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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	Thu	Fri				Saturday 20			Sun		Mon				Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thu
	PM	AM	PM	PM	Night	AM	Night	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in France	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Blancs Sablons Brittany - Finistere	Lacanau Ocean Gironde	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Dunfanaghy (Killahoey Beach) Donegal	Dunkerque Nord - Pas de Calais	Sennen Cove Cornwall (North)	Ria Foz Galicia	Anglet - Chambre d'Amour La Cote Basque	St Gilles Croix de Vie Vendee	Biscarosse Plage Landes	Scarborough North Bay North East England	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Lahinch Strand Clare	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides
Rating	4	3	2	3	2	3	2	3	3	3	1	3	3	2	3	4	3	2	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	1.7 W	1.1 W	1.1 N	1.1 W	2.1 NNW	0.1 N	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	1.2 WNW	0.9 W	1.6 WNW	2.0 N	1.3 N	0.9 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.7 W	1.2 W	1.5 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	2.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	7	10	10	9	12	11	9	8	12	8	9	9	11	10	13	13	12	12	10	9	10	10
Energy(?)	849	587	245	373	325	979	2	771	1549	255	196	672	969	340	679	906	1043	417	592	207	210	924
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	on	glass	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	4:56AM 5.59		4:07PM 3.94	6:57PM 4.63		5:04PM 5.26			5:51PM 5.81	5:19PM 3.48	9:21PM 5.09	9:52AM 4.81			6:18PM 3.79		7:49PM 3.46	7:48PM 6.59	8:28PM 7.59	1:35PM 8.00		2:55AM 8.52
Low Tide / height (m)	10:47PM 1.27	10:13AM 1.33			10:57AM 0.67		11:19PM 0.41	11:44PM 0.36			3:35AM 1.08		3:43PM 1.46	1:04AM 0.10		1:33PM 0.11	1:54AM 0.14		2:51AM 0.45	7:57AM 1.52	6:12PM 0.53	9:30PM 0.75
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	3	2	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	16	28	15	13	13	21	14	16	16	15	17	11	11	11	11	11	13	14	14	14	13
Low °C	13	16	27	14	13	12	15	12	16	14	14	16	11	9	11	11	11	11	13	11	12	12
Chill °C (?)	10	15	28	14	12	11	21	12	15	15	15	16	9	11	9	11	10	12	13	13	13	11
Sunrise	-	8:00	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03	-
Sunset	7:32	-	8:08	7:22	-	-	-	-	8:29	-	-	8:02	7:00	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:17
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 N	1.7 W	1.1 W	1.1 N	1.1 W	0.9 W	0.1 N	1.1 SW	1.1 NNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 W	1.6 WNW	2.0 N	1.3 N	1.1 NNE	1.4 WNW	1.7 W	1.2 W	1.5 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	2.1 WSW
Period (s)	9	10	10	9	12	10	9	8	13	8	9	9	11	10	9	13	12	12	10	9	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NNW	0.2 WNW	-	0.1 SE	0.3 SSE	0.1 W	-	0.2 SSW	-	0.5 NW	0.7 NW	1.1 NW	-	0.2 W	0.9 WNW	1.0 NNE	1.1 NNE	0.4 N	0.8 NNE	-	0.3 N	0.5 NNE
Period (s)	12	9	-	7	4	16	-	14	-	13	9	10	-	16	13	8	10	8	9	-	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 W	-	-	1.4 W	-	2.1 NNW	2.2 WSW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	1.3 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SSE
Period (s)	7	-	-	7	-	11	6	8	12	-	3	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	4

	Thursday 18			Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
	5PM	8PM	11PM	1AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	1PM	5PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	11AM	1PM	4PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in France	Aber Wrac'h Point Brittany - Finistere	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	La Palue Brittany - Finistere	La Palue Brittany - Finistere	La Palue Brittany - Finistere	Garrettstown Cork	Blancs Sablons Brittany - Finistere	Inch Strand Kerry	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Hossegor - La Graviere Landes	Dunfanaghy (Killahoey Beach) Donegal	Dunfanaghy (Killahoey Beach) Donegal	Lampaul Ploudalmezeau Brittany - Finistere	Moulin La Rive Brittany - Finistere	Etretat Normandy	Collignon Normandy	Mers-les-Bains Nord - Pas de Calais
Rating	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 W	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.4 NNW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.7 W	1.6 SW	1.6 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.4 W	2.1 NNW	1.0 WNW	3.0 N	3.5 N	1.7 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.4 W	2.3 W	2.1 W
