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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	Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Mon
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in France	Vanthrax La Cote Basque	Arrifana Algarve	Sennen Cove Cornwall (North)	Hossegor - La Nord Landes	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Stalida Beach or Stalis Crete	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Barley Cove Cork	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	La Torche Brittany - Finistere	Ilbaritz - Bora Bora La Cote Basque	Capo Mannu Point Sardinia	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Les Roches Blanches Brittany - Finistere	Biscarosse Plage Landes	Hossegor - La Graviere Landes	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Hossegor - La Graviere Landes	Les Roches Blanches Brittany - Finistere	Pors Theolen Brittany - Finistere	La Torche Brittany - Finistere
Rating	4	4	5	5	4	4	3	4	4	4	5	6	6	4	5	5	5	4	4	5	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	5.0 W	3.5 WNW	3.0 N	2.1 N	4.0 WNW	2.2 N	2.5 WSW	2.5 W	5.5 W	5.5 NW	5.5 WNW	3.0 NW	0.9 WSW	1.3 W	1.6 W	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 W	2.2 W	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	12	13	14	14	12	12	10	14	14	13	14	14	12	13	20	20	18	16	16	14	17	15
Energy(?)	3568	2146	9384	4660	3484	1807	3350	1986	2642	2979	12303	12142	7642	2937	1246	1871	2109	2669	2335	2578	4613	4240
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)		1:33PM 1.93			2:36PM 2.69	2:48AM 3.00		5:19PM 3.67		5:54AM 5.75	5:53PM 3.75	8:05PM 7.66	10:07AM 5.21		8:53PM 3.47	9:00AM 3.68		9:51PM 4.62	11:45AM 0.26		10:08PM 3.21	10:55AM 4.52
Low Tide / height (m)			10:11PM 0.42	8:29AM 0.16		8:33PM 0.19	9:01AM 0.05		11:59PM 0.20	12:11PM 0.02		2:15AM 0.00	4:03AM 1.35	2:45PM -0.04	2:54AM 0.29		3:21PM 0.09		5:25AM 0.06	4:36PM 0.88		4:51AM 1.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	16	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	13	9	9	5	3	14	4	5	5	8	11	13	10	11	9	12	10	13	10	10	10
Low °C	11	12	7	9	4	3	13	2	5	2	8	10	12	10	9	7	11	10	10	9	10	10
Chill °C (?)	10	11	4	8	3	1	11	-1	0	0	4	8	11	10	9	8	12	8	13	8	8	9
Sunrise	8:03	-	-	8:02	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:54	-	-	8:10
Sunset	-	6:15	-	-	5:25	-	6:01	5:22	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:42	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:49	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	-	3.5 WNW	3.0 N	2.1 N	0.4 SSW	2.2 N	2.5 WSW	2.5 W	5.5 W	-	1.4 WSW	3.0 NW	1.3 WSW	1.3 W	1.6 W	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 W	2.3 W	3.0 W
Period (s)	12	13	-	14	12	12	6	14	14	13	14	-	9	13	11	20	18	16	16	14	13	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.9 W	1.4 W	-	0.5 W	1.0 S	1.3 N	-	-	-	-	0.9 WSW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	-	-	-	2.2 W	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	13	12	-	11	8	13	-	-	-	-	20	11	11	-	-	-	17	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	5.0 W	-	-	-	4.0 WNW	0.5 E	2.0 E	1.1 ESE	-	5.5 NW	5.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	14	-	-	-	10	3	8	5	-	14	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 16					Tuesday 17								Wednesday 18								Thu
	9AM	12PM	4PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	7AM	9AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	4PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in France	Contreira Madeira	Contreira Madeira	Vanthrax La Cote Basque	Arrifana Algarve	Arrifana Algarve	Arrifana Algarve	Arrifana Algarve	Vanthrax La Cote Basque	Sennen Cove Cornwall (North)	Goulien Brittany - Finistere	Hossegor - La Nord Landes	Tregastel Plage Brittany - Cote d'Armor	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Cargese Mediterranean - Corsica	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW	3.5 NW	3.5 W	4.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.2 NNW	2.1 N	2.0 N	2.1 NNE	1.9 N	2.1 N	1.7 W	2.2 N	1.8 N	1.9 N
