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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	Mon	Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in France	Lacanau Ocean Gironde	Hossegor - La Graviere Landes	Lahinch Strand Clare	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Le Racou Mediterranean - Languedoc-Roussillon	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Lahinch Strand Clare	Les Laurons Mediterranean - Cote d'Azur	Afife Douro & Minho	Afife Douro & Minho	Hvide Sande Jylland	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Blyth Beach North East England	Scarborough North Bay North East England	Contreira Madeira	Sandilands Lincolnshire	Lahinch Strand Clare
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	2	3	2	2	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 W	3.0 WNW	1.9 W	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.6 E	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.9 W	1.9 ESE	0.5 W	0.5 W	2.4 NW	1.6 WNW	1.0 WNW	2.2 NNE	2.1 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.8 N	0.7 W
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	14	13	12	12	9	12	12	13	8	11	16	10	12	10	9	9	9	9	16
Energy(?)	1982	2972	1472	2809	1787	1300	1663	422	1220	1118	263	458	122	209	1059	872	376	1443	852	896	854	393
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	off	cross	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:45AM 2.70	5:06PM 2.43		9:08AM 3.30		7:13PM 3.16	8:12AM 3.90		8:47PM 3.57	11:09AM 4.43		11:15PM 2.76	11:17AM 3.04		9:52PM 3.47		12:18PM 2.94	1:21AM 2.74	3:14AM 4.17	1:29PM 2.89	2:30AM 2.83
Low Tide / height (m)	11:57PM 0.58	11:02AM 0.43		12:33AM 0.60		1:02PM 0.57	1:12AM 0.69		2:12PM 1.40	2:28AM 1.06	5:01AM 1.79	5:00PM 0.62		5:06AM 1.06	5:52PM 0.68		8:02AM 2.35		6:54PM 0.74	9:17AM 2.35		8:05PM 0.75
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	9	12	9	9	9	9	8	5	6	6	2	13	7	10	5	3	4	3	4	15	4	5
Low °C	8	12	9	9	9	8	7	5	5	6	2	13	6	6	4	2	4	2	3	15	4	3
Chill °C (?)	6	10	6	8	8	9	7	3	5	5	-3	11	4	9	1	0	4	0	0	14	1	3
Sunrise	-	8:36	-	-	9:14	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:48	-	-	8:00	-	-	9:15	-	-	8:10	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:22	-	-	3:36	-	-	3:22	-	-	5:08	-	-	3:56	-	-	3:41	-	-	3:47	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 W	-	1.9 W	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.6 E	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.9 W	-	0.6 NW	0.7 S	-	1.6 WNW	1.0 WNW	2.0 NNE	0.8 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.5 NNE	0.7 W
Period (s)	13	-	13	14	13	12	12	9	12	12	13	-	7	5	-	12	10	9	13	9	9	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 W	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 NNE	0.3 NNW	-	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	-	-	0.5 W	0.5 W	-	0.8 N	0.8 NNE	0.4 NNE	-	1.0 WNW	-	0.7 W
Period (s)	-	-	18	11	10	9	13	-	6	6	-	-	11	11	-	7	7	14	-	13	-	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.0 WNW	0.4 NE	-	0.2 NNE	-	-	0.6 NNW	-	-	0.8 ENE	1.9 ESE	0.7 SSE	0.6 E	2.4 NW	-	-	2.2 NNE	2.1 NNE	-	1.8 N	-
Period (s)	-	13	3	-	3	-	-	4	-	-	4	8	4	3	10	-	-	9	9	-	9	-

	Mon	Tuesday 23								Wednesday 24								Thursday 25
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	9AM	1PM	4PM	6PM	10PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	7PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in France	Hendaye Plage La Cote Basque	Dar Bouazza (La Bobine) Central Morocco	Dar Bouazza (La Bobine) Central Morocco	Lacanau Ocean Gironde	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Lacanau Ocean Gironde	Hossegor - La Graviere Landes	Lahinch Strand Clare	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Lahinch Strand Clare	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides
Rating	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 NW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.2 W	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 W	2.0 NW	1.8 W	2.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	15	15	13	15	12	12	13	12	14	14	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	3614	4836	4042	1592	1316	1082	1773	1335	1122	1373	1548	2011	1787	1555	1300	1108	1262	1663	1410	1430	1281	1325
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)				6:14AM 3.69	8:33AM 3.34									9:08AM 3.30				9:40PM 2.89				9:46AM 3.23
Low Tide / height (m)		10:31PM 0.46				12:23PM 0.52														5:24AM 2.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	14	13	8	10	9	12	9	9	6	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	7	7	7	7	7
Chill °C (?)	7	14	12	5	8	7	11	6	7	2	10	8	8	9	9	6	8	6	7	6	6	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:14
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 NW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.2 W	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 W	2.0 NW	1.8 W	2.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW
Period (s)	14	15	15	13	15	12	12	13	12	14	14	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	-	-	-	0.2 WNW	-	-	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 NNE	0.5 NW	0.4 WNW	0.3 NNW	0.1 NE	0.2 ESE	0.1 N	0.1 N
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	17	-	-	10	10	9	9	16	15	13	8	7	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.8 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	-	0.2 N	0.2 NNE	-	-	0.9 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	3	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 22	Tuesday 23
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	11PM	1AM	2AM	2AM	4AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	11AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in France	Hendaye Plage La Cote Basque	Dar Bouazza (La Bobine) Central Morocco	Dar Bouazza (La Bobine) Central Morocco	Lacanau Ocean Gironde	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Lacanau Ocean Gironde	Hossegor - La Graviere Landes	Lahinch Strand Clare	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Lahinch Strand Clare	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides
Rating	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 NW	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	2.3 W	1.3 W	2.4 W	3.0 WNW	1.3 W	3.0 NW	1.2 W	0.9 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	3.0 NW	1.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	16	16	14	11	13	14	11	13	11	11	16	16	15	15	13	15	14	14	15	14	14
Energy(?)	3665	5235	5235	1923	426	1982	3609	493	3416	521	294	639	639	1316	1316	2522	722	1558	1665	984	2074	2321
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)															8:33AM 3.34		10:13AM 4.71
Low Tide / height (m)																					2:55PM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	15	15	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	9	10	10	10	10	12	7	10	10	7	10	10
Chill °C (?)	5	14	15	5	7	6	5	7	5	6	9	9	8	8	8	9	3	9	9	3	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3:34	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 NW	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	2.3 W	1.3 W	2.4 W	3.0 WNW	1.3 W	3.0 NW	1.2 W	0.9 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	3.0 NW	1.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.3 WNW
Period (s)	14	16	16	14	11	13	14	11	13	11	11	10	10	15	15	13	15	14	14	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.6 E	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	0.6 W	0.4 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	-	0.8 W	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.7 W	0.8 NW	0.9 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	16	-	16	16	16	16	8	8	-	10	8	8	10	18	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SSE	-	-	1.0 SE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	8	-	-

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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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