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

	Wed	Thursday 23			Fri		Sat				Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29
	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	PM	AM	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	Night	Night	PM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in France	Contreira Madeira	Contreira Madeira	Contreira Madeira	Arrifana Algarve	La Palue Brittany - Finistere	Cabo de Sines Alentejo	Ste Barbe Brittany - Morbihan	Klitmoller Jylland	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Scarborough North Bay North East England	Puerto Cabopino Andalucia	Playa de Lanzada Galicia	Afife Douro & Minho	Anael Brittany - Finistere	Afife Douro & Minho	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Hossegor - La Graviere Landes	Lahinch Strand Clare	Lahinch Strand Clare
Rating	4	4	4	3	2	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.8 W	1.4 WSW	1.7 W	1.0 WSW	3.0 NW	0.4 SW	1.2 N	1.2 N	1.1 N	1.2 NNE	1.7 ESE	0.3 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.9 WNW	1.2 W	0.8 WNW	1.2 W	1.2 WSW
Period(s)	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	8	12	11	10	11	10	7	16	10	15	13	13	13	11	11
Energy	2094	1899	1386	799	450	601	226	1753	56	358	289	286	318	503	98	91	155	363	559	268	392	601
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)		7:27AM 1.61		8:52PM 2.54	8:55AM 1.53		9:23PM 1.74	10:23AM 1.56		10:42PM 1.80	12:25PM 2.33		12:09AM 2.49	4:45AM 3.37	3:34AM 4.73		4:01PM 4.74	1:41PM 3.03	1:30AM 2.67	4:37PM 4.97	4:52AM 5.09
Low Tide / height (m)	1:08AM 0.48		1:24PM 0.66	3:26AM 0.71		2:55PM 0.73		4:09AM 0.56	4:24PM 0.70		6:11AM 0.64	6:26PM 0.78		11:32AM 0.84	9:22PM 1.18	10:44PM 1.88			7:21PM 0.46		10:46PM 0.70	10:44AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	18	18	14	20	17	13	8	9	11	12	13	14	19	24	22	13	21	12	17	13	12
Low °C	16	17	18	14	19	16	12	7	8	7	10	11	11	19	17	19	13	21	12	16	12	10
Chill °C (?)	16	18	18	13	20	16	11	4	6	10	11	13	14	19	24	22	11	21	12	16	12	11
Sunrise	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:44	-	9:21	8:19	-	8:54	9:00	-	-	8:52	-	9:02	-	-	9:28	8:29	-	9:05	9:00	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.8 W	1.4 WSW	1.7 W	1.0 WSW	2.4 NW	0.4 SW	1.2 N	1.2 N	1.1 N	1.2 NNE	1.4 ESE	0.4 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.9 WNW	1.2 W	0.8 WNW	1.2 W	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	8	12	11	10	11	10	7	10	10	15	13	13	13	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.9 NNW	0.6 NW	0.7 SE	0.1 S	0.2 S	-	0.3 NNE	0.2 NNW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.4 SE	-	0.4 WSW	0.4 NNW	0.4 WSW	0.6 W	0.7 N	0.2 WNW	0.2 W	0.7 W
Period (s)	13	12	12	11	6	12	4	-	8	8	6	5	4	-	8	7	8	9	10	9	19	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	0.4 ESE	3.0 NW	1.2 NE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	-	-	1.7 ESE	-	-	0.5 NNE	0.2 NNW	-	0.9 NNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	-	3	8	5	3	4	-	-	7	-	-	4	7	-	5	-	-

	Wed	Thursday 23								Friday 24								Saturday 25
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	5PM	7PM	11PM	1AM	4AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in France	Contreira Madeira	Contreira Madeira	Contreira Madeira	Afife Douro & Minho	Contreira Madeira	Contreira Madeira	Contreira Madeira	Contreira Madeira	Contreira Madeira	Contreira Madeira	Afife Douro & Minho	Afife Douro & Minho	Arrifana Algarve	Abereiddy Wales - Pembrokeshire	La Palue Brittany - Finistere	Llangennith Wales - Gower	La Palue Brittany - Finistere	Cabo de Sines Alentejo	Moulay Bousselham Tangier to Rabat	La Palue Brittany - Finistere	La Palue Brittany - Finistere	La Torche Brittany - Finistere
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.2 WNW	1.8 WSW	3.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 W	1.3 SW	1.4 WSW	1.0 SW	1.3 WSW	1.6 W	1.5 WNW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period(s)	12	12	12	9	11	11	11	10	11	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy	2113	2094	2640	689	1899	1484	1386	1276	1464	1385	702	680	682	371	450	224	389	520	502	349	277	281
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					7:27AM 1.61				7:55PM 1.77				9:20AM 2.07									1:05PM 2.99
Low Tide / height (m)			1:08AM 0.48				1:24PM 0.66				3:26AM 0.71					6:52PM 2.44				6:35AM 1.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	16	13	17	18	18	18	17	17	13	12	16	13	20	16	18	15	15	15	15	16
Chill °C (?)	16	16	15	13	17	18	18	18	17	17	13	12	16	11	20	15	18	14	14	14	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:43	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:28	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.2 WNW	1.8 WSW	3.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 W	1.3 SW	1.4 WSW	1.0 SW	1.3 WSW	1.6 W	1.5 WNW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	9	11	11	11	10	11	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	2.0 NW	0.7 NW	0.3 SSW	1.3 NNW	0.9 NNW	1.3 NNW	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.1 NW	-	-	-	0.7 SE	-	0.6 SSE	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	-
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	10	-	-	-	6	-	6	-	-	5	5	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	6	4	-	-	-	-	-	4

	Wednesday 22				Thursday 23
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	11AM	11AM	1PM	1PM	2PM	4PM	5PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in France	Contreira Madeira	Contreira Madeira	Contreira Madeira	Afife Douro & Minho	Contreira Madeira	Contreira Madeira	Contreira Madeira	Contreira Madeira	Contreira Madeira	Contreira Madeira	Afife Douro & Minho	Afife Douro & Minho	Arrifana Algarve	Abereiddy Wales - Pembrokeshire	La Palue Brittany - Finistere	Llangennith Wales - Gower	La Palue Brittany - Finistere	Cabo de Sines Alentejo	Moulay Bousselham Tangier to Rabat	La Palue Brittany - Finistere	La Palue Brittany - Finistere	La Torche Brittany - Finistere
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	1.9 WSW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.4 WNW	0.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 W	1.4 NW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s)	12	12	12	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	9	9	11	10	10	11	10	11	11	10	10	10
Energy	2160	2149	2113	860	2129	2094	2094	2640	2640	2273	696	689	858	36	420	65	405	736	512	345	318	311
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)													7:55AM 2.19		10:03AM 4.41
Low Tide / height (m)							1:08AM 0.48												1:44PM 0.82		4:22PM 1.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	16	13	16	16	16	16	16	16	13	13	13	10	14	11	16	16	17	19	19	18
Chill °C (?)	15	15	16	13	16	16	16	15	15	15	13	13	12	7	12	8	14	16	16	18	18	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	1.9 WSW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.4 WNW	0.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 W	1.4 NW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	9	9	11	10	10	11	10	11	11	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 NW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	1.7 NNW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	1.1 NW	0.1 SW	0.4 NE	0.1 SW	0.3 NNE	0.6 NW	-	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.1 NW
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	15	7	15	7	12	-	7	7	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	1.0 E	0.8 SE	-	-	0.8 SE	0.9 SE	1.3 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	6	4	6	-	-	6	6	6

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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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