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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	Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26			Thu
	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	Lacanau Ocean Gironde	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Afife Douro & Minho	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Afife Douro & Minho	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast	Vanthrax La Cote Basque	Banzart Tunis and North Coast	Pic Kipu Brittany - Morbihan	Playa de Lanzada Galicia	Villefranche sur Mer Mediterranean - Cote d'Azur	Thoulars Brittany - Morbihan	La Baie Des Sables Vendee	Serapo (Gaeta) West Coast	Cap de l'Homy Landes	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Barceloneta Catalunia	Barceloneta Catalunia
Rating	2	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	2	3	4	2	4	4	3	4	3	3	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WNW	1.9 NW	1.9 N	1.2 N	0.9 WNW	1.4 W	1.2 W	1.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.9 NW	2.5 W	2.0 WNW	1.0 SSW	3.0 W	2.5 WNW	3.0 SW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.2 NW	1.9 NW	1.4 NE	1.6 NE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	11	11	14	13	13	12	13	9	9	9	6	11	11	8	10	10	10	9	7	7
Energy(?)	395	612	1084	692	509	1070	536	966	217	612	1080	813	79	1793	1518	2109	1507	1226	913	587	252	484
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	glass	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		4:30PM 3.89		4:42AM 3.75	5:00PM 3.43		5:15AM 3.97	3:56PM 2.60	6:40PM 2.84	5:47AM 3.90		10:14PM 4.30	4:49AM 3.04	5:09PM 2.39		12:14PM 0.25			6:12AM 2.48		10:47PM 2.54	11:41AM 4.07
Low Tide / height (m)	10:41AM 1.22		10:24PM 0.49	10:45AM 0.42		11:25PM 1.32	11:48AM 1.27		12:35AM 0.51	12:24PM 1.35	1:09PM 0.61		11:10AM 1.09		11:06PM 0.70	5:00AM 0.04	2:29PM 0.88	11:48PM 0.79				5:19AM 2.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	2	5	-	-	-	5	-	1	3	1	-	9	1	-	2	3	3	14	1	2	-	-
High °C	7	9	7	6	12	10	10	9	11	14	12	15	11	11	10	15	11	11	9	10	11	10
Low °C	6	7	5	5	11	9	8	8	7	14	11	15	11	9	9	15	10	8	8	10	7	8
Chill °C (?)	6	5	6	2	10	7	10	6	8	12	10	14	11	8	6	14	8	8	8	8	11	10
Sunrise	8:07	-	-	8:15	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:03	-	-	8:11	-	-	7:52
Sunset	-	5:37	-	-	5:09	-	-	3:47	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:32	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	1.9 NW	1.9 N	1.2 N	0.9 WNW	1.4 W	1.2 W	1.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.3 NNE	-	0.9 W	1.0 SSW	-	-	2.5 SW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.2 NW	1.9 NW	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	11	11	14	13	13	12	13	8	-	11	6	-	-	8	10	10	10	9	6	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.7 W	0.9 W	0.9 NNW	0.6 N	0.5 NNW	0.3 NNE	0.6 NW	-	-	0.1 SW	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-
Period (s)	-	-	10	14	9	10	8	9	6	-	-	11	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.8 SW	-	1.7 W	-	-	-	1.9 NW	2.5 W	2.0 WNW	0.5 E	3.0 W	2.5 WNW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	1.4 NE	1.6 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	-	8	-	-	-	9	9	9	3	11	11	8	-	-	-	-	7	7

	Thursday 20					Friday 21								Saturday 22								Sun
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	6AM	9AM	1PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	7AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in France	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Lacanau Ocean Gironde	Lacanau Ocean Gironde	Cap de l'Homy Landes	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Afife Douro & Minho	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Figueira da Foz - Cabedelo Beira	Afife Douro & Minho	Afife Douro & Minho	Figari Mediterranean - Corsica	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Afife Douro & Minho	Afife Douro & Minho	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast
Rating	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	1.7 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	1.2 NNW	1.2 N	1.7 NW	1.1 W	1.8 W	0.9 WNW	1.2 W	1.2 W	2.2 WNW	2.0 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	2.0 WNW	2.0 W	1.7 WNW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	10	11	8	13	7	14	13	13	10	13	13	13	12	11	11
