France Surf Map – Wind and Wave forecasts

France wave (swell) map for surfers, windsurfers and sailors showing open ocean wave size, wave period and wave energy. You can customize the wave and wind maps with overlays for wind arrows, pressure and general weather for surfing. There are also options to display live wind observations from ships, wave buoys and weather stations on the wave maps in the France region.

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	Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Fri
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in France	Contreira Madeira	Hendaye Plage La Cote Basque	Contreira Madeira	Hossegor - La Nord Landes	La Lagune Gironde	La Lagune Gironde	Lafitenia La Cote Basque	Bobby's Gironde	Contreira Madeira	Contreira Madeira	Contreira Madeira	Garrettstown Cork	Garrettstown Cork	Dar Bouazza (La Bobine) Central Morocco	Dar Bouazza (La Bobine) Central Morocco	Dar Bouazza (La Bobine) Central Morocco	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Dar Bouazza (La Bobine) Central Morocco	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Hossegor - La Graviere Landes	Bundoran Donegal	Bundoran Donegal
Rating	7	5	6	9	9	7	5	5	8	9	9	9	9	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 NNW	3.5 NW	3.0 NNW	3.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	3.0 NW	4.0 NW	2.5 WSW	5.0 S	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	2.0 WNW	1.9 NW	1.8 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.1 W	2.5 W
Period(s) (?)	13	15	16	13	15	16	16	14	13	21	18	17	12	17	16	14	14	13	12	13	11	20
Energy(?)	3741	5785	4222	3949	8415	10773	5631	4059	1205	7487	10516	5439	9183	5302	3455	2232	1447	1228	967	1693	406	4690
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		1:55PM 2.16	2:15AM 2.30	4:53AM 4.03	5:24PM 3.82		5:42AM 4.00	4:04PM 2.71		3:53AM 2.20		7:05PM 3.45	7:24AM 3.70		7:57PM 3.63	8:19AM 3.48		8:57PM 3.01	9:17AM 3.68		10:04PM 2.91	10:27AM 3.10
Low Tide / height (m)	10:13AM -0.08		7:58PM 0.10	11:03AM -0.10		11:20PM 0.15	11:53AM -0.02		9:32PM 0.25	10:15AM 0.19		12:58AM 0.46		1:35PM 0.39	1:50AM 1.13		2:31PM 0.63	2:47AM 0.87		3:31PM 0.85	3:47AM 1.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	9	-
High °C	18	12	16	15	15	16	18	16	17	19	19	12	11	20	18	19	13	16	12	14	9	8
Low °C	15	11	16	14	15	15	15	16	17	17	18	11	11	19	17	17	12	14	11	14	7	6
Chill °C (?)	18	10	16	15	13	15	18	15	17	19	19	9	10	20	18	19	12	15	10	13	7	5
Sunrise	7:54	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:23	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:26	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:45
Sunset	-	5:30	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:24	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:22	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:28	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 NNW	3.5 NW	3.0 NNW	3.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.4 NW	3.0 NW	4.0 NW	2.5 WSW	5.0 S	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	2.0 WNW	1.9 NW	1.8 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.1 W	2.5 W
Period (s)	13	15	16	13	15	16	16	14	12	21	18	17	12	17	16	14	14	13	12	13	11	20
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.8 NNW	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 WNW	1.8 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	-
Period (s)	16	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	13	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSW	0.2 ESE	-	-	3.0 S	1.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	-	-	10	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 05					Saturday 06								Sunday 07								Mon
	10AM	12PM	3PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in France	Hendaye Plage La Cote Basque	Contreira Madeira	Contreira Madeira	Hossegor - La Nord Landes	Guethary - Les Alcyons/Avalanche La Cote Basque	Hendaye Plage La Cote Basque	Capbreton - La Pointe Landes	Arrifana Algarve	Contreira Madeira	Contreira Madeira	Hossegor - La Nord Landes	Ilbaritz - Bora Bora La Cote Basque	Ilbaritz - Bora Bora La Cote Basque	La Lagune Gironde	Lafitenia La Cote Basque	Hossegor - La Nord Landes	La Lagune Gironde	Capbreton - La Pointe Landes	Lafitenia La Cote Basque	La Lagune Gironde	La Lagune Gironde	Bobby's Gironde
