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Etretat surfForecast / Normandy / France

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Saturday 17 Jan 2026 CET
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
8.1° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Etretat today?

The current surf forecast for Etretat at 2AM is: 0.5m 15s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 17). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
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Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
Period(s) (?)151515151514141413131312121211111110101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)931301281281211181157368578473714641393837201919191919
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
ESE
15
E
20
E
15
E
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
SE
20
SE
20
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:45PM
6.81
10:00AM
7.11
10:27PM
7.10
10:40AM
7.38
11:05PM
7.37
11:16AM
7.62
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:19AM
2.69
4:42PM
2.29
4:59AM
2.34
5:19PM
1.92
5:35AM
2.03
5:55PM
1.62
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Sunrise----8:48-------8:48-------8:47---
Sunset------5:29-------5:30-------5:31-
light rain
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clear
clear
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clear
cloud
cloud
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part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
1-----------------------
Temp. °C998889101099109910111088899101211
Feels °C (?)543446775564357533344587
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