Energy(?)	673	649	286	240	510	606	542	522	692	382	890	562	548	606	587	1007	1345	537	512	1042	1022	646
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	low	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				4:30PM 3.65				3:02AM 2.85									6:25AM 3.20				7:55PM 3.07
Low Tide / height (m)		10:41AM 1.22				10:53PM 1.28				11:14AM 1.23		3:02PM 1.56		9:21PM 0.46				9:48AM 0.42		3:36PM 1.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	2	3	2	1	3	2	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	6	5	4	5	6	6	10	5	6	8	6	12	8	8	8	8	10	11	6	7	7
Chill °C (?)	8	3	3	4	3	4	3	8	1	6	4	2	10	6	7	5	6	10	11	3	4	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:18	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	1.7 NW	0.3 WNW	2.0 NW	1.2 NNW	1.2 N	1.7 NW	1.1 W	0.6 W	1.2 NNW	1.2 W	1.2 W	2.2 WNW	2.0 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	2.0 WNW	2.0 W	1.7 WNW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	8	11	8	10	11	8	13	14	8	13	13	10	13	13	13	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.6 WNW	-	0.4 WNW	0.7 W	0.9 W	0.1 NW	0.8 N	0.6 N	0.9 WNW	0.9 NNW	0.8 NNW	-	0.4 NNE	0.5 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.2 N	0.4 NNE	0.3 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	12	11	11	-	11	10	14	16	10	9	14	8	8	-	10	8	8	8	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 NW	-	-	0.8 SW	-	1.9 WSW	1.8 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	4	-	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 20																	Friday 21
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	2PM	3PM	5PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	11PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in France	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Lacanau Ocean Gironde	Lacanau Ocean Gironde	Cap de l'Homy Landes	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Afife Douro & Minho	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Figueira da Foz - Cabedelo Beira	Afife Douro & Minho	Afife Douro & Minho	Figari Mediterranean - Corsica	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Afife Douro & Minho	Afife Douro & Minho	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Sandwood Bay Scot - North Coast
Rating	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.9 NW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	1.6 NNW	2.5 N	1.9 NW	2.5 N	2.4 N	2.1 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 N	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	1.6 N	2.0 NNE	1.6 N
Period(s) (?)	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	11	11	9	11	10	7	11	11	8	11	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	613	643	395	387	634	649	649	805	1557	612	2809	1252	703	410	405	504	1084	361	396	611	937	573
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross	on	cross- on	on	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)										4:30PM 3.89
Low Tide / height (m)				10:10AM 0.42											8:49PM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	8	6	7	4	6	6	13	7	8	7	5	12	10	10	12	7	10	10	4	5	5
Chill °C (?)	8	8	5	6	0	3	4	10	4	6	4	1	9	7	7	9	6	8	8	0	1	1
Sunrise	-	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.9 NW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	0.8 W	0.7 W	1.9 NW	2.3 N	0.3 W	0.7 WNW	1.0 NNW	1.0 NNW	-	1.9 N	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	1.6 N	2.0 NNE	1.6 N
Period (s)	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	11	10	9	11	11	11	11	11	-	11	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	0.1 S	0.2 W	-	0.7 W	-	0.6 NNW	0.7 W	0.7 W	-	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.4 W	0.6 W	0.4 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	14	17	-	10	-	13	11	11	-	10	11	11	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 NNW	2.5 N	-	2.5 N	2.4 N	2.1 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.9 WNW	-	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.8 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	-	11	10	7	5	5	8	-	5	5	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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