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Etretat surfForecast / Normandy / France

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Saturday 10 Jan 2026 CET
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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
8.4° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Etretat today?

The current surf forecast for Etretat at 3AM is: 2.5m 7s primary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (CET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)7ft (2.1m)6s
Afternoon (10 Jan)3ft (0.9m)12s
Evening (10 Jan)--

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.3
NW
2
NW
0.7
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
W
0.9
WNW
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.4
WNW
0.3
W
0.3
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.9
WNW
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1
W
Period(s) (?)877761212119991111108899999101112
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)81678466150932114534923814757568557341112424060141251257289266
Wind
(km/h)
45
NW
45
NW
45
NW
35
NNW
35
NNW
30
NNW
25
NNW
25
N
10
NNE
5
E
15
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
35
S
40
SSE
45
S
45
S
45
S
40
SSW
35
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
35
SW
30
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:38AM
7.13
3:56PM
6.96
4:31AM
6.82
4:53PM
6.62
5:29AM
6.59
5:56PM
6.38
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:37PM
2.15
9:59AM
2.63
10:22PM
2.64
10:48AM
3.03
11:13PM
3.07
11:48AM
3.34
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Sunrise----8:53-------8:52-------8:52---
Sunset------5:19-------5:20-------5:22-
light rain
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part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
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cloud
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cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
1-------------1-2121-32-
Temp. °C666444454432245689111111111111
Feels °C (?)-5-5-5-5-5-4-3-2-11-2-5-6-5-5-4-10354345
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