Etretat surfForecast / Normandy / France

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 21 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
11.7° C
(Which is 2.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Etretat today?

The current surf forecast for Etretat at 2PM is: 0.8m 5s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (CEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)2ft (0.6m)5s
Afternoon (21 Apr)3ft (0.9m)5s
Evening (21 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)6s

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


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Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.8
NE
0.9
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.1
NW
0.1
W
1
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
ENE
0.8
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.4
ENE
0.6
NE
0.7
NE
0.8
NE
1
NE
1
NNE
1
NNE
0.9
NE
Period(s) (?)55555512126666666635555666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)23191925374663695857395049500223252849636846
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
35
NE
30
ENE
30
ENE
35
ENE
30
E
35
ENE
35
E
30
ENE
30
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
E
25
E
30
ENE
35
ENE
35
NE
30
NE
30
ENE
30
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:20PM
8.03
2:40AM
7.88
3:12PM
7.51
3:35AM
7.34
4:17PM
6.96
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:47AM
0.99
9:10PM
1.44
9:36AM
1.45
10:01PM
2.01
10:30AM
1.99
11:00PM
2.57
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
Sunrise-6:56-------6:54-------6:52------
Sunset-----9:00-------9:01-------9:02--
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C76910121210987101415151212111011141413109
Feels °C (?)202345311-1278107653477732
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