Etretat surfForecast / Normandy / France

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Saturday 11 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
11.2° 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 4PM is: 1.7m 6s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (CEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)13s
Afternoon (11 Apr)5ft (1.6m)6s
Evening (11 Apr)6ft (1.9m)7s

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


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Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
WNW
0.2
WNW
0.8
W
1.6
W
1.7
WNW
1.9
W
1.9
W
1.6
W
1.7
W
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.3
W
0.7
WNW
1
W
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
Period(s) (?)8133677889999169101099999988
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2417002683554473584423483342522201731501208561604159393736
Wind
(km/h)
30
SSE
20
S
40
WNW
35
W
30
W
30
WSW
25
SSW
35
SW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
15
W
5
W
5
SSE
5
SW
10
WNW
10
SE
15
SSE
15
WSW
10
W
5
NW
5
SSE
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
glassglassoffcross-
off
crosscross-
off
offcross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:05AM
5.97
7:08PM
5.95
7:39AM
6.06
8:25PM
6.23
8:45AM
6.42
9:19PM
6.68
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:32PM
3.47
1:17AM
3.68
2:03PM
3.35
2:43AM
3.36
3:15PM
2.89
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
Sunrise-7:16-------7:13-------7:11------
Sunset-----8:45-------8:46-------8:47--
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C1112981010988781010109998910101099
Feels °C (?)471-1222-10014587665567865
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