Etretat surfForecast / Normandy / France

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Friday 03 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
10.1° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Etretat today?

The current surf forecast for Etretat at 10AM is: 0.2m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 03). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 5s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (CEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)1ft (0.3m)7s
Afternoon (03 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)6s
Evening (03 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)7s

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


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Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
W
0.4
WNW
0.4
W
0.3
W
0.2
WNW
0.2
WNW
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.2
W
1
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.8
W
1.4
WSW
1.8
W
2.2
W
2.4
W
2.1
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.6
WNW
Period(s) (?)67771010777777778765689996
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1816171091019317821121418713492506137510267628899645477194
Wind
(km/h)
5
SW
15
SW
20
SW
25
SW
30
SSW
35
SSW
30
SW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
40
SW
40
W
40
WSW
40
WSW
35
W
30
W
25
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:23AM
8.08
12:37PM
8.09
12:53AM
8.12
1:08PM
8.04
1:23AM
8.04
1:39PM
7.87
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:58AM
1.16
7:14PM
1.13
7:31AM
1.21
7:46PM
1.31
8:02AM
1.39
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Sunrise---7:33-------7:31-------7:28----
Sunset-------8:32-------8:34-------8:36
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-----1------------------
Temp. °C7778891011111111111214161614111099999
Feels °C (?)53221245667789111073200013
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