Etretat Surf Forecast

/ Normandy (37 surf breaks) /

France (410 surf breaks)

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Etretat surfForecast / Normandy / France

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 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 18.4° 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 9AM is: 1.2m 8s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (CEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Sep)	4ft (1.2m)	8s
Afternoon (18 Sep)	3.5ft (1.0m)	8s
Evening (18 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	9s

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

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	Thursday 18							Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sun 21
	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM
Rating (10 max)	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	W	W	W	W	W	W	WNW	W	W	WNW	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	WNW	WNW	W	WNW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	9	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	212	206	172	145	113	96	158	114	112	34	68	65	63	61	63	61	61	42	41	40	26	26	25	26
Wind (km/h)	SSW	SW	SW	WSW	W	NE	ESE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSW	S	ENE	SSE	SSW	SSW	S	SSW	S	SSW	SW	SW	SW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)			9:33AM 6.73				9:51PM 6.94				10:27AM 7.11				10:38PM 7.33					11:06AM 7.47				11:16PM 7.67
Low Tide / height (m)	3:25AM 2.73				3:57PM 2.79				4:24AM 2.25				4:48PM 2.30					5:10AM 1.81				5:30PM 1.89

	Thursday 18							Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sun 21
Sunrise	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:02	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	17	17	20	21	20	21	20	20	20	22	27	30	28	28	23	21	20	22	20	24	23	19	15
Feels °C (?)	15	15	14	18	20	21	20	19	18	16	17	23	27	27	24	20	20	18	19	18	20	20	11	7

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Normandy

Wind Update Cross-off wind has turned cross-on at Etretat (light winds from the ENE at LE Havre Octeville 21 km from Etretat). A 1.2m swell from the W
1 hour 12 minutes ago Etretat

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21 km away, 1 h 12 min ago

14 km/h

ENE

0.0

18.4

Air / Water (°C)

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