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 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Mon
	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	Vanthrax La Cote Basque	Belharra La Cote Basque	La Cote Sauvage Charente Maritime	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Anglet - Chambre d'Amour La Cote Basque	Contreira Madeira	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Vanthrax La Cote Basque	Hendaye Plage La Cote Basque	Afife Douro & Minho	Afife Douro & Minho	Contreira Madeira	Contreira Madeira	Playa de Salinas Asturias	Figueira da Foz - Cabedelo Beira	Contreira Madeira	Contreira Madeira	Scarborough North Bay North East England	Hossegor - La Graviere Landes	Le Niel Giens Mediterranean - Cote d'Azur
Rating	3	5	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	5	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	6	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WNW	2.5 NW	2.0 W	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	1.2 W	1.9 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	2.3 W	1.6 W	1.1 WNW	1.2 W	2.2 NNW	1.6 NNW	2.1 N	2.1 N	4.0 N	1.2 NW	1.7 WNW
Period(s) (?)	9	10	12	12	11	11	9	9	10	11	12	12	11	10	9	13	13	15	14	12	8	6
Energy(?)	318	1274	1113	1796	1363	640	604	1071	1235	4274	5444	1665	1061	332	556	1499	926	1973	1846	4672	171	223
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		5:46PM 3.49		6:50AM 7.90			5:33AM 4.09	5:48PM 3.61		4:24AM 2.91	6:30PM 4.45		6:36AM 3.97	6:47PM 3.37		7:05AM 3.87	7:23PM 3.67		4:53AM 1.82			8:18AM 4.17
Low Tide / height (m)	11:30AM 0.37		11:31PM 0.31	12:55PM 0.75	3:17PM 0.05	11:17PM 0.27	11:40AM 0.74		11:49PM 0.32	10:31AM 0.28		12:46AM 1.20	1:04PM 1.20		12:52AM 0.58	1:37PM 1.33		10:35PM 0.50	11:05AM 0.53	6:00PM 1.93	2:24AM 1.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	2	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	9	2	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	1
High °C	18	20	17	17	21	23	18	11	9	17	15	15	16	23	21	14	16	21	22	8	12	13
Low °C	17	19	16	15	19	22	17	10	8	16	15	14	15	22	21	13	16	20	21	7	11	12
Chill °C (?)	18	20	15	16	21	23	18	9	6	16	14	15	16	23	21	14	16	21	22	4	10	12
Sunrise	8:26	-	-	8:26	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:29	-	-	7:56	-	-	8:48	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:02
Sunset	-	7:15	-	-	7:14	-	-	5:50	-	-	7:12	-	-	7:24	-	-	6:42	-	-	5:39	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WNW	2.5 NW	-	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	1.2 W	1.9 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	-	4.5 WNW	2.3 W	1.6 W	1.1 WNW	0.7 NNW	2.2 NNW	1.6 NNW	2.1 N	2.1 N	-	0.1 W	-
Period (s)	9	10	-	12	11	11	9	9	10	-	12	12	11	10	14	13	13	15	14	-	9	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 WNW	-	0.8 N	0.9 N	-	-	1.1 NNW	1.4 NNW	0.4 ESE	0.5 N	0.2 W	0.7 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	10	11	-	-	9	10	6	10	10	9	8	8	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.0 W	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	4.0 WNW	-	-	-	-	1.2 W	-	-	-	-	4.0 N	1.2 NW	1.7 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	12	4	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	12	8	6

	Monday 20							Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	7AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	5PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in France	Garrettstown Cork	Tramore Waterford	Lahinch Strand Clare	Llangennith Wales - Gower	Les Laurons Mediterranean - Cote d'Azur	Ria Foz Galicia	Lafitenia La Cote Basque	Belharra La Cote Basque	Ilbaritz - Bora Bora La Cote Basque	Afife Douro & Minho	La Cote Sauvage Charente Maritime	Anglet - Chambre d'Amour La Cote Basque	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Zarautz Pais Vasco	Ondres Plage Landes	Anglet - Chambre d'Amour La Cote Basque	Anglet - Chambre d'Amour La Cote Basque	Contreira Madeira	Contreira Madeira	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Audierne Brittany - Finistere
Rating	4	3	3	4	3	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	1.4 SW	1.9 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 SW	2.5 NNW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	1.8 NW	2.5 W	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.3 WNW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	2.5 W	1.8 WNW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	11	12	7	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	14	14	9	9	9
Energy(?)	2143	723	901	2166	502	2273	3233	4023	3295	1239	2417	1466	1363	1181	1022	710	600	1095	1213	1269	572	1408
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	high-ebb	high	low-ebb	low	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		5:28AM 3.34												5:18PM 3.64								5:57PM 4.92
Low Tide / height (m)				12:25PM 0.98	2:36PM 0.04		10:55PM 0.76					11:33AM 1.06				11:49PM 1.06			8:55AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	2	2	-	-	1	-	1	2	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	7
Temp. °C	12	12	12	14	19	19	16	17	15	17	16	19	21	18	17	17	17	22	23	11	22	13
Chill °C (?)	10	10	10	13	19	19	16	17	14	17	16	19	21	18	17	17	17	22	23	8	22	13
Sunrise	-	-	8:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:17	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:12	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	1.6 S	1.9 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 SSW	2.5 NNW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 W	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.4 NW	2.3 WNW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.8 N	1.8 WNW	-
Period (s)	11	8	11	12	7	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	14	14	10	9	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.6 S	1.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 W	1.2 W	0.2 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	8	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	7	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.7 SW	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 W	-	3.0 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	9

	Monday 20																					Tue
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	11AM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	11PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in France	Garrettstown Cork	Tramore Waterford	Lahinch Strand Clare	Llangennith Wales - Gower	Les Laurons Mediterranean - Cote d'Azur	Ria Foz Galicia	Lafitenia La Cote Basque	Belharra La Cote Basque	Ilbaritz - Bora Bora La Cote Basque	Afife Douro & Minho	La Cote Sauvage Charente Maritime	Anglet - Chambre d'Amour La Cote Basque	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Zarautz Pais Vasco	Ondres Plage Landes	Anglet - Chambre d'Amour La Cote Basque	Anglet - Chambre d'Amour La Cote Basque	Contreira Madeira	Contreira Madeira	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Audierne Brittany - Finistere
Rating	4	3	3	4	3	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SW	1.8 S	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.3 SSW	1.6 NW	1.4 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 NW	1.8 W	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.2 W	3.5 NW	4.0 W
Period(s) (?)	10	8	11	11	7	10	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	12
Energy(?)	1140	885	668	674	473	471	333	381	318	676	541	800	835	1093	1313	1387	1630	263	263	16	3233	4007
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)															4:49PM 3.64					8:53PM 4.93
Low Tide / height (m)									10:30AM 0.38													11:10PM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	2	-	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	12	14	19	17	17	18	17	18	17	20	20	20	19	19	18	23	23	12	16	15
Chill °C (?)	12	12	10	12	18	16	17	18	16	18	15	20	20	20	19	19	18	23	23	12	16	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	7:30	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	-	1.6 NW	1.4 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 NW	-	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 E	3.5 NW	-
Period (s)	8	7	11	11	-	10	9	9	9	10	-	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	12	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	1.1 SW	-	0.6 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.2 NNW	-	-
Period (s)	13	9	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 SW	1.8 S	0.5 NE	1.6 SSW	2.3 SSW	0.6 SW	-	-	-	-	1.8 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.0 W
Period (s)	10	8	3	5	7	3	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	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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