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	14	7	14	13	13
Energy(?)	1265	1036	2849	2230	1986	2027	2153	4974	4541	5172	3607	1834	1938	1807	1512	1597	1083	1819	311	1959	1221	1248
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)							2:16AM 2.87	4:27AM 3.71									7:20AM 3.68				7:47PM 3.45
Low Tide / height (m)	7:29AM 0.27				8:01PM 0.31					11:06AM 0.39					1:13AM 0.35				3:56PM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	mod. rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	light rain	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	3	-	1	-	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	18	12	12	12	12	11	9	7	9	10	6	2	3	3	3	4	3	13	2	3	2
Chill °C (?)	14	18	10	10	11	11	10	8	5	9	8	2	2	0	0	-2	-1	-2	13	-3	-2	-2
Sunrise	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:37	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	-	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW	3.5 NW	3.5 W	4.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.2 NNW	2.1 N	2.0 N	2.1 NNE	1.9 N	2.1 N	1.7 W	2.2 N	1.8 N	1.9 N
Period (s)	13	13	-	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	14	7	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 N	1.0 N	-	-	-	0.7 NW	0.9 NW	-	0.8 N	-	-	-	1.1 W	1.4 W	1.2 W	1.0 W	0.8 W	0.6 W	0.5 SW	0.4 W	0.5 W	0.3 W
Period (s)	10	10	-	-	-	16	16	-	6	-	-	-	13	12	12	11	11	11	8	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 E	1.4 E	3.0 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 NW	-	-	0.4 ESE	1.0 E	0.6 E	-	0.5 ESE	0.9 E	-
Period (s)	6	7	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	3	4	3	-	3	5	-

	Monday 16																	Tuesday 17
	7AM	8AM	10AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	3PM	3PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	2AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in France	Contreira Madeira	Contreira Madeira	Vanthrax La Cote Basque	Arrifana Algarve	Arrifana Algarve	Arrifana Algarve	Arrifana Algarve	Vanthrax La Cote Basque	Sennen Cove Cornwall (North)	Goulien Brittany - Finistere	Hossegor - La Nord Landes	Tregastel Plage Brittany - Cote d'Armor	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Cargese Mediterranean - Corsica	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	6.0 W	5.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	1.7 W	4.5 N	5.0 N	5.0 N	5.0 N	4.5 NNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 NNW	4.5 N	4.5 NNW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	12	14	14	14	14	12	13	13	12	13	15	10	10	10	11	11	9	11	11	12
Energy(?)	1370	1329	3568	2470	2408	2227	2278	6095	11900	11245	3368	7436	2206	6396	7307	7706	8291	6843	3275	6727	7871	6348
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	off	cross	cross	cross	cross	off	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)										4:35PM 4.93		6:30PM 6.70
Low Tide / height (m)		7:29AM 0.27																		1:20AM 1.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	12	12	13	13	13	11	9	9	12	9	3	4	3	3	3	3	12	3	3	3
Chill °C (?)	13	13	10	10	12	11	11	9	4	4	9	4	-3	-3	-4	-4	-4	-4	8	-4	-3	-3
Sunrise	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	1.7 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.9 WNW	-	1.8 WNW	2.5 W	1.7 WNW
Period (s)	14	13	12	14	14	14	14	12	-	-	-	-	15	14	14	14	14	14	-	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 NNE	1.1 N	-	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	10	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 E	1.4 E	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 WNW	6.0 W	5.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	2.4 NNW	4.5 N	5.0 N	5.0 N	5.0 N	4.5 NNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 NNW	4.5 N	4.5 NNW
Period (s)	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	12	13	13	12	13	9	10	10	10	11	11	9	11	11	12

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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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