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 06			Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			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	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Biscarosse Plage Landes	Pors Theolen Brittany - Finistere	Contreira Madeira	Anglet - La Barre La Cote Basque	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Anse de Lesconil Brittany - Finistere	Afife Douro & Minho	Supertubos Peniche	Hossegor - La Nord Landes	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Trez Hir Brittany - Finistere	Cap de la Chevre Brittany - Finistere	Labenne Ocean Landes	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Arna Plage Landes	Contreira Madeira	Contreira Madeira	Temara Plage Rabat to Casblanca
Rating	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	6	6	6	5	4	6	7	5	4	4	4	4	5	6	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	1.9 WNW	1.9 W	2.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 SW	3.0 WNW	2.0 NW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 W	2.1 W	2.2 WNW	1.9 NW	4.0 NW	1.9 NW
Period(s) (?)	13	14	13	12	13	12	9	11	16	12	16	16	15	16	16	15	14	14	14	13	12	13
Energy(?)	2172	1266	2272	2194	5952	2253	1365	2633	3956	2641	4377	3647	4559	7619	3659	2516	2331	1919	1913	1900	4752	1129
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	4:04PM 4.49		4:25AM 4.48		7:02PM 3.80	6:03AM 7.28	5:33PM 4.01		5:58AM 5.40	6:34PM 5.49		4:01AM 2.13	4:36PM 1.85	7:10PM 3.85	7:30AM 3.97		8:10PM 3.55	8:40AM 3.30		9:25PM 3.06	7:19AM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)		10:31PM 0.73