Rating	5	8	7	6	6	5	5	5	6	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	7	5	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 NW	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NNW	3.5 NNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 NW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	19	18	15	16	16	15	16	16	17	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	13	13
Energy(?)	4800	7385	6721	5232	5201	4528	4436	4717	5713	7895	8083	9272	10140	10773	7916	7540	6404	4484	3257	3811	3150	3453
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			1:55PM 2.16	4:34PM 3.89								5:24PM 3.82				5:42AM 4.00				6:16PM 3.73
Low Tide / height (m)						10:33PM 0.08			8:32AM 0.03					11:20PM 0.14				11:53AM -0.02				12:08AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	18	18	12	12	12	14	16	16	18	17	16	16	15	15	17	17	18	18	16	17	16
Chill °C (?)	8	18	18	11	10	10	13	16	16	18	17	16	16	14	14	17	17	18	18	15	17	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:26	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 NW	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	3.0 NW	3.0 NNW	3.5 NNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 NW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period (s)	13	19	18	15	16	16	15	16	16	17	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	10	11	-	-	-	-	-	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 05																Saturday 06
	8AM	8AM	9AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in France	Hendaye Plage La Cote Basque	Contreira Madeira	Contreira Madeira	Hossegor - La Nord Landes	Guethary - Les Alcyons/Avalanche La Cote Basque	Hendaye Plage La Cote Basque	Capbreton - La Pointe Landes	Arrifana Algarve	Contreira Madeira	Contreira Madeira	Hossegor - La Nord Landes	Ilbaritz - Bora Bora La Cote Basque	Ilbaritz - Bora Bora La Cote Basque	La Lagune Gironde	Lafitenia La Cote Basque	Hossegor - La Nord Landes	La Lagune Gironde	Capbreton - La Pointe Landes	Lafitenia La Cote Basque	La Lagune Gironde	La Lagune Gironde	Bobby's Gironde
Rating	5	8	7	6	6	5	5	5	6	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	7	5	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 NW	2.5 NNW	2.4 NNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 WNW	4.0 NW	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.0 WNW	3.5 NW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 NW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	18	17	15	15	15	15	16	16	15	16	16	12	12	12
Energy(?)	4728	3893	3741	5088	4946	5093	5296	8603	6721	6570	5298	5224	5364	3913	5201	4676	3855	4285	4471	2904	2904	3106
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)																						4:55AM 4.08
Low Tide / height (m)		7:42AM 0.03		10:13AM -0.08												10:33PM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	10	15	15	11	11	11	12	17	18	17	12	12	12	13	12	13	16	13	12	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	8	15	15	9	9	9	11	16	18	17	10	11	11	10	10	12	14	11	10	14	14	14
Sunrise	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 NW	2.5 NNW	2.4 NNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 WNW	4.0 NW	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.0 WNW	3.5 NW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 NW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	18	17	15	15	15	15	16	16	15	16	16	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.8 NNW	1.8 NNW	-	-	-	-	2.0 NW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	16	16	-	-	-	-	18	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 SW	-	-	1.2 SW	-	-	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	5	-	-	5	5	5

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Croatia	Germany	Russia
Denmark	Latvia	Sweden
Estonia	Lithuania	Ukraine
Finland	Poland

Arctic	Iceland	Norway
Faroe Islands	Ireland	United Kingdom

Albania	Greece	Libya
Algeria	Israel	Malta
Bulgaria	Italy	Oman
Cyprus	Kuwait	Tunisia
Egypt	Lebanon	Turkey

Azores Portugal	Morocco	Spain
Cape Verde	Portugal	Western Sahara
Gambia	Senegal
Mauritania	Sierra Leone

Adriatic Sea	East Coast of Tunisia	Morocco
Adriatic Sea	France	North Sea
Algeria North Coast	Greece	North Sea
Balearic Islands	Iberia	Outer Hebrides
Baltic Sea	Iberia	Scotland North Coast
Channel Islands	Inner Hebrides	South Coast of England
Channel Islands	Ireland	Tunis and North Coast
Devon and Cornwall	Italy	Wales

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