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Wissant surfForecast / Nord – Pas de Calais / France
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 17 Dec 2025 CETForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Wissant surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Wissant sea temperature is
11.5° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Wissant today?
The current surf forecast for Wissant at 6AM is: 0.5m 3s primary swell from a North direction and 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00am December 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (CET) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (17 Dec) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 4s |
| Afternoon (17 Dec) | 0.5ft (0.1m) | 14s |
| Evening (17 Dec) | 0.5ft (0.1m) | 13s |
Table - waves today at Wissant. (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 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 |
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 kJ (?) | 4 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 439 | 467 | 444 | 366 | 431 | 647 | 837 | 318 | 141 | 73 | 24 | 12 | 11 | 11 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | off | cross- off | on | cross- on | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | off | cross- off | off | off | off | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross | cross | cross- off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 10:01PM 5.91 | 10:21AM 6.09 | 10:43PM 6.13 | 11:02AM 6.31 | 11:23PM 6.35 | 11:40AM 6.52 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 5:03AM 1.82 | 5:27PM 1.59 | 5:48AM 1.57 | 6:10PM 1.34 | 6:29AM 1.33 | 6:49PM 1.12 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 17 | Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | 8:49 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:51 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:51 | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4:46 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4:46 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4:47 | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Feels °C (?) | 7 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | -1 | -1 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
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