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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	Wed	Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	Night	Night	PM	PM	Night	PM	Night	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in France	Arrifana Algarve	Contreira Madeira	Arrifana Algarve	Contreira Madeira	Contreira Madeira	Contreira Madeira	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Kerlouan Brittany - Finistere	Inch Strand Kerry	Dar Bouazza (La Bobine) Central Morocco	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Bude Cornwall (North)	Rhosneigr Wales - Anglesy	Playa de Salinas Asturias	Bidart La Cote Basque	Lahinch Strand Clare	Hendaye Plage La Cote Basque	Afife Douro & Minho	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Les Roches Blanches Brittany - Finistere	Arna Plage Landes	Cabo de Sines Alentejo
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	4	3	2	4	3	3	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WNW	1.5 NW	1.3 WNW	1.3 NW	0.8 NW	1.3 W	0.8 N	0.6 W	1.5 SW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WSW	1.0 W	2.0 SSW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.5 W	2.0 NW	1.8 WNW	2.1 NE	1.3 SW	1.2 WNW	1.3 W
Period(s) (?)	11	13	13	12	12	9	11	10	11	10	12	10	8	8	9	9	10	9	9	7	8	10
Energy(?)	377	772	606	479	206	407	156	89	648	138	286	238	466	458	565	383	784	588	656	343	284	536
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on
High Tide / height (m)	11:25PM 2.13	12:24PM 2.53		1:05AM 2.38	12:45PM 2.54		12:49AM 1.82	12:58PM 2.01		1:51AM 2.55		1:33PM 2.06	1:54AM 2.01		4:35AM 0.21		4:47PM 0.17	2:35PM 2.07	2:51AM 2.07	7:57AM 3.47
Low Tide / height (m)		6:07AM 0.90	6:54PM 0.62		6:35AM 0.69			6:49AM 0.44		7:44PM 0.33	7:53AM 0.41		7:45PM 0.23	7:55AM 0.28	10:17PM 0.01	10:52AM 0.01			8:40PM 0.21		2:04PM 0.34	11:53PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	heavy rain	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	4	8	-	14	-	10	1	-	4	2	-
High °C	20	23	23	22	23	23	11	17	13	22	12	16	13	20	16	12	19	20	11	17	22	20
Low °C	19	22	21	21	22	23	10	15	13	21	12	15	12	18	15	12	17	19	10	16	18	20
Chill °C (?)	20	23	23	22	23	23	10	17	11	22	10	15	12	20	15	10	18	20	8	16	22	20
Sunrise	-	8:11	-	-	8:12	-	-	-	-	-	8:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:32	-	7:22	6:39	-	-	6:17	-	7:32	-	-	7:15	6:45	-	7:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	1.5 NW	1.3 WNW	1.3 NW	0.8 NW	1.3 W	0.8 N	0.5 ENE	1.5 SW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WSW	1.0 W	0.2 ENE	-	1.9 WNW	1.5 W	2.0 NW	1.8 WNW	0.3 WSW	0.7 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 W
Period (s)	11	13	13	12	12	9	11	5	11	10	12	10	6	-	9	9	10	9	12	8	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	0.5 W	0.6 SE	0.2 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.7 NW	0.2 WNW	0.6 W	0.1 SW	0.4 NNE	0.6 N	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	0.6 W	-	0.6 W	0.6 NW	0.7 W
Period (s)	13	6	6	13	8	11	6	10	15	6	10	-	13	-	-	-	-	11	-	10	9	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.2 ESE	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	-	-	-	1.2 SSE	-	0.4 SE	0.9 S	2.0 SSW	1.9 WNW	-	-	0.3 SSW	-	2.1 NE	1.3 SW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	6	6	6	-	-	-	5	-	3	4	8	8	-	-	3	-	9	7	-	-

	Wed	Thursday 16								Friday 17							Saturday 18
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in France	Dar Bouazza (La Bobine) Central Morocco	Afife Douro & Minho	Afife Douro & Minho	Afife Douro & Minho	Arrifana Algarve	Cabo de Sines Alentejo	Contreira Madeira	Contreira Madeira	Contreira Madeira	Arrifana Algarve	Arrifana Algarve	Contreira Madeira	Contreira Madeira	Contreira Madeira	San Stefano (Corfu) Ionian Sea	San Stefano (Corfu) Ionian Sea	San Stefano (Corfu) Ionian Sea	Contreira Madeira	Contreira Madeira	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Inch Strand Kerry
Rating	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 NW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	1.3 NW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 NW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	2.2 SSE	2.0 S	1.8 SSE	1.4 W	1.3 W	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	1.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	14	13	13	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	7	8	8	9	9	11	11	11
Energy(?)	213	731	642	623	687	611	761	684	552	353	294	275	206	241	958	817	658	482	544	202	209	483
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		12:06AM 2.22				12:02PM 2.90				12:33AM 2.26				12:18PM 1.92				12:49AM 1.82		5:57AM 3.06
Low Tide / height (m)				6:07AM 0.90				6:00PM 0.46				6:08AM 0.55					9:10PM 0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	19	20	18	18	21	24	23	22	22	19	19	21	22	23	17	18	18	22	22	11	11	14
Chill °C (?)	19	20	18	18	21	24	23	22	22	19	19	21	22	23	16	18	18	22	22	9	9	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 NW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 NW	1.5 NW	1.3 NW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 NW	0.8 NW	0.8 SW	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.4 W	1.3 W	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	1.2 SW
Period (s)	11	14	13	13	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	6	8	8	8	9	9	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.7 WNW	-	-	-	0.7 NW	0.9 NW	0.2 WNW	0.4 SW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	7	-	-	-	-	16	15	8	8	6	5	8	8	9	-	-	-	10	11	5	6	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.3 SE	-	-	-	0.8 SW	-	-	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	-	2.2 SSE	2.0 S	1.8 SSE	-	-	0.4 SW	-	1.3 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	6	-	-	6	6	-	7	8	8	-	-	5	-	5

	Wednesday 15				Thursday 16
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in France	Dar Bouazza (La Bobine) Central Morocco	Afife Douro & Minho	Afife Douro & Minho	Afife Douro & Minho	Arrifana Algarve	Cabo de Sines Alentejo	Contreira Madeira	Contreira Madeira	Contreira Madeira	Arrifana Algarve	Arrifana Algarve	Contreira Madeira	Contreira Madeira	Contreira Madeira	San Stefano (Corfu) Ionian Sea	San Stefano (Corfu) Ionian Sea	San Stefano (Corfu) Ionian Sea	Contreira Madeira	Contreira Madeira	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Inch Strand Kerry
Rating	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 NW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	0.8 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.3 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 W
Period(s) (?)	11	14	14	14	11	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	-	4	4	13	13	10	10	10
Energy(?)	228	438	449	449	333	370	777	779	769	442	564	662	722	711	0	1	1	745	734	141	144	38
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					11:36PM 2.10
Low Tide / height (m)											5:39AM 0.85
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	19	19	19	20	20	21	21	21	20	19	21	21	21	16	16	16	23	23	11	11	13
Chill °C (?)	20	19	19	19	20	20	21	21	21	20	19	21	21	21	16	16	15	23	23	10	10	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.3 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.4 W
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	11	10	14	14	14	10	14	13	13	13	-	4	4	13	13	7	7	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.3 S
Period (s)	7	14	14	14	13	13	6	6	6	14	10	6	6	6	-	-	-	6	6	10	10	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 SE	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	-	-	-	-	2

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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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