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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	Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wed
	AM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in France	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Contreira Madeira	Contreira Madeira	Afife Douro & Minho	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Liencres Cantabria	Afife Douro & Minho	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Afife Douro & Minho	Contreira Madeira	Contreira Madeira	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Dead Zone Gironde	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Afife Douro & Minho	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque
Rating	5	5	4	3	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	4	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 NW	2.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	0.8 NW	2.2 WNW	1.4 NNW	1.4 NNW	1.2 NW	1.5 WNW	0.9 NW	1.0 NW	1.0 NNW	1.0 N	1.1 NW	1.3 W	1.5 WSW	1.1 WNW	1.2 NW	1.4 W	1.8 WNW	1.3 NNW	1.1 NW
Period(s)	18	16	15	16	14	15	14	13	10	12	12	9	9	10	7	8	9	8	8	8	8	8
Energy	1811	2418	3283	383	1705	1444	1257	684	519	238	344	335	279	291	321	365	243	264	262	707	244	158
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		6:43PM 3.30		6:50AM 3.32		9:06PM 4.76	9:12AM 4.85		9:34PM 4.80	9:44AM 4.80		3:28AM 1.94	8:32AM 3.27			4:01AM 1.86	4:15PM 1.95		7:32PM 3.73	4:50PM 1.87	9:51PM 3.12	6:18AM 2.39
Low Tide / height (m)	12:29PM 0.34		12:48AM 0.56		1:03PM 0.29	3:04AM 1.55		3:22PM 1.34	3:38AM 1.48		12:09AM 0.37	9:18PM 0.27		4:24PM 1.55	9:52PM 0.31	9:59AM 0.39		10:26PM 0.39				12:15PM 0.74
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	2	-	-	1	-	3	-	-	-	3	-	1
High °C	13	16	13	16	17	17	19	18	9	17	17	6	8	15	18	19	10	8	15	8	13	15
Low °C	11	14	11	15	15	16	18	17	8	17	17	6	6	15	18	18	9	8	14	6	11	15
Chill °C (?)	13	15	12	16	16	17	19	18	9	17	16	1	5	14	18	19	7	7	14	5	12	14
Sunrise	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	8:59	-	9:06	9:00	-	-	8:32	-	9:17	8:34	-	-	8:35	-	-	9:09	-	9:13	9:12	-	9:13
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 W	2.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	0.8 NW	2.2 WNW	1.4 W	1.4 NNW	1.2 NW	1.5 WNW	0.9 NW	1.0 NW	1.0 NNW	1.0 N	1.1 NW	0.6 W	0.7 NNW	0.6 NW	1.2 NW	0.4 NW	1.4 N	1.3 NNW	1.1 NW
Period (s)	12	16	15	16	14	11	14	13	10	12	12	9	9	10	9	10	8	8	9	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 NW	1.2 W	0.3 ENE	0.5 NW	-	1.4 NNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 W	0.3 WSW	0.1 W	0.6 W	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WSW	0.6 NNW	0.2 N	0.4 N	0.6 W	-	-	0.5 SW	0.1 N
Period (s)	18	12	8	4	-	15	11	11	9	10	9	9	9	8	10	10	8	8	-	-	8	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 SE	-	0.6 SE	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SW	1.4 NE	0.2 ESE	-	1.3 W	1.5 WSW	1.1 WNW	-	1.4 W	1.8 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	4	6	2	-	7	8	9	-	8	8	-	-

	Wednesday 29					Thursday 30								Friday 01								Sat
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	5PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	5PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in France	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	La Torche Brittany - Finistere	Contreira Madeira	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Contreira Madeira	Contreira Madeira	Contreira Madeira	Contreira Madeira	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Contreira Madeira	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Afife Douro & Minho
Rating	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 NW	1.9 NW	2.3 NW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 NNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.5 NNW	1.5 NNW	1.4 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.1 NW	1.3 NNW	1.5 WNW	1.1 NW
Period(s)	18	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	16	13	13	15	15	14	14	14	14	11	13
Energy	1811	2666	3203	3335	3437	3283	2860	2478	2228	1910	786	1208	1084	1009	1427	1380	1257	1129	525	923	548	516
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				6:43PM 3.30					8:37AM 4.84				7:15PM 3.40		2:22AM 2.03						7:45PM 3.44
Low Tide / height (m)		12:29PM 0.34					2:29AM 1.68										8:27AM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	13	13	12	11	12	12	11	13	16	15	18	12	13	16	16	18	19	23	18	9	13
Chill °C (?)	10	13	13	12	11	11	11	10	12	15	14	18	12	13	16	16	18	19	23	18	9	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:50	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 W	1.9 NW	2.3 NW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 W	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.5 NNW	1.5 NNW	1.4 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.1 NW	1.3 NNW	1.5 WNW	1.1 NW
Period (s)	12	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	11	13	13	15	15	14	14	14	14	11	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 NW	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.3 W	0.3 NNE	0.3 ENE	0.3 E	-	-	-	0.8 W	1.2 NNW	0.8 WSW	0.4 SE	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.7 W
Period (s)	18	12	12	11	8	8	8	-	-	-	11	16	10	6	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 29																Thursday 30
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	7PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	3AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in France	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	La Torche Brittany - Finistere	Contreira Madeira	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Contreira Madeira	Contreira Madeira	Contreira Madeira	Contreira Madeira	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Contreira Madeira	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Afife Douro & Minho
Rating	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.9 NW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	0.9 W	1.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	0.7 NW
Period(s)	12	12	18	18	16	18	18	16	16	16	12	11	16	16	11	11	11	11	12	11	15	18
Energy	1361	1475	1811	1811	2666	1567	1567	2418	2418	2645	355	442	3382	3426	368	360	359	345	144	319	2550	558
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)														8:36PM 4.68
Low Tide / height (m)								2:14PM 1.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	11	11	12	13	15	15	16	16	15	15	17	12	14	16	16	15	15	17	15	13	13
Chill °C (?)	9	10	10	12	13	14	14	15	15	14	13	17	12	13	16	16	15	15	17	15	12	11
Sunrise	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.9 NW	1.3 W	1.3 W	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	0.9 W	1.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	0.9 W
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	16	12	12	16	16	16	12	11	16	16	11	11	11	11	12	11	15	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 NW	1.0 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.6 W	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	0.4 W	0.9 NNE	1.3 W	1.0 W	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.4 NNW	0.8 NNE	0.9 WSW	0.7 NW
Period (s)	18	18	18	18	12	18	18	12	12	11	20	8	11	10	8	8	8	8	6	8	10	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 ESE	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4

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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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