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Ile de Re - Les Grenettes surfForecast / Charente Maritime / France
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 17 Dec 2025 CETForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Ile de Re - Les Grenettes surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Ile de Re - Les Grenettes sea temperature is
11.3° C
(Which is 1.8°C colder than average for this time of year)How big are the waves at Ile de Re - Les Grenettes today?
The current surf forecast for Ile de Re - Les Grenettes at 8AM is: 1.6m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am December 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.
| Time (CET) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (17 Dec) | 5ft (1.6m) | 14s |
| Afternoon (17 Dec) | 5ft (1.6m) | 14s |
| Evening (17 Dec) | 5ft (1.5m) | 13s |
Table - waves today at Ile de Re - Les Grenettes. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 23 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 1257 | 1240 | 1091 | 1075 | 1060 | 1001 | 861 | 735 | 632 | 515 | 573 | 613 | 934 | 4932 | 8064 | 7232 | 7468 | 9598 | 7038 | 4494 | 3864 | 3377 | 2974 | 2836 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | glass | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | on | cross- on | on | cross- on | cross- off | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 3:03AM 3.73 | 3:21PM 3.70 | 3:35AM 3.85 | 3:53PM 3.78 | 4:05AM 3.95 | 4:23PM 3.84 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 8:17PM 0.97 | 8:43AM 0.89 | 9:02PM 0.83 | 9:27AM 0.72 | 9:44PM 0.71 | 10:08AM 0.58 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 17 | Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | 8:41 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:41 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:42 | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:21 | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| Feels °C (?) | 9 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
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