Etretat surfForecast / Normandy / France

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Friday 10 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
11.5° C
(Which is 2.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Etretat today?

The current surf forecast for Etretat at 11AM is: 1.1m 6s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 14s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Apr)4ft (1.2m)6s
Afternoon (10 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)6s
Evening (10 Apr)1ft (0.3m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Mon
13
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.1
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.2
WNW
0.7
WSW
1.7
W
1.9
WNW
1.9
W
1.8
W
2
W
1.8
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
0.7
WNW
1.1
W
1
W
0.8
WNW
0.8
W
Period(s) (?)106661414141481336778899916910109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10128975340393836241700352361378527506399343241186184120113
Wind
(km/h)
20
N
10
NNE
10
ESE
5
SW
5
NNE
15
ESE
25
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
25
S
35
WSW
35
W
35
WSW
35
WSW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
25
SSW
25
SW
25
WSW
15
WSW
5
S
15
SSW
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
oncross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
glassoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:36AM
6.24
5:29PM
5.99
6:05AM
5.97
7:08PM
5.95
7:39AM
6.06
8:25PM
6.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:18AM
3.26
11:49PM
3.60
12:32PM
3.47
1:17AM
3.68
2:03PM
3.35
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Mon
13
Sunrise-7:18-------7:16-------7:13------
Sunset-----8:43-------8:45-------8:46--
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C9881010121210101011910109877810101099
Feels °C (?)345778643540121001246856
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