Nice surfForecast / Mediterranean – Cote d'Azur / France

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 21 Apr 2026 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
17.3° C
(Which is 3.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Nice today?

The current surf forecast for Nice at 1PM is: 0.2m 4s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)4s
Afternoon (21 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)4s
Evening (21 Apr)1ft (0.3m)3s

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


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Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.5
E
1
E
1
E
1.1
E
0.9
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.3
ESE
Period(s) (?)444433333345555555565544
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)553322111540445940171110293243311373
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
5
N
5
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
5
ESE
5
NNE
5
ENE
5
NNW
5
ENE
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
N
10
N
10
N
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
ESE
10
SE
5
S
5
WSW
5
W
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscrossoffoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
onglasscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:41AM
0.46
12:10AM
0.54
11:31AM
0.43
1:21AM
0.53
12:54PM
0.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:38AM
0.37
4:54PM
0.31
6:57AM
0.39
5:41PM
0.33
8:48AM
0.39
6:46PM
0.35
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
Sunrise-6:39-------6:37-------6:35------
Sunset-----8:20-------8:22-------8:22--
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------311---------
Temp. °C151618181817171616171616141515151414161616161615
Feels °C (?)141518171717171615161314111313121111131314141413
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