Etretat surfForecast / Normandy / France

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am 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
10.4° C
(Which is 1.7°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: 0.4m 15s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (CEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)11s
Afternoon (08 Apr)1ft (0.3m)14s
Evening (08 Apr)1ft (0.3m)14s

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


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Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
W
0.3
W
0.2
WNW
0.2
WNW
0.2
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.2
WNW
0.2
WNW
1.1
NW
0.7
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.6
W
0.3
WNW
Period(s) (?)1615151114141414139991211114511661414814
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)144135724137374140341715141312120011773441415040
Wind
(km/h)
20
ESE
20
SE
10
SE
15
SE
10
SE
5
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
E
10
S
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
15
W
25
WNW
30
WNW
25
NW
25
N
15
NNE
10
ENE
10
ESE
5
ENE
10
ESE
20
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:00AM
7.11
3:24PM
6.77
3:41AM
6.66
4:13PM
6.33
4:36AM
6.24
5:29PM
5.99
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:22PM
2.37
9:42AM
2.45
10:00PM
2.82
10:24AM
2.88
10:46PM
3.26
11:18AM
3.26
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sunrise---7:22-------7:20-------7:18----
Sunset-------8:39-------8:42-------8:43
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C1919181718202120191815141412111099878101213
Feels °C (?)15161615172021191817131313106433345799
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  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
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