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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	Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wed
	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	Bore South and West	Bore South and West	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Lacanau Ocean Gironde	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Afife Douro & Minho	Afife Douro & Minho	Baie des Trepasses Brittany - Finistere	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Etel Brittany - Morbihan	Playa de Lanzada Galicia	La Garonne Mediterranean - Cote d'Azur	Afife Douro & Minho	Dunkerque Nord - Pas de Calais	Capo Mannu Point Sardinia	Badesi Sardinia	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Annaba - Seraidi beach North Coast
Rating	2	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 NW	1.2 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 WNW	2.4 N	2.5 NW	1.3 N	0.9 WNW	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.8 SW	2.5 W	1.6 SSW	3.0 WNW	0.9 NNW	2.2 NW	2.5 WNW	0.7 W	1.8 NNW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	7	9	11	8	11	14	13	13	12	12	12	6	8	6	11	4	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	223	286	485	404	1470	899	741	527	573	626	917	799	801	403	988	190	2116	32	924	1080	96	493
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	on	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		2:24PM 2.61	2:39AM 2.71			1:59AM 2.01	10:51AM 0.32			5:15AM 3.97	5:34PM 3.77		5:44AM 3.62	6:08PM 3.22		7:37AM 3.05	6:45PM 3.56		7:00AM 3.70		8:33PM 2.42	9:03AM 2.85
Low Tide / height (m)	2:30PM 0.09		8:29PM 0.38	7:36AM 0.31	4:41PM 0.05	7:44PM 0.33	4:34AM 0.05	5:07PM 0.04	11:11PM 0.58	11:48AM 1.27		11:34PM 0.63	11:57AM 0.59		12:09AM 0.73		1:02PM 1.45	1:11AM 1.61		1:18PM 0.86	2:21AM 0.84
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	clear	mod. rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	4	4	-	11	-	-	-	7	-	5	1	2	8	23	-	1	2	1	-	3
High °C	3	3	12	5	7	9	5	12	11	11	5	7	7	14	15	12	15	7	14	13	7	15
Low °C	3	3	9	4	7	4	4	12	8	10	5	7	7	13	14	11	13	5	14	12	5	14
Chill °C (?)	0	0	9	3	3	5	2	10	9	7	1	4	4	12	13	10	13	6	14	12	7	14
Sunrise	8:36	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:33	-	-	8:30	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:18
Sunset	-	4:07	-	-	4:30	-	-	5:09	-	-	3:41	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:07	-	-	4:59	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 NW	1.2 NW	1.6 NW	1.5 WNW	2.4 N	-	1.3 N	0.9 WNW	1.2 W	1.1 W	0.2 N	1.7 W	1.7 W	0.7 W	0.1 S	-	3.0 WNW	0.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	-	0.7 W	-
Period (s)	10	10	7	9	11	-	11	14	13	13	9	12	12	12	11	-	11	5	8	-	9	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.1 NW	1.3 N	-	0.7 W	-	0.9 W	0.9 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.1 N	-	0.4 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.7 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 N	-
Period (s)	12	13	7	-	10	-	14	9	8	6	-	9	8	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 NW	0.6 SSW	0.3 NE	-	1.8 SW	1.8 W	-	0.8 SSE	1.8 SW	2.5 W	1.6 SSW	-	0.9 NNW	2.2 NW	2.5 WNW	0.4 SSE	1.8 NNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	8	3	3	-	6	12	-	4	6	8	6	-	4	9	9	3	9

