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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	Fri	Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thursday 22			Friday 23
	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	La Lagune Gironde	La Torche Brittany - Finistere	Arrifana Algarve	La Palue Brittany - Finistere	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Figueira da Foz - Cabedelo Beira	Bundoran Donegal	Bundoran Donegal	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Kelibya East Coast	Supertubos Peniche	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Barley Cove Cork	Barley Cove Cork	La Palue Brittany - Finistere	Llangennith Wales - Gower	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Aber Wrac'h Point Brittany - Finistere	Dar Bouazza (La Bobine) Central Morocco	Vanthrax La Cote Basque	Ria Foz Galicia	Dar Bouazza (La Bobine) Central Morocco
Rating	6	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WNW	4.0 W	4.0 NW	2.5 W	2.4 WNW	2.2 NW	0.6 W	2.2 W	2.2 WNW	3.5 ESE	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WSW	4.5 WNW	2.2 W	3.0 NNW	1.8 WNW	3.0 NNW	1.6 NW
Period(s) (?)	16	14	14	13	13	12	9	18	17	11	15	16	14	13	13	10	11	12	13	11	12	12
Energy(?)	4343	5957	6579	2182	1915	1302	106	3132	2648	2980	5387	4417	1391	2321	4646	1484	4925	2172	3264	1132	2956	747
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	3:06AM 2.72		3:27PM 2.59		4:18AM 3.51	4:54PM 4.83		4:56AM 3.92	5:12PM 3.47		3:12AM 2.85	5:46PM 3.68		5:56AM 4.19	6:16PM 3.96		4:26AM 2.83	5:20PM 3.04		7:48AM 4.23		8:45PM 2.89
Low Tide / height (m)		9:40AM 0.74		9:56PM 0.69	10:22AM 0.54		10:46PM 0.57	11:11AM 0.46		8:55PM 0.31	9:25AM 0.23		12:12AM 0.51	12:32PM 1.07		12:40AM 1.16	10:40AM 0.21		1:16AM 1.19		2:35PM 0.32	2:32AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	risk thund- der	cloudy	light rain	clear	cloudy	light rain	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	rain shwrs	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	1	-	-	2	-	11	-	-	11	-	6	6	-	-	-	6	6	-
High °C	11	11	12	9	10	10	5	5	7	16	11	11	7	8	11	9	7	10	15	8	9	14
Low °C	9	10	11	8	8	10	5	5	6	11	11	11	7	7	11	9	5	9	13	7	8	13
Chill °C (?)	9	9	10	7	10	8	2	2	4	15	8	10	3	7	7	5	5	7	15	3	6	13
Sunrise	-	9:00	-	-	8:33	-	-	8:41	-	-	7:52	-	-	8:32	-	-	8:41	-	-	8:30	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:37	-	-	4:09	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:59	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:27	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WNW	4.0 W	4.0 NW	2.5 W	2.4 WNW	2.2 NW	0.6 W	2.2 W	2.2 WNW	3.5 ESE	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	1.9 WSW	1.5 S	3.0 WNW	3.0 WSW	-	2.2 W	3.0 NNW	1.8 WNW	3.0 NNW	1.6 NW
Period (s)	16	14	14	13	13	12	9	18	17	11	15	16	14	10	13	10	-	12	13	11	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	-	-	-	0.7 NW	-	0.9 S	1.4 SSE	1.8 WSW	-	-	2.0 NW	-	1.1 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	20	-	9	11	11	-	-	11	-	12	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 WNW	-	-	4.5 WNW	-	-	0.5 SW	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	11	-	-	3	-	-

	Fri	Saturday 17								Sunday 18								Monday 19
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	0AM	3AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	9PM	0AM	4AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in France	Playa de Lanzada Galicia	Lacanau Ocean Gironde	Playa de Lanzada Galicia	La Lagune Gironde	La Lagune Gironde	Cap de la Chevre Brittany - Finistere	La Torche Brittany - Finistere	La Torche Brittany - Finistere	Bobby's Gironde	Arrifana Algarve	Arrifana Algarve	Lacanau Ocean Gironde	La Palue Brittany - Finistere	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Costa da Caparica Lisboa	Figueira da Foz - Cabedelo Beira	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Lahinch Strand Clare	Bundoran Donegal	Bundoran Donegal
Rating	7	5	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WNW	2.5 W	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 WNW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	2.0 W	2.1 WNW	2.2 NW	2.0 WNW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 WNW	1.0 W	2.2 W	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	14	14	13	13	12	13	12	12	11	11	11	18	18	16
Energy(?)	6000	3022	5536	5006	5006	5261	4141	3364	3278	4649	4107	1400	1121	1503	1177	1047	1116	1124	645	1315	3132	4319
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			3:06AM 2.72					4:08PM 3.48			2:04AM 2.65	4:21AM 3.68				4:35PM 3.79				5:29AM 4.20	6:09AM 3.40
Low Tide / height (m)	8:49PM 0.70				9:44AM 0.71	10:16AM 1.06			9:57PM 0.70					10:49AM 1.28			8:28PM 0.39	9:02PM 1.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1
Temp. °C	8	10	8	10	9	10	11	9	10	10	8	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	10	6	5	5
Chill °C (?)	8	8	8	8	7	8	9	7	8	8	5	8	7	10	10	10	7	8	10	4	2	2
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:41	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WNW	2.5 W	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 WNW	3.5 NW	3.5 NW	2.0 W	2.1 WNW	2.2 NW	2.0 WNW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 WNW	1.8 W	2.2 W	3.0 W
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	14	14	13	13	12	13	12	12	11	11	11	10	18	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	-	1.0 W	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	-	18	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 16				Saturday 17
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	4AM	5AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	11AM	12PM	2PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in France	Playa de Lanzada Galicia	Lacanau Ocean Gironde	Playa de Lanzada Galicia	La Lagune Gironde	La Lagune Gironde	Cap de la Chevre Brittany - Finistere	La Torche Brittany - Finistere	La Torche Brittany - Finistere	Bobby's Gironde	Arrifana Algarve	Arrifana Algarve	Lacanau Ocean Gironde	La Palue Brittany - Finistere	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Costa da Caparica Lisboa	Figueira da Foz - Cabedelo Beira	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Lahinch Strand Clare	Bundoran Donegal	Bundoran Donegal
Rating	7	5	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WNW	2.5 W	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 WNW	4.5 NW	4.5 NW	3.0 W	4.0 W	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.9 W	1.4 W	1.3 W
Period(s) (?)	15	16	15	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	12	12	12
Energy(?)	5687	2987	6000	4318	4343	10010	7996	7891	4659	8040	8259	3406	7190	4861	4861	4797	4287	6239	4288	1039	556	472
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									3:41AM 3.32
Low Tide / height (m)																10:13AM 1.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	risk thund- der	light rain	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-
High °C	9	11	8	11	10	10	10	10	9	10	11	9	10	9	9	9	12	11	9	6	7	6
Chill °C (?)	8	10	8	9	8	7	8	8	6	8	9	7	8	8	9	9	10	10	8	4	5	4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:42
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WNW	2.5 W	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 WNW	4.5 NW	4.5 NW	3.0 W	4.0 W	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.9 W	1.4 W	1.3 W
Period (s)	15	16	15	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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