Wissant Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.90° N 1.68° E

Wissant 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 06 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Wissant sea temperature is
20.9° C
3.8° 

Wissant surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Wissant today (06 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 6s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 4s period with N swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 6s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for Wissant at 9AM is: 0.7m 6s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am August 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (CEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Aug)2.5ft (0.7m)6s
Afternoon (06 Aug)0.5ft (0.2m)4s
Evening (06 Aug)0.5ft (0.1m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 23°C on Sat night, min 15°C on Thu morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WSW on Thu afternoon, calm by Sat morning).

Thursday
6
Friday
7
Saturday
8
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
WSW
6
0.9
WSW
6
0.7
WSW
6
0.4
SW
6
0.2
N
4
0.1
N
6
0.1
N
6
0.1
N
8
0.6
SW
5
0.5
SW
5
0.4
SW
6
0.3
SW
5
0.2
WSW
5
0.2
WSW
5
0.2
NNE
3
0.1
SW
5
0.2
NNE
8
0.2
NNE
8
0.2
NNE
7
0.2
NNE
7
0.1
N
7
0.2
ENE
2
0.3
ENE
3
0.4
ENE
3
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
100
59
39
9
1
1
1
1
22
13
8
5
3
3
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
3
Wind (km/h)
30
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
W
25
WSW
30
WSW
30
SW
25
WSW
15
SW
5
SW
5
SE
10
SSW
15
WSW
10
WNW
5
NW
5
SW
5
SSE
10
SE
5
SSE
0
WNW
10
NNW
5
NW
10
NE
10
ESE
Wind State
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-off
off
glassy
on
glassy
cross-on
cross-off
High Tide
6:06AM6.53m
6:34PM6.41m
7:07AM6.18m
7:40PM6.11m
8:20AM5.94m
8:56PM6.00m
Low Tide
00:37AM1.17m
1:00PM1.39m
1:27AM1.49m
1:55PM1.74m
2:33AM1.78m
3:14PM1.98m
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:24
6:26
6:28
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
9:30
9:29
9:28
 mm
Temp °C
18
16
15
17
18
18
18
19
18
18
18
19
20
20
19
19
18
18
18
20
22
22
23
23
Feels °C
12
12
11
13
12
12
13
16
16
18
18
18
18
19
19
18
17
16
17
19
20
20
20
20
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