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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	Sun	Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26			Thursday 27			Friday 28			Saturday 29			Sunday 30
	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	Pontaillac Charente Maritime	Fecamp Normandy	Villefranche sur Mer Mediterranean - Cote d'Azur	Le Goudoul Brittany - Finistere	Banzai (Santa Marinella) West Coast	Hossegor - La Graviere Landes	Parata Point Mediterranean - Corsica	Capo Mannu Point Sardinia	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Chia Sardinia	Agosta Mediterranean - Corsica	Porsmilin Brittany - Finistere	La Torche Brittany - Finistere	Playa de Salinas Asturias	Matosinhos Douro & Minho	La Chambrette Gironde	Collignon Normandy	Playa de Lanzada Galicia	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Sennen Cove Cornwall (North)	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	La Palue Brittany - Finistere
Rating	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	5	3	2	2	3	9	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 W	2.1 W	1.7 SSW	3.0 WNW	1.6 SSW	3.0 NW	4.0 W	4.0 WNW	1.6 W	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.1 W	2.0 W	1.1 NW	1.5 WNW	2.3 W	1.9 W	1.5 W	2.3 N	2.2 W	3.5 NW	2.0 W
Period(s) (?)	10	7	7	11	8	11	10	11	9	12	9	8	9	11	14	15	8	12	12	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1993	483	476	2109	510	2135	2880	4071	554	540	359	597	580	644	839	2249	740	1257	2109	1211	2952	924
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	glass	off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:09AM 4.72	6:14PM 3.48		6:50AM 3.54	9:52PM 0.42	2:20AM 7.07	11:33AM 0.53		11:05PM 0.41	8:39AM 3.28		9:13PM 2.95	1:35PM 0.53		3:21AM 0.23	10:52AM 3.01		11:55PM 3.41	12:18PM 3.67	4:31PM 0.24
Low Tide / height (m)	9:46PM 0.17	12:51PM 1.62		1:05AM 0.95		5:43PM 0.39	8:35PM 2.31		2:26PM 1.11			1:31PM 0.83	3:34AM 1.30	5:57AM 0.37	9:07PM 0.35		4:30AM 1.14	5:18PM 0.90		6:01AM 1.70		11:35PM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	11	2	-	-	6	5	-	1	-	2	-	1	1	-	-	1	1	5	-	-	4	-
High °C	14	10	14	11	14	12	12	12	7	12	13	14	14	13	13	14	11	14	6	10	12	9
Low °C	12	10	12	10	14	11	12	12	6	10	11	14	12	10	13	13	10	14	5	10	11	9
Chill °C (?)	11	6	14	7	12	9	8	9	5	10	13	12	12	13	12	13	8	13	3	7	10	6
Sunrise	-	8:22	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:26	-	-	8:32	-	-	8:37	-	-	7:56	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:58	-	-	5:32	-	-	3:33	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:07	-	-	6:04	-	-	5:30	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	1.4 SSW	3.0 WNW	1.6 SSW	3.0 NW	-	-	1.6 W	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	-	-	1.1 NW	1.5 WNW	-	0.9 WNW	1.5 W	2.3 N	2.2 W	1.1 WNW	2.0 W
Period (s)	-	-	7	11	8	11	-	-	9	12	9	-	-	11	14	-	13	12	12	11	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 WNW	1.1 W	0.9 NNW	-	-	1.0 WNW	0.1 W	-	-	1.4 NW	1.5 W	0.1 SW	-	0.3 NNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	7	6	-	-	8	16	-	-	13	11	15	-	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 W	2.1 W	1.7 SSW	-	1.6 WSW	-	4.0 W	4.0 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.5 N	-	2.1 W	2.0 W	-	-	2.3 W	1.9 W	-	-	1.1 N	3.5 NW	-
Period (s)	10	7	7	-	7	-	10	11	4	3	-	8	9	-	-	15	8	-	-	6	11	-