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	10	10	10	10	9	10	11	11	11	10	12	10	10	9	9	9	8	9	9
Energy(?)	1056	680	595	1193	604	555	601	503	502	995	870	823	669	1548	214	1664	1790	832	904	734	836	641
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	high	high	mid-ebb	low	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	low	low
High Tide / height (m)	4:25PM 5.56				4:12AM 4.62				4:41PM 5.30	4:06PM 3.24	8:10PM 4.78			5:43AM 2.94				5:47PM 6.34		11:16PM 7.67
Low Tide / height (m)			10:00PM 1.22	12:46AM 1.26			10:17AM 0.98	10:41AM 0.57					2:25AM 1.26		10:22AM 0.44	11:58AM 0.29					3:57AM 0.28	7:10AM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	32	29	12	15	15	16	13	17	14	12	11	11	11	22	13	15	15	12	15	14	12
Chill °C (?)	16	32	29	12	14	15	16	13	16	14	10	9	9	10	22	11	15	13	10	14	12	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37
Sunset	-	8:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 W	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.4 NNW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.7 W	1.6 SW	1.6 W	1.7 W	0.9 N	1.6 W	1.4 W	2.1 NNW	1.0 WNW	0.7 W	0.6 W	1.7 WNW	2.3 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	12	12	10	10	10	10	9	10	11	10	11	10	12	10	9	9	9	9	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.6 W	0.7 NW	0.5 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 SSW	0.2 WNW	1.3 SW	0.3 N	0.9 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.4 WSW	0.3 NW	0.1 W	-	1.6 WSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	11	10	9	9	17	9	9	13	10	10	10	9	16	-	8	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 W	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	-	-	3.0 N	3.5 N	-	-	2.4 W	2.3 W	2.1 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	4	4	-	-	10	9	-	-	8	9	9

	Thursday 18										Friday 19
	3PM	4PM	5PM	5PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	9PM	11PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	5AM	5AM	6AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in France	Aber Wrac'h Point Brittany - Finistere	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	La Palue Brittany - Finistere	La Palue Brittany - Finistere	La Palue Brittany - Finistere	Garrettstown Cork	Blancs Sablons Brittany - Finistere	Inch Strand Kerry	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Hossegor - La Graviere Landes	Dunfanaghy (Killahoey Beach) Donegal	Dunfanaghy (Killahoey Beach) Donegal	Lampaul Ploudalmezeau Brittany - Finistere	Moulin La Rive Brittany - Finistere	Etretat Normandy	Collignon Normandy	Mers-les-Bains Nord - Pas de Calais
Rating	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 W	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.5 W	2.1 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	3.0 SW	1.6 W	2.5 SW	1.6 W	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	2.0 N	1.4 WNW	1.6 N	1.5 N	1.6 W	1.4 WNW	0.6 W	1.0 W	0.4 W
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	7	11	11	11	9	10	9	7	11	11	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	1222	885	857	849	1030	917	900	1271	768	1190	749	621	621	1577	452	652	565	480	341	104	188	32
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:21PM 3.73															5:28AM 2.85					11:06AM 7.24
Low Tide / height (m)									10:21PM 1.09				1:43AM 1.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	31	32	13	16	16	16	16	16	16	12	12	12	14	20	14	14	15	16	19	19	23
Chill °C (?)	16	31	32	10	15	15	15	14	15	15	10	11	12	12	20	12	12	14	16	19	19	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 W	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.8 N	2.1 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	0.3 SSW	1.6 W	0.8 NW	1.1 N	1.2 N	1.2 N	2.0 N	1.4 WNW	1.6 N	1.5 N	1.6 W	1.4 WNW	0.6 W	1.0 W	0.4 W
Period (s)	11	12	12	9	11	11	11	17	10	8	9	9	9	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.6 NNW	-	-	-	-	1.0 WNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.1 SW	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.4 NW	-	0.4 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	11	13	11	11	11	17	-	17	17	10	-	10	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	2.5 W	-	-	-	3.0 SW	-	2.5 SW	1.6 W	-	-	1.8 WSW	-	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	9	-	9	7	-	-	8	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	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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