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		Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thu
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in France	Vanthrax La Cote Basque	Anglet - Chambre d'Amour La Cote Basque	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Cabo de Sines Alentejo	Cabo de Sines Alentejo	Trez Hir Brittany - Finistere	Hossegor - La Nord Landes	Bobby's Gironde	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Arna Plage Landes	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Hossegor - La Graviere Landes	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	Hossegor - La Graviere Landes	Sennen Cove Cornwall (North)	Llangennith Wales - Gower	Rhosneigr Wales - Anglesy	Inch Strand Kerry
Rating	5	4	4	4	5	7	6	5	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WNW	4.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.9 W	2.3 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.0 W	2.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.5 SSW	1.8 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 S
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	12	11	16	11	16	14	15	15	16	16	16	15	15	14	13	11	11	7	10
Energy(?)	1243	5417	2116	1238	1348	3420	2051	5590	1677	2757	2224	3569	3931	2549	1898	1716	1415	1654	3018	886	296	696
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)	4:53PM 5.53		5:24AM 5.95	5:30PM 3.94		5:46AM 4.42	6:19PM 4.14		6:37AM 4.22			5:32AM 3.18		7:43PM 2.49	6:35AM 2.99		9:38PM 4.50	10:09AM 4.63		10:50PM 2.77	11:19AM 3.09
Low Tide / height (m)		10:58PM -0.13	11:41AM -0.22		11:32PM 0.05	12:00PM 0.39		12:44AM 1.08			10:32PM 0.43	11:52AM 0.96		1:38AM 0.73		1:02PM 0.62		4:02AM 1.61	4:15PM 0.94		4:34AM 1.20	5:33PM 1.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	2	3	1	1	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	2	8
High °C	15	15	13	19	17	13	15	15	11	15	13	14	15	14	18	20	15	20	14	14	12	11
Low °C	15	13	12	18	15	13	15	13	10	15	12	13	15	12	14	16	13	14	14	12	12	11
Chill °C (?)	13	13	12	19	16	11	14	14	8	15	12	14	15	13	18	20	14	20	12	12	11	8
Sunrise	-	-	7:48	-	-	8:14	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:37	-
Sunset	5:52	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:45	-	-	4:43	-	-	4:51
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WNW	-	2.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 W	2.3 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.0 W	2.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.1 W	1.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.4 S
Period (s)	13	-	12	12	11	11	11	16	14	15	15	16	16	16	15	15	14	13	11	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	0.4 NW	1.9 W	1.2 WNW	-	0.7 NNE	-	0.9 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.7 W	-	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	12	19	16	17	-	8	-	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	11	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 W	4.0 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 SSW	0.7 SE	1.3 SSW	-
Period (s)	4	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	4	7	-

	Thursday 06			Friday 07								Saturday 08								Sunday 09
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	7AM	9AM	12PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in France	Pors Theolen Brittany - Finistere	Gwendrez Left Brittany - Finistere	La Palue Brittany - Finistere	Vanthrax La Cote Basque	Hendaye Plage La Cote Basque	Lafitenia La Cote Basque	Anglet - Chambre d'Amour La Cote Basque	Anglet - Chambre d'Amour La Cote Basque	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Bidart La Cote Basque	Contreira Madeira	Cabo de Sines Alentejo	Cabo de Sines Alentejo	Playa de Lanzada Galicia	Cabo de Sines Alentejo	Arrifana Algarve	Trez Hir Brittany - Finistere	Trez Hir Brittany - Finistere	Hossegor - La Graviere Landes	Hossegor - La Nord Landes	La Lagune Gironde	Bobby's Gironde
Rating	5	5	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	5	5	6	7	7	5	6	6	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.6 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.8 W	1.8 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.0 W	4.0 W	2.2 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16
Energy(?)	3165	4237	2076	5417	4399	3135	2116	1536	1080	936	1454	1348	1498	3415	3174	6717	8459	8763	3458	5048	5454	5007
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		4:49PM 4.57				5:01AM 4.52				5:31PM 3.96				5:18AM 3.29				6:48PM 5.92				6:40AM 3.83
Low Tide / height (m)				10:47PM -0.10				11:38AM 0.69			8:54PM 0.12	9:28PM 0.58				9:55AM 0.03				12:19AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	14	14	14	14	12	13	12	13	12	21	16	16	13	15	17	13	13	14	13	14	13
Chill °C (?)	13	13	13	12	13	11	12	10	12	10	21	16	16	13	14	16	12	12	14	13	14	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:49	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 SW	-	4.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 W	2.2 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.0 W	4.0 W	2.2 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	11	-	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	17	16	16	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	1.8 W	1.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 NNW	0.4 NW	0.7 WNW	1.8 W	1.8 WNW	2.1 WNW	-	-	2.0 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	19	19	17	17	11	-	-	11	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	-	4.0 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	6	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 06											Friday 07
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	3AM	3AM	4AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in France	Pors Theolen Brittany - Finistere	Gwendrez Left Brittany - Finistere	La Palue Brittany - Finistere	Vanthrax La Cote Basque	Hendaye Plage La Cote Basque	Lafitenia La Cote Basque	Anglet - Chambre d'Amour La Cote Basque	Anglet - Chambre d'Amour La Cote Basque	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Bidart La Cote Basque	Contreira Madeira	Cabo de Sines Alentejo	Cabo de Sines Alentejo	Playa de Lanzada Galicia	Cabo de Sines Alentejo	Arrifana Algarve	Trez Hir Brittany - Finistere	Trez Hir Brittany - Finistere	Hossegor - La Graviere Landes	Hossegor - La Nord Landes	La Lagune Gironde	Bobby's Gironde
Rating	5	5	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	5	5	6	7	7	5	6	6	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 W	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	1.9 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	2.1 NNW	2.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 SW	2.0 W	2.3 NW	1.8 W	1.8 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	11	11	11	14	12	12	7	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	2653	4726	2685	1243	3491	2248	2248	3862	3862	4505	2449	2708	2562	1433	2039	2732	1344	1344	3097	2708	2643	2277
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	glass	on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				4:43PM 4.06													5:38AM 6.40
Low Tide / height (m)										10:47PM -0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	16	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	19	17	17	14	17	17	14	13	14	13	16	16
Chill °C (?)	13	14	15	12	14	13	13	13	13	13	19	17	17	12	17	17	12	11	13	12	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 NNW	2.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.3 W	2.0 W	2.3 NW	1.8 W	1.8 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 WNW
Period (s)	10	13	13	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.7 W	1.7 W	2.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 WNW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	1.2 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 W	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	13	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	12	12	12	13	9	9	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.8 W	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	-	-	-	2.3 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	7	4	14	14	14	11	11	11	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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