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	Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sun
	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	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Bundoran Donegal	Bundoran Donegal	Messanges Landes	Hossegor - La Graviere Landes	Hossegor - La Graviere Landes	Aber Wrac'h Point Brittany - Finistere	Bundoran Donegal	Ria Foz Galicia	La Lagune Gironde	Dar Bouazza (La Bobine) Central Morocco	Belharra La Cote Basque	Audierne Brittany - Finistere	La Torche Brittany - Finistere	La Torche Brittany - Finistere	Hossegor - La Nord Landes	Dar Bouazza (La Bobine) Central Morocco	Audierne Brittany - Finistere	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	5	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 NW	1.9 NW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.9 W	1.4 NW	1.6 WNW	1.2 NNW	4.5 NW	5.5 W	5.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 NNW	2.5 W	2.1 NW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	15	15	15	15	15	13	13	12	12	26	19	17	16	15	15	16	12	13
Energy(?)	2155	1327	1422	1449	3882	3934	2991	2822	3118	2426	1124	622	1434	3006	13815	18674	11585	6872	4266	5026	2166	1344
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross	off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	12:44PM 3.50		1:16AM 3.43		1:36PM 3.53	2:01AM 3.54		2:21PM 3.59	2:41AM 3.66	3:55AM 2.88	3:01PM 3.64	3:18AM 3.78		4:46PM 2.88	3:58AM 3.68		5:24PM 2.93		4:27AM 3.48	4:51PM 3.62		5:02AM 3.51
Low Tide / height (m)			7:07PM 1.72	7:30AM 1.76		7:59PM 1.67	8:23AM 1.66		8:44PM 1.60	9:59AM 0.83		9:24PM 1.53	8:53AM 0.59		9:45PM 0.75	9:57AM 0.59		10:37PM 1.41	10:36AM 0.53		10:47PM 0.59	11:12AM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	6
High °C	14	16	13	16	8	7	14	15	13	9	10	9	13	16	12	10	10	9	12	15	11	9
Low °C	11	14	12	15	7	5	12	14	13	9	8	8	10	15	11	10	9	7	12	15	7	8
Chill °C (?)	14	16	12	16	6	5	14	15	13	7	8	8	11	16	10	6	7	7	12	14	8	7
Sunrise	8:30	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:33	-	-	9:04	-	-	8:36	-	-	9:03	-	-	8:34	-	-	8:34
Sunset	-	5:30	-	-	4:07	-	-	5:29	-	-	4:07	-	-	6:24	-	-	5:25	-	-	6:25	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 NW	1.9 NW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.9 W	1.4 NW	1.6 WNW	1.9 NW	4.5 NW	5.5 W	5.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 NNW	-	2.1 NW
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	15	15	15	15	15	13	13	12	12	12	19	17	16	15	15	16	-	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.7 WNW	1.2 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	26	26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 SSW	-	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 W	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-

	Sunday 14					Monday 15								Tuesday 16								Wed
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	12PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	0AM	4AM	7AM	9AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in France	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Bundoran Donegal	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Playa de Lanzada Galicia	Bundoran Donegal	La Torche Brittany - Finistere	Hossegor - La Graviere Landes	Bundoran Donegal	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Messanges Landes	Le Goudoul Brittany - Finistere	Arna Plage Landes	Hossegor - La Graviere Landes
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	6	5	5	4	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 W	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	2.5 WNW	2.5 W	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 W	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	15	13	13	16	15	15	16	14	15	15	14	15	15
Energy(?)	2155	1850	1327	1288	1269	1422	1590	1493	1449	3360	1188	1188	3316	3934	5053	3175	3042	2479	3032	3471	3072	3118
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		12:44PM 3.50					1:16AM 3.43				1:36PM 3.53				2:09AM 3.26				2:16PM 3.05
Low Tide / height (m)					7:07PM 1.72				7:30AM 1.76				7:03PM 0.79								8:14PM 0.90
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	14	16	14	12	12	13	13	15	7	16	14	10	6	12	12	5	14	15	9	13	13
Chill °C (?)	10	14	16	14	11	11	12	12	14	5	16	13	10	4	11	11	2	14	15	6	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:48	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 W	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	2.5 WNW	2.5 W	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 W	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	15	13	13	16	15	15	16	14	15	15	14	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSW	-	1.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 14	Monday 15
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	4PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	8PM	10PM	11PM	11PM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in France	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Bundoran Donegal	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Playa de Lanzada Galicia	Bundoran Donegal	La Torche Brittany - Finistere	Hossegor - La Graviere Landes	Bundoran Donegal	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Messanges Landes	Le Goudoul Brittany - Finistere	Arna Plage Landes	Hossegor - La Graviere Landes
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	6	5	5	4	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 WNW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	2.0 W	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	2.2 WNW	2.4 W	3.0 W	2.0 WNW	2.4 W	2.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 W	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	13	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	2313	2155	2155	1977	1850	1850	1640	1594	1327	1412	1288	1288	1791	2031	3356	1384	2042	1422	1683	2743	1941	1708
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						12:44PM 3.50													1:08AM 2.92
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	11	11	12	14	15	16	16	14	14	14	12	9	13	12	8	12	11	13	11	13
Chill °C (?)	10	10	10	10	11	14	15	16	16	11	14	14	12	6	10	11	4	11	9	10	9	12
Sunrise	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 WNW	2.3 NW	2.3 NW	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	2.0 W	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	2.2 WNW	-	3.0 W	2.0 WNW	2.4 W	2.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 W	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	-	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 S	-	-	-	2.4 W	1.0 S	-	-	-	-	1.1 S	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	13	4	-	-	-	-	5	-	-

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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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