	Sun	Monday 24								Tuesday 25								Wednesday 26
	9PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	6AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in France	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	La Baie Des Sables Vendee	Saint Nicolas Vendee	Pic Kipu Brittany - Morbihan	Pontaillac Charente Maritime	Villefranche sur Mer Mediterranean - Cote d'Azur	Fecamp Normandy	Villefranche sur Mer Mediterranean - Cote d'Azur	Pic Kipu Brittany - Morbihan	Villefranche sur Mer Mediterranean - Cote d'Azur	Thoulars Brittany - Morbihan	Afife Douro & Minho	Le Goudoul Brittany - Finistere	Villefranche sur Mer Mediterranean - Cote d'Azur	Villefranche sur Mer Mediterranean - Cote d'Azur	Banzai (Santa Marinella) West Coast	Hossegor - La Graviere Landes	Hossegor - La Graviere Landes	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Les Bormettes Mediterranean - Cote d'Azur	Parata Point Mediterranean - Corsica
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	2	3	2	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 W	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.3 W	1.5 SSW	2.0 W	1.7 SSW	3.0 WNW	2.5 SSW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	2.4 WNW	2.3 W
Period(s) (?)	12	9	10	10	10	7	8	7	11	9	11	11	11	8	9	8	11	11	11	10	8	10
Energy(?)	1082	1001	1324	1334	1119	340	579	476	3627	1576	2731	1663	3363	1356	1761	1446	1724	1579	1459	1111	1038	1133
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	high	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				6:24AM 3.68			1:13PM 7.57					5:26AM 2.58	7:01AM 3.51	10:41AM 0.53			7:26PM 2.92
Low Tide / height (m)		12:26AM 1.67						4:39PM 0.39			1:05AM 0.95					6:16PM 0.14			1:55AM 1.72
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	light rain	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	4	3	-	5	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	1	-	-
Temp. °C	8	11	11	9	11	15	9	12	9	12	8	11	10	13	13	11	10	8	8	7	9	13
Chill °C (?)	5	10	9	6	10	15	7	12	6	10	5	9	7	12	13	10	8	8	6	6	6	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	8:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 W	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	2.3 W	1.2 SSW	-	1.4 SSW	2.5 W	2.1 SSW	2.0 W	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	2.0 WSW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	2.5 NW	2.3 NW	1.5 W	2.3 W
Period (s)	12	9	10	-	10	7	-	7	11	9	11	11	10	8	7	8	11	11	11	10	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NNW	-	-	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	-	1.2 WNW	-	-	0.1 N	0.8 SW
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	10	8	-	12	-	-	6	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	2.5 W	-	1.5 SSW	2.0 W	1.7 SSW	3.0 WNW	2.5 SSW	3.0 WNW	-	3.0 WNW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	2.4 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	10	-	7	8	7	11	9	11	-	11	8	9	8	-	-	-	-	8	-

	Sunday 23	Monday 24
	7PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	6AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in France	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	La Baie Des Sables Vendee	Saint Nicolas Vendee	Pic Kipu Brittany - Morbihan	Pontaillac Charente Maritime	Villefranche sur Mer Mediterranean - Cote d'Azur	Fecamp Normandy	Villefranche sur Mer Mediterranean - Cote d'Azur	Pic Kipu Brittany - Morbihan	Villefranche sur Mer Mediterranean - Cote d'Azur	Thoulars Brittany - Morbihan	Afife Douro & Minho	Le Goudoul Brittany - Finistere	Villefranche sur Mer Mediterranean - Cote d'Azur	Villefranche sur Mer Mediterranean - Cote d'Azur	Banzai (Santa Marinella) West Coast	Hossegor - La Graviere Landes	Hossegor - La Graviere Landes	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Les Bormettes Mediterranean - Cote d'Azur	Parata Point Mediterranean - Corsica
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	2	3	2	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 W	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 W	3.0 W	-	1.8 W	-	2.4 W	-	2.5 W	3.5 WNW	3.0 W	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.7 SW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	1.8 SW	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	10	10	10	10	-	7	-	10	-	10	10	10	7	7	6	11	11	11	11	7	8
Energy(?)	1437	1218	1597	1936	2163	0	302	0	1296	0	2417	2061	1803	83	88	203	5809	3190	2509	2454	489	691
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)															9:58AM 0.54
Low Tide / height (m)								2:41AM 0.31										12:37PM 0.72	1:02PM 1.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	light rain	clear	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	7	4	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	12	12	11	12	10	10	10	10	11	9	15	11	12	13	16	13	14	14	14	14	17
Chill °C (?)	5	11	11	8	11	9	7	8	7	10	6	13	7	11	12	14	10	12	12	12	14	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 W	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	1.1 SW	-	2.1 WSW	0.1 SW	-	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	-	3.5 WNW	-	-	-	1.3 SSW	-
Period (s)	12	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	7	-	10	18	-	7	7	-	11	-	-	-	7	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	-	-	2.4 W	3.0 W	0.7 SW	1.8 W	0.8 SW	2.4 W	0.9 SW	2.5 W	3.5 WNW	3.0 W	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.7 SW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	1.8 SW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	4	-	-	10	10	5	7	5	10	6	10	10	10	2	2	6	11	11	11	11	7	8

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Finland	Poland

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Faroe Islands	Ireland	United Kingdom

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Bulgaria	Italy	Oman
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Egypt	Lebanon	Turkey

Azores Portugal	Morocco	Spain
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Gambia	Senegal
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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
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