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Nice surfForecast / Mediterranean – Cote d'Azur / France

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Sunday 25 Jan 2026 CET
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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
14.7° C
 (Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Nice today?

The current surf forecast for Nice at 6AM is: 1.9m 10s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 25). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 5s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.3m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (CET) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)10s
Afternoon (25 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)9s
Evening (25 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)5s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
!
3
3
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
S
1.7
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
0.7
SSW
1.1
SW
1
WSW
0.4
S
0.8
SSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.7
S
1.3
SSE
Period(s) (?)6910101099854610910101012101099856
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4944684667455131526758583510115118182166138108542623201127134
Wind
(km/h)
20
N
5
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
10
SSW
10
SW
10
WNW
10
NNW
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
15
NNE
15
NE
20
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off		offoffcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:40PM
0.45
11:43AM
0.51
1:05AM
0.45
12:34PM
0.49
2:52AM
0.47
1:48PM
0.46
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:08AM
0.37
6:42PM
0.34
6:21AM
0.39
7:46PM
0.34
8:23AM
0.41
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Sunrise----7:54-------7:54-------7:52---
Sunset------5:30-------5:31-------5:34-
heavy rain
rain showers
light rain
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
Rain (mm)
1311------------------157
Temp. °C7998910109888791112119888991010
Feels °C (?)276567765543588864445576
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