2
WNW
0.2
WNW
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.6
W
1.6
W
1.4
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
0.8
W
0.5
W
0.7
W
0.9
W
1.5
WSW
1.9
W
2.5
W
2.5
WNW
2
WNW
Period(s) (?)666777101077777777127666898
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)15161816171010101932042542641981381116670436002938361101549
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
10
NNW
5
SW
15
SW
20
SW
25
SW
30
SSW
35
SSW
30
SW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
SW
20
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
40
SW
35
W
35
W
35
WSW
30
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crossoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:23AM
8.08
12:37PM
8.09
12:53AM
8.12
1:08PM
8.04
1:23AM
8.04
1:39PM
7.87
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:42PM
1.09
6:58AM
1.16
7:14PM
1.13
7:31AM
1.21
7:46PM
1.31
8:02AM
1.39
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Sunrise-----7:33-------7:31-------7:28--
Sunset-8:30-------8:32-------8:34------
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-------1----------------
Temp. °C88777789101111111111111416161411101099
Feels °C (?)45532112455577791010732201
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