Etretat surfForecast / Normandy / France

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Saturday 13 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
19.0° C
(Which is 2.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Etretat today?

The current surf forecast for Etretat at 9PM is: 1.7m 7s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (CEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Sep)--
Afternoon (13 Sep)6ft (1.8m)7s
Evening (13 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)7s

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

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Saturday
13
Sunday
14
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.4
WNW
1.2
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.7
WNW
0.5
W
0.4
WNW
1.4
WSW
2.4
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.4
WNW
2.1
W
2
W
Period(s) (?)776666888867999999988877
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)35829521515510452111703322061811651224112111691291139112151043816644491388
Wind
(km/h)
35
WSW
30
W
30
W
25
W
20
WSW
15
S
20
SSE
25
S
30
SSW
40
SW
45
SW
50
WSW
50
WSW
50
WSW
50
WSW
50
WSW
50
WSW
50
WSW
50
WSW
50
WSW
45
W
40
W
40
W
40
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:26PM
7.77
3:54AM
7.42
4:22PM
7.19
5:01AM
6.82
5:37PM
6.67
6:34AM
6.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:16PM
1.90
10:42AM
2.31
11:14PM
2.50
11:47AM
2.95
12:29AM
2.97
1:13PM
3.33
Saturday
13
Sunday
14
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Sunrise-----7:31-------7:33-------7:35--
Sunset-8:17-------8:15-------8:13------
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
--1-------11---------111
Temp. °C181716161514161917212018171617171716161616161617
Feels °C (?)1110101111121315131613109787777788810
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Normandy

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still offshore at Etretat (fresh winds from the WSW at Le Havre/Octeville Airport 23 km from Etretat). A 1.9m swell from the W

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23 km away, 2 h 10 min ago

33 km/h
WSW
0.0
19.0
Air / Water (°C)
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