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	Contreira Madeira	Bundoran Donegal	Lafitenia La Cote Basque	La Lagune Gironde	Hossegor - La Nord Landes	Hossegor - La Nord Landes	La Lagune Gironde	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Contreira Madeira	Contreira Madeira	La Lagune Gironde	La Lagune Gironde	Dar Bouazza (La Bobine) Central Morocco	Anglet - Chambre d'Amour La Cote Basque	Saltstein or Saltstone South and West	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Beg Leguer Brittany - Cote d'Armor
Rating	7	5	6	8	9	7	5	5	5	9	9	7	6	5	4	5	4	4	4	6	9	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 NNW	3.5 NNW	1.4 W	3.5 NW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.2 W	1.6 NW	4.0 NW	2.2 W	3.5 W	3.0 NW	2.4 WNW	3.0 SSW	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 W	1.9 WNW	5.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	18	13	14	15	16	16	14	13	21	19	19	17	16	16	8	14	13	12	12	13	20
Energy(?)	3741	6721	663	4231	8647	10695	6534	3801	1537	3811	10816	4969	6678	4388	2766	1067	1772	1245	1062	1702	1260	19587
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	on	glass	off	on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:44PM 3.48			2:45PM 2.10		5:41AM 3.98	3:35PM 2.00		4:22AM 2.95			7:18AM 4.10		7:59PM 3.21	8:22AM 3.52		8:57PM 3.01	9:19AM 3.25		10:00PM 2.86	10:26AM 3.11
Low Tide / height (m)	10:29AM -0.09		10:33PM 0.08	8:32AM 0.03		11:21PM 0.14	11:52AM -0.02		9:32PM 0.25	10:42AM 0.16	2:02PM 0.22	10:21PM 0.37		1:37PM 0.38	1:50AM 0.66		2:34PM 0.61	2:47AM 0.87		2:23PM 0.66	3:50AM 1.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	2	-	2	-	-
High °C	18	18	10	15	15	17	18	16	9	19	19	16	15	21	18	4	13	13	13	8	13	10
Low °C	15	17	8	13	15	15	17	16	7	17	18	13	12	19	14	4	13	12	12	8	12	9
Chill °C (?)	18	18	8	15	13	17	18	15	6	19	19	15	14	21	18	4	11	12	12	5	12	8
Sunrise	7:54	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:23	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:29	-	-	9:00	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:56
Sunset	-	6:00	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:23	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:22	-	-	5:29	-	-	3:33	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 NNW	3.5 NNW	1.4 W	3.5 NW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.2 W	1.9 WNW	4.0 NW	2.2 W	3.5 W	3.0 NW	2.4 WNW	-	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 NE	1.9 WNW	5.0 WNW
Period (s)	13	18	13	14	15	16	16	14	13	12	19	19	17	16	16	-	14	13	12	10	13	20
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.8 NNW	0.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 N	1.6 NW	1.7 W	2.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 W	0.1 W	-
Period (s)	16	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	21	12	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	28	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.7 S	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSW	-	-	-	-	1.2 SSW	-	-	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	0.7 S	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	8	-	-	-	4	-	-

	Friday 05							Saturday 06								Sunday 07
	4AM	6AM	10AM	12PM	3PM	7PM	10PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in France	Guidel Plages Brittany - Morbihan	Bundoran Donegal	Hendaye Plage La Cote Basque	Contreira Madeira	Contreira Madeira	Hossegor - La Nord Landes	Hendaye Plage La Cote Basque	Contreira Madeira	Contreira Madeira	Arrifana Algarve	Bundoran Donegal	Contreira Madeira	Lafitenia La Cote Basque	Belharra La Cote Basque	Belharra La Cote Basque	La Lagune Gironde	Hossegor - La Nord Landes	Hossegor - La Nord Landes	Hossegor - La Nord Landes	Dar Bouazza (La Bobine) Central Morocco	Hossegor - La Nord Landes	La Lagune Gironde
Rating	6	6	5	8	7	6	5	5	5	5	6	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	7	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	3.5 NW	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 NW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NNW	3.0 NW	3.0 W	3.5 NNW	4.0 NW	4.5 NW	4.5 NW	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	13	19	18	15	16	16	16	16	19	17	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14
Energy(?)	5827	5070	4800	7385	6721	5232	5201	4222	3587	4717	5773	7895	7735	10768	10796	10773	8920	7540	6534	3316	3826	3824
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					1:55PM 2.16	4:34PM 3.89			2:15AM 2.30		6:08AM 3.75			5:23PM 3.80				5:42AM 4.00				6:16PM 3.73
Low Tide / height (m)																11:20PM 0.14				10:36AM 0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	6	9	18	18	12	11	16	16	16	9	18	15	14	15	15	16	17	17	18	19	16
Chill °C (?)	8	2	7	18	18	10	9	16	16	16	7	18	15	14	14	14	16	17	17	18	19	15
Sunrise	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:23	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	3.5 NW	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 NW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NNW	3.0 NW	-	3.5 NNW	4.0 NW	4.5 NW	4.5 NW	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period (s)	16	16	13	19	18	15	16	16	16	16	-	17	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	10	11	-	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 05
	2AM	2AM	4AM	4AM	5AM	7AM	8AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in France	Guidel Plages Brittany - Morbihan	Bundoran Donegal	Hendaye Plage La Cote Basque	Contreira Madeira	Contreira Madeira	Hossegor - La Nord Landes	Hendaye Plage La Cote Basque	Contreira Madeira	Contreira Madeira	Arrifana Algarve	Bundoran Donegal	Contreira Madeira	Lafitenia La Cote Basque	Belharra La Cote Basque	Belharra La Cote Basque	La Lagune Gironde	Hossegor - La Nord Landes	Hossegor - La Nord Landes	Hossegor - La Nord Landes	Dar Bouazza (La Bobine) Central Morocco	Hossegor - La Nord Landes	La Lagune Gironde
Rating	6	6	5	8	7	6	5	5	5	5	6	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	7	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	3.5 W	4.0 NW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 NW	2.5 NNW	2.4 NNW	3.5 NW	2.3 W	3.5 NNW	3.5 NW	4.0 NW	4.0 NW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	14	16	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	15	19	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	19	16	15
Energy(?)	3540	6631	4642	2398	2484	4980	4728	3893	3741	5264	2469	7385	5319	6169	6425	4435	5298	5232	5096	6826	4948	4585
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)																4:36PM 3.96
Low Tide / height (m)								7:42AM 0.03														10:32PM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	7	12	15	15	12	9	14	15	17	8	18	11	12	11	11	12	12	12	16	12	15
Chill °C (?)	7	4	10	15	15	10	7	14	15	16	3	18	9	10	9	8	10	10	10	15	10	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	3.5 W	4.0 NW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 NW	2.5 NNW	2.4 NNW	3.5 NW	2.3 W	3.5 NNW	3.5 NW	4.0 NW	4.0 NW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 W
Period (s)	14	16	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	15	19	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	19	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	-	-	1.8 NNW	1.8 NNW	1.6 NW	-	0.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	10	10	-	-	16	16	16	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	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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