Etretat surfForecast / Normandy / France

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Saturday 18 Apr 2026 CEST
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
11.6° C
(Which is 2.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Etretat today?

The current surf forecast for Etretat at 7PM is: 0.6m 11s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm April 18). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (CEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)11s
Afternoon (18 Apr)2ft (0.6m)11s
Evening (18 Apr)2ft (0.6m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
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
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
W
0.7
NE
0.9
NNE
1
NE
0.8
NE
0.7
NE
0.6
NE
Period(s) (?)1111111010101010101010999991010455555
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1148382805250505070484729292917171816173751322518
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
15
NW
20
NW
20
WNW
20
NW
15
NNW
15
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
NE
15
NE
20
E
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
30
NE
30
NE
35
NE
30
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:12PM
8.54
12:32AM
8.63
12:52PM
8.58
1:12AM
8.57
1:35PM
8.40
1:54AM
8.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:57PM
0.64
7:19AM
0.61
7:39PM
0.70
8:02AM
0.69
8:23PM
0.98
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Sunrise-------7:00-------6:58-------6:56
Sunset---8:55-------8:57-------8:59----
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C11101011121211991010101098789998776
Feels °C (?)866788745666643212210110
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Normandy

  1. Flat McFlat Face

    Brighton, 123 km away
Expand
<
>
View all

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Etretat surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest