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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	Wed		Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wed
	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	Le Goudoul Brittany - Finistere	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Lacanau Ocean Gironde	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Anglet - Chambre d'Amour La Cote Basque	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Agosta Mediterranean - Corsica	Afife Douro & Minho	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Zarautz Pais Vasco	Ile de Re - Le Gouyot Charente Maritime	La Baie Des Sables Vendee	Villefranche sur Mer Mediterranean - Cote d'Azur	Levanto West Coast	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Lahinch Strand Clare	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island
Rating	3	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	4	2	3	3	2	3	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 NW	2.1 NNW	1.5 WNW	2.4 N	2.5 NW	1.3 N	1.2 W	2.3 W	1.2 WNW	1.5 W	2.0 W	3.0 WNW	1.4 WSW	1.8 W	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	1.9 N	0.9 WNW	1.9 NW	2.1 NW	1.8 NW	2.5 W
Period(s) (?)	8	8	9	11	9	11	13	10	13	10	11	9	10	9	6	7	7	9	8	10	10	10
Energy(?)	556	495	404	1470	965	748	803	1055	555	999	978	1721	358	577	60	147	649	243	668	777	614	1358
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	glass	on	cross- on	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		1:27AM 2.01	10:18AM 0.31	4:31PM 3.76		4:43AM 4.00	5:01PM 3.85		5:12AM 3.71	5:33PM 3.36		7:00AM 3.14			6:22AM 3.81		7:51PM 2.57	8:17AM 2.95		8:33PM 2.42	1:07PM 0.25
Low Tide / height (m)	4:11PM 0.06	7:13PM 0.32	4:10AM 0.05		10:26PM 0.51	11:14AM 1.23		10:59PM 0.54	11:20AM 0.48		11:44PM 0.68		4:11PM 1.68	12:33AM 1.50		1:47PM 0.75	1:43AM 0.71		1:18PM 0.78	2:21AM 0.84	5:37AM 0.05	12:32PM 0.79
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	mod. rain	rain shwrs	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	5	3	-	8	-	2	7	-	-	3	1	-	7	9	3	-	-	5	8	1	2
High °C	9	12	7	7	10	5	6	8	10	6	7	12	14	12	9	8	8	9	12	10	8	13
Low °C	8	8	7	7	5	5	6	5	8	6	6	11	14	11	8	8	8	9	11	6	6	12
Chill °C (?)	5	9	7	4	6	2	2	8	10	3	4	10	12	10	9	7	4	7	10	8	6	11
Sunrise	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:15	-	-	7:31	-	-	8:10	-	-	7:35	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:11	-
Sunset	5:36	-	-	4:30	-	-	4:29	-	-	3:41	-	-	5:25	-	-	4:47	-	-	5:34	-	-	4:22
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 W	0.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	0.7 W	-	1.3 N	1.2 W	2.3 W	1.2 WNW	1.5 W	2.0 W	-	-	1.8 W	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	1.3 W	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	2.1 NW	1.8 NW	2.5 W
Period (s)	12	12	9	10	-	11	13	10	13	10	11	-	-	9	6	7	10	9	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.2 W	-	0.9 W	0.9 N	-	0.5 NNW	0.9 W	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	-	0.5 SSE	-	0.6 WSW	-	-	-	0.2 N
Period (s)	-	-	-	17	-	14	10	-	8	12	9	-	-	-	-	5	-	9	-	-	-	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 NW	2.1 NNW	-	2.4 N	2.5 NW	0.7 SW	1.3 SW	-	-	1.3 W	0.6 S	3.0 WNW	1.4 WSW	-	-	-	1.9 N	-	1.9 NW	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	-	11	9	3	6	-	-	10	3	9	10	-	-	-	7	-	8	-	-	-

	Wednesday 19			Thursday 20								Friday 21								Saturday 22
	4PM	6PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	0AM	3AM	7AM	10AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	4AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in France	Bore South and West	Contreira Madeira	Bore South and West	Le Goudoul Brittany - Finistere	Biscarosse Plage Landes	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Hossegor - La Graviere Landes	Lacanau Ocean Gironde	Le Sail Fish Gironde	Le Goudoul Brittany - Finistere	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Anglet - Chambre d'Amour La Cote Basque	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Inch Strand Kerry	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Badesi Sardinia	Afife Douro & Minho
Rating	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 NW	1.1 WNW	1.2 NW	1.7 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 NNW	2.0 NW	1.8 NW	1.2 NW	1.6 NW	1.2 NW	1.8 N	1.5 N	2.1 NW	1.8 NW	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.3 W	2.1 W	2.4 WNW	1.2 W
Period(s) (?)	10	12	10	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	11	10	9	9	14	13	13	13	13	10	13
Energy(?)	286	522	291	512	623	567	635	588	300	534	258	992	541	651	545	706	803	808	736	1596	1080	547
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high
High Tide / height (m)			10:00PM 0.28			4:13AM 3.98				4:28PM 3.49				4:43AM 4.00								3:35AM 2.83
Low Tide / height (m)				10:04PM 0.50				10:13AM 0.42				11:32PM 0.39	2:40AM 1.58			11:59AM 0.45					3:12AM 0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	2	2	1	3	2	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	5	-	2	-
Temp. °C	3	18	2	7	7	8	8	7	5	6	7	6	4	5	4	5	6	6	10	8	8	8
Chill °C (?)	1	18	0	3	4	6	7	6	2	3	4	5	1	3	1	1	2	2	10	6	8	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	4:07	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:29	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 NW	1.3 NNE	1.2 NW	0.5 W	2.1 NW	2.0 NNW	2.0 NW	1.8 NW	1.2 NW	0.5 W	1.2 NW	1.8 N	1.5 N	2.1 NW	1.8 NW	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	0.6 N	-	1.2 W
Period (s)	10	8	10	12	8	8	9	9	9	12	8	11	10	9	9	14	13	8	13	10	-	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	1.1 WNW	0.2 NNW	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.4 W	0.1 W	0.5 WNW	1.1 N	0.9 N	1.2 W	0.4 N	0.5 N	-	0.5 NNW
Period (s)	13	12	13	-	-	-	-	11	12	11	11	10	10	18	11	10	10	13	10	10	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.7 NW	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 NW	0.4 NNE	-	0.7 NW	-	-	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 S	1.4 WSW	2.1 W	2.4 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	9	3	-	6	-	-	4	6	4	6	13	10	-

	Wednesday 19										Thursday 20
	2PM	2PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	0AM	1AM	3AM	4AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	10AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in France	Bore South and West	Contreira Madeira	Bore South and West	Le Goudoul Brittany - Finistere	Biscarosse Plage Landes	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Hossegor - La Graviere Landes	Lacanau Ocean Gironde	Le Sail Fish Gironde	Le Goudoul Brittany - Finistere	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Anglet - Chambre d'Amour La Cote Basque	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Inch Strand Kerry	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Badesi Sardinia	Afife Douro & Minho
Rating	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 NW	1.4 NNE	1.2 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 NNW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	2.0 NW	1.9 NW	2.3 NW	1.8 NW	3.0 N	4.0 N	2.1 NNW	2.1 NNW	3.0 N	3.0 N	3.0 N	0.8 W	2.5 N	1.4 NW	1.4 NNW
Period(s) (?)	10	9	10	8	7	6	6	7	7	7	9	11	11	8	8	11	11	11	11	11	6	8
Energy(?)	279	521	286	581	473	202	203	408	436	640	551	1960	4075	545	570	1890	1924	1924	162	1817	157	467
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	off	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		1:11PM 1.92		4:01PM 3.75														5:21AM 3.19
Low Tide / height (m)									9:49PM 0.49			11:02PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	3	19	3	9	12	13	12	12	10	10	7	6	5	10	10	6	6	6	6	6	14	10
Chill °C (?)	1	19	1	5	9	10	9	9	7	7	3	2	-1	8	8	2	2	2	2	2	12	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:07	5:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 NW	1.4 NNE	1.2 NW	0.3 W	0.5 W	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.2 W	0.2 WNW	0.2 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	-	0.8 W
Period (s)	10	9	10	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	-	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.9 WNW	0.1 NW	-	0.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	-	-	0.4 NW
Period (s)	-	12	13	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	2.0 NW	2.1 NNW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	2.0 NW	1.9 NW	2.3 NW	1.8 NW	3.0 N	4.0 N	2.1 NNW	2.1 NNW	3.0 N	3.0 N	3.0 N	2.0 NNW	2.5 N	1.4 NW	1.4 NNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	8	7	6	6	7	7	7	9	11	11	8	8	11	11	11	7	11	6	8

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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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