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Etretat surfForecast / Normandy / France

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Thursday 08 Jan 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
8.3° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Etretat today?

The current surf forecast for Etretat at 8PM is: 0.8m 6s primary swell from a West direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 08). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (CET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)--
Afternoon (08 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)8s
Evening (08 Jan)7.5ft (2.3m)6s

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

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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
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
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
W
1.3
W
1
W
0.8
W
2.3
WSW
5
W
6
WNW
5.5
WNW
4.5
WNW
4
WNW
4
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.2
NW
1.9
NW
0.6
WNW
1.6
NNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.6
W
Period(s) (?)66866111412111099988877612611119
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)0139131393815543138748902524331882294199618051331105991567943626910616515011757
Wind
(km/h)
30
W
25
SSW
35
SW
50
SSW
65
SW
85
SW
85
W
70
W
60
WNW
55
WNW
55
WNW
55
NW
55
WNW
50
NW
50
NW
50
NW
45
NW
40
NNW
35
NNW
30
NNW
25
N
15
N
5
N
5
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:17PM
7.71
2:49AM
7.45
3:05PM
7.34
3:38AM
7.13
3:56PM
6.96
4:31AM
6.82
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:32AM
1.79
8:54PM
1.67
9:15AM
2.20
9:37PM
2.15
9:59AM
2.63
10:22PM
2.64
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Sunrise--------8:53-------8:53-------
Sunset--5:15-------5:17-------5:19-----
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light rain
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Rain (mm)
-1451321111111----------
Temp. °C98101097666777765545544544
Feels °C (?)2230-4-10-12-9-8-5-5-5-5-6-7-7-7-5-4-4-3011
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