	Wednesday 19							Thursday 20								Friday 21
	4AM	7AM	10AM	12PM	4PM	6PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	0AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in France	Capo Mannu Point Sardinia	Dar Bouazza (La Bobine) Central Morocco	Dar Bouazza (La Bobine) Central Morocco	Contreira Madeira	Bore South and West	Contreira Madeira	Bore South and West	Bore South and West	Le Goudoul Brittany - Finistere	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Arna Plage Landes	Lacanau Ocean Gironde	Cap de l'Homy Landes	Lacanau Ocean Gironde	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Hossegor - La Graviere Landes	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island
Rating	2	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	4	3	3	3	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 NW	1.3 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.4 NNE	1.2 NW	1.1 WNW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 NNW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.2 NW	1.8 NW	1.2 WNW	1.8 N	2.4 NW	2.2 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.1 W	1.3 W
Period(s) (?)	8	9	8	9	10	12	10	10	9	8	9	9	9	9	8	11	8	9	9	8	13	13
Energy(?)	381	271	236	518	286	522	291	322	1030	541	581	602	287	564	240	994	829	736	545	518	759	810
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)							10:00PM 0.28			4:13AM 3.98				4:27PM 3.47				4:43AM 4.00
Low Tide / height (m)			8:18AM 0.38									10:14AM 0.43				11:32PM 0.39				10:47AM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	4	2	2	-	2	1	5	1	-	-
Temp. °C	14	16	17	19	3	18	3	2	6	9	8	7	3	5	5	6	5	4	3	7	5	6
Chill °C (?)	14	16	17	19	0	18	1	0	2	7	6	5	0	2	2	5	2	4	0	4	1	3
Sunrise	-	-	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:06	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	4:07	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:29	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 NW	1.3 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.4 NNE	1.2 NW	1.3 NNE	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.5 NW	-	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.2 NW	0.5 W	1.2 WNW	1.8 N	2.4 NW	2.2 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.1 W	1.3 W
Period (s)	8	9	8	9	10	8	10	10	9	-	9	9	9	12	8	11	8	9	9	8	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.9 WNW	0.1 NW	1.1 WNW	0.2 NNW	0.4 NW	0.5 W	-	0.1 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	0.5 W	0.7 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.9 N	1.1 W
Period (s)	6	11	11	12	13	12	13	14	12	-	15	11	12	-	11	10	18	18	11	11	10	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 NW	2.0 NNW	-	-	-	1.8 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	8	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-

	Wednesday 19
	2AM	3AM	4AM	4AM	6AM	6AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	4PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in France	Capo Mannu Point Sardinia	Dar Bouazza (La Bobine) Central Morocco	Dar Bouazza (La Bobine) Central Morocco	Contreira Madeira	Bore South and West	Contreira Madeira	Bore South and West	Bore South and West	Le Goudoul Brittany - Finistere	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Arna Plage Landes	Lacanau Ocean Gironde	Cap de l'Homy Landes	Lacanau Ocean Gironde	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Hossegor - La Graviere Landes	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island
Rating	2	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	4	3	3	3	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 NW	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.5 NNE	1.0 NW	1.5 NNE	1.0 NW	1.1 NW	1.6 NW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.4 NW	3.5 N	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.7 NNW	3.0 N	3.0 N
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	7	9	7	10	7	11	11	11	4	4	5	10	6	6	6	7	10	10
Energy(?)	497	298	298	513	133	505	131	224	264	29	33	61	34	88	153	2237	185	179	180	373	2257	2162
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	on	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	on
High Tide / height (m)															3:58PM 3.66
Low Tide / height (m)									9:50AM 0.51	10:08AM 1.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	3	1	1	-	-	-
High °C	15	17	17	17	3	17	3	3	10	10	10	11	12	14	12	6	12	13	12	12	6	6
Chill °C (?)	15	17	17	17	-1	17	0	0	6	9	8	8	9	12	9	1	9	10	9	9	1	1
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:31	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 NW	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.5 NNE	1.0 NW	1.5 NNE	1.0 NW	1.1 NW	0.4 W	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	0.3 WNW	0.3 W	0.4 W	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	1.0 W	0.5 W	0.5 W
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	7	9	7	10	12	11	11	11	-	12	11	12	11	11	12	7	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.9 WNW	0.4 NW	0.9 WNW	0.4 NW	0.1 W	0.2 W	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 W	-	0.2 W	0.2 W	-	0.1 W	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	6	12	12	11	9	11	9	12	13	5	5	13	-	13	13	-	13	-	-	12	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 NW	-	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.4 NW	3.5 N	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.7 NNW	3.0 N	3.0 N
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	2	3	4	4	5	10	6	6	6	7	10	10

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