Etretat surfForecast / Normandy / France

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Wednesday 01 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
10.2° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Etretat today?

The current surf forecast for Etretat at 10PM is: 0.2m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 01). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (CEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Apr)--
Afternoon (01 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)8s
Evening (01 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)8s

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


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Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
WNW
0.2
W
0.2
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.5
W
0.2
WNW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.3
W
0.2
WNW
0.2
WNW
0.2
W
1.3
W
1.3
W
1.3
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1
W
Period(s) (?)88125511556667771010106777777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)76141713131316121113171810109813615015016814512889
Wind
(km/h)
20
WNW
15
NW
10
NNW
10
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
25
N
20
N
15
NNW
10
WNW
10
WSW
15
SW
20
SW
25
SW
30
SSW
30
SW
30
SW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
SW
20
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:52PM
7.93
12:05PM
8.02
12:23AM
8.08
12:37PM
8.09
12:53AM
8.12
1:08PM
8.04
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:07PM
1.19
6:24AM
1.24
6:42PM
1.09
6:58AM
1.16
7:14PM
1.13
7:31AM
1.21
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunrise-----7:35-------7:33-------7:31--
Sunset-8:29-------8:30-------8:32------
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
---------------1--------
Temp. °C1010111010988888777891011111111111213
Feels °C (?)668776234553211346667778
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