Nice surfForecast / Mediterranean – Cote d'Azur / France

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 CEST
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Nice surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Nice sea temperature is
24.1° C
(Which is 2.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Nice today?

The current surf forecast for Nice at 2PM is: 0.5m 4s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Sep)3ft (0.9m)4s
Afternoon (16 Sep)2ft (0.6m)4s
Evening (16 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)6s

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

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Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Fri
19
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.6
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.2
SSW
0.2
E
0.5
E
0.1
W
0.4
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
Period(s) (?)5444566555445644-3443444
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)47389102646462686451326301222211
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
SSE
10
ESE
10
E
5
ENE
0
E
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
S
10
SSE
5
S
0
WSW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
N
5
NE
5
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSE
0
NW
5
NNW
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglassglassoffcross-
off
onononglasscross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:03AM
0.42
5:31PM
0.52
5:39AM
0.43
6:21PM
0.53
6:31AM
0.44
6:59PM
0.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:56AM
0.36
12:37AM
0.37
11:15AM
0.35
1:10AM
0.36
12:10PM
0.34
1:38AM
0.34
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Fri
19
Sunrise-7:09-------7:11-------7:11------
Sunset----7:39-------7:37-------7:36---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C212023232322222121212424232323222221232323232323
Feels °C (?)222124242424252120202324242524232322242424252424
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Mediterranean - Cote d'Azur

  1. weather stationWind Update The cross-on wind has turned onshore at Villefranche sur Mer (light winds from the ESE at Nice Côte d'Azur Airport 12 km from Villefranche sur Mer). 1.0m 2s local chop from the E with a 0.7m 5s windswell from the SW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

    Villefranche sur Mer
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15 km/h
ESE
Cross-On
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