Etretat Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let's look at what Etretat has to offer.

Truth is, it's a barren stretch ahead. Over these 16 days, every session is rated poor, with no standout windows. The combined swell energy is weak, under 100 (29) for the first window, and it never really builds. There's a long gap with no surf worth mentioning, just one poor day after another.

It starts Saturday July 4th with a tiny 1ft swell from the WNW at 9 seconds. The cross-off wind from the west at 12 mph keeps the surface clean, but the energy is barely there at 29. That afternoon it edges up to 2ft, still clean, with energy climbing to 90, but still poor.

Sunday July 5th drops back to 1ft, and there's some cross-chop from a mixed wind in the morning. Energy falls to 16. From there, the swell shrinks to 0.7ft and stays there for days – clean faces but absolutely no power. The water temp is about normal for the time of year, nothing out of the ordinary.

By midweek, the wind shifts. Thursday July 9th brings a moderate cross-onshore breeze, and Friday July 10th sees onshore winds up to 22 mph with a messy 2ft swell from the NNE at just 3 seconds – that’s wind slop, not surf.

We get some offshore winds Saturday July 11th and Sunday July 12th, but the swell is still only around 1ft with energy at 13. A tiny pulse on Monday July 13th shows 3ft from the NNE with a 4-second period and offshore wind, but the energy is only 42 and the period is way too short to hold a wave.

The rest of the second week is the same story: clean conditions, tiny swell, no juice. Offshore winds don’t help when there’s nothing to blow into shape.

For a surfer, there's nothing worth the paddle. With the wind patterns here, it might look better for a kite surfer than a paddle surfer, but honestly, it's just flat.

Hang tight. Forecasts shift.

Rusty.

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