Etretat surfForecast / Normandy / France

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 24 Mar 2026 CET
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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 1.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Etretat today?

The current surf forecast for Etretat at 1PM is: 0.2m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 24). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (CET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Mar)0.5ft (0.2m)12s
Afternoon (24 Mar)0.5ft (0.2m)11s
Evening (24 Mar)0.5ft (0.1m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Fri
27
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
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 (?)
0.2
WNW
0.2
WNW
0.2
WNW
0.2
WNW
0.2
WNW
0.2
WNW
0.1
W
2.5
W
3
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.4
NW
2.1
NW
2
NW
1.8
NW
1.6
NW
1.3
NW
1.1
NW
0.6
WNW
0.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)12121111111111799109888777766568
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)141413121111264412912028214316561087996865640465412316220115682622
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
20
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
35
SW
45
SW
50
W
50
W
55
WNW
55
NW
50
NW
50
NW
50
NW
45
NW
40
NW
35
NNW
25
NNW
25
N
20
NNW
20
NW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:56AM
7.97
2:21PM
7.65
2:45AM
7.43
3:18PM
7.05
3:48AM
6.86
4:38PM
6.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:47AM
1.54
9:11PM
1.95
9:39AM
2.11
10:08PM
2.59
10:44AM
2.65
11:23PM
3.11
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Fri
27
Sunrise-6:54-------6:52-------6:50------
Sunset-----7:16-------7:19-------7:20--
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
light rain
cloud
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-------1-11111111-------
Temp. °C99911121311109777877766667789
Feels °C (?)44356610-2-5-6-5-4-5-4-3-3-1-101124
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