Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Etretat today (29 Sep):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 10s period with WNW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 10s period with WNW swell.
The current surf forecast for Etretat at 11PM is: 0.2m 10s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 29). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 5s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (CEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (29 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (29 Sep) | 1ft (0.3m) | 10s |
| Evening (29 Sep) | 0.5ft (0.2m) | 10s |
Table - waves today at Etretat. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastModerate rain (total 14mm), heaviest on Wed afternoon. Warm (max 23°C on Tue night, min 15°C on Thu morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSE on Tue night, calm by Thu night). | |||||||||||||||||||
Tue 29 | Wednesday 30 | Thursday 1 | |||||||||||||||||
5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | W 10 | W 10 | W 9 | W 14 | WNW 12 | W 11 | WNW 11 | W 11 | WNW 10 | W 10 | W 10 | W 10 | W 10 | W 10 | WNW 13 | WNW 13 | WNW 13 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 20 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 47 | 59 | 39 | 82 | 36 | 52 | 52 | 52 | 54 | 54 | 57 | 229 | 176 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross-off | off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | glassy |
High Tide | 1:26AM8.49m | 1:45PM8.42m | 2:05AM8.23m | 2:25PM8.09m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 7:55PM0.99m | 8:15AM1.08m | 8:36PM1.21m | 8:57AM1.46m | 9:20PM1.60m | ||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | 7:56 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:58 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | 7:43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:38 | — | — |
mm | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 9 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 26 | 23 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 |
Feels °C | 25 | 21 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | W 10 | W 10 | W 9 | W 9 | WNW 12 | W 11 | W 7 | W 11 | WNW 10 | W 10 | W 10 | W 10 | W 10 | W 10 | W 10 | WNW 13 | WNW 13 |
| kJ | 20 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 47 | 59 | 22 | 82 | 36 | 52 | 52 | 52 | 54 | 54 | 56 | 229 | 176 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 4 | NE 4 | NE 5 | — | — | W 14 | — | N 5 | WNW 11 | — | W 6 | — | — | — | — | — | WNW 13 | — | — |
| kJ | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 4 | — | 1 | 39 | — | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | 57 | — | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | S 3 | S 3 | S 3 | S 4 | SSW 4 | SW 4 | — | — | — | WSW 4 | W 4 | W 5 | W 5 | W 5 | W 5 | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | 4 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 5 | — | — | — | 7 | 19 | 29 | 31 | 35 | 25 | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 580 | 303 | 303 | 580 | 121 | 282 | 282 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 126 | 248 | 248 | 182 | 141 | 141 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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