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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Fri				Sat		Sun				Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25
	AM	AM	PM	Night	PM	PM	AM	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in France	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Lahinch Strand Clare	Lahinch Strand Clare	Collignon Normandy	Sennen Cove Cornwall (North)	Anse de Pen-Hat Brittany - Finistere	Playa de Lanzada Galicia	Zarautz Pais Vasco	Blyth Beach North East England	Playa de Salinas Asturias	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Dar Bouazza (La Bobine) Central Morocco	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Contreira Madeira	Contreira Madeira
Rating	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	4	3	3	2	2	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WNW	1.7 NNW	1.4 WSW	1.7 W	0.7 W	1.6 WNW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WNW	1.0 NW	2.5 N	2.5 NNW	1.9 NW	1.6 NNW	1.0 WNW	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.6 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 NNE	0.9 WNW
Period(s) (?)	10	9	9	10	9	10	8	8	13	10	10	9	8	13	12	12	11	11	11	10	9	20
Energy(?)	313	510	350	602	78	643	371	386	580	2077	1157	554	425	676	1030	1022	704	591	648	347	324	818
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	on	glass
High Tide / height (m)		6:20AM 3.07	4:51AM 4.93		5:04PM 5.26		5:06AM 3.91	9:24AM 4.78	6:25PM 3.54		6:17AM 4.27	6:56PM 3.54		6:46AM 4.30	6:56PM 4.37		6:46AM 5.26		11:33AM 4.97		8:17PM 6.35	8:31AM 6.21
Low Tide / height (m)	10:13AM 1.33	12:20PM 0.73	10:43PM 0.65	10:57AM 0.67		12:08AM 0.52	11:28AM 1.01			12:01AM 0.12	12:12PM 0.31		12:30AM 0.12	12:42PM 0.29		1:17AM 0.25		1:10PM 0.38	5:58AM 0.41	2:23PM 0.61	2:38AM 0.78
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	clear	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	-	5	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	26	16	14	13	21	14	15	17	15	10	16	16	19	12	12	11	13	14	13	13	22	20
Low °C	22	15	13	11	17	14	15	17	13	8	16	13	19	11	11	11	11	13	12	13	21	19
Chill °C (?)	26	14	13	13	21	12	14	16	14	7	15	15	19	11	12	10	12	14	13	13	22	20
Sunrise	7:48	6:50	-	-	-	-	8:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:16	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:44	-	8:09	7:25	-	8:35	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:21	-	-	8:01	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	1.7 NNW	1.4 WSW	1.7 W	0.7 W	1.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.1 SW	1.6 WNW	2.1 NNE	2.5 NNW	1.9 NW	1.6 NNW	1.2 NW	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.6 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 NNE	1.0 NNE
Period (s)	10	9	9	10	9	9	8	13	8	10	10	9	8	8	12	12	11	11	11	10	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.3 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	-	0.2 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.1 SW	1.0 NW	-	-	-	0.5 N	1.0 WNW	1.0 N	0.9 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.7 N	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	11	10	16	16	-	15	8	13	13	-	-	-	12	13	9	8	8	9	8	8	10	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 SW	-	-	0.8 WSW	1.6 WNW	-	1.7 WNW	-	2.5 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.3 S	0.6 S	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	-	-	5	10	-	8	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	-	-

	Thu	Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
	11PM	1AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in France	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	La Palue Brittany - Finistere	La Palue Brittany - Finistere	La Palue Brittany - Finistere	Lampaul Ploudalmezeau Brittany - Finistere	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Lahinch Strand Clare	Lahinch Strand Clare	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Lahinch Strand Clare	Lahinch Strand Clare	Lahinch Strand Clare	Garrettstown Cork	Sennen Cove Cornwall (North)	Sennen Cove Cornwall (North)	Collignon Normandy	Aber Wrac'h Point Brittany - Finistere	Aber Wrac'h Point Brittany - Finistere	Aber Wrac'h Point Brittany - Finistere
Rating	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WNW	2.5 N	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.2 WNW	1.6 W	1.9 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	2.1 NNW	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.0 W	0.8 SW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.7 WNW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 W
Period(s) (?)	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	10	10	10	12	9	9	8	8	8	8	7	8	7	9
Energy(?)	595	1707	604	535	601	525	267	522	903	602	515	1559	294	255	175	124	338	243	259	230	289	390
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			4:12AM 4.62				4:07PM 3.94					5:43AM 2.94				5:17PM 3.41				6:08AM 6.29
Low Tide / height (m)	10:00PM 1.22	12:06AM 0.50			10:17AM 0.98	11:06AM 1.27				10:57PM 0.38				11:09AM 0.58				11:27PM 0.43	3:57AM 0.28			12:22PM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	1	1	1	-	1	-	1
Temp. °C	29	12	15	15	16	18	36	14	11	12	12	11	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15
Chill °C (?)	29	10	14	14	15	17	36	12	10	12	12	11	12	14	13	14	14	13	14	13	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:02	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	2.5 N	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.2 WNW	1.6 W	1.9 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	2.1 NNW	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.0 W	0.8 SW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.3 WNW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 W
Period (s)	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	10	10	10	12	9	9	8	8	8	8	10	8	7	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.1 WSW	0.7 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	-	1.0 N	1.0 N	0.1 SW	0.1 W	1.5 WSW	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW	0.3 NW	0.3 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	-	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	-	10	10	10	9	9	-	9	10	16	16	10	9	13	11	15	9	9	-	8	8	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-

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	9PM	9PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in France	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	La Palue Brittany - Finistere	La Palue Brittany - Finistere	La Palue Brittany - Finistere	Lampaul Ploudalmezeau Brittany - Finistere	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Lahinch Strand Clare	Lahinch Strand Clare	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Lahinch Strand Clare	Lahinch Strand Clare	Lahinch Strand Clare	Garrettstown Cork	Sennen Cove Cornwall (North)	Sennen Cove Cornwall (North)	Collignon Normandy	Aber Wrac'h Point Brittany - Finistere	Aber Wrac'h Point Brittany - Finistere	Aber Wrac'h Point Brittany - Finistere
Rating	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WNW	3.0 NNW	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.3 WNW	1.9 NNW	2.0 N	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 N	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.9 SW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.0 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.5 W
Period(s) (?)	12	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	12	10	10	11	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	680	2365	791	728	714	659	443	735	1671	563	458	1443	458	399	383	695	831	825	184	512	444	444
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	on	on	on	cross	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)										4:33AM 3.78												5:11PM 5.99
Low Tide / height (m)			10:01PM 0.98													10:41AM 0.57			2:56PM 0.96
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	31	12	15	15	15	15	21	12	13	14	14	12	14	14	14	14	16	16	25	18	18	18
Chill °C (?)	31	11	14	14	14	14	21	11	11	13	12	10	13	13	13	14	14	14	25	18	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WNW	3.0 NNW	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.3 WNW	1.9 NNW	2.0 N	0.1 NW	1.6 WSW	1.8 N	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.2 SSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.0 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.5 W
Period (s)	12	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	12	13	10	11	10	10	10	18	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.4 WSW	0.6 WNW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	-	0.4 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 W	0.1 NW	0.1 SW	0.1 NW	-	-	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	-	11	11	11	10	10	-	11	17	18	12	18	12	-	-	15	16	16	-	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	-	1.9 WSW	-	-	-	1.9 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	10	-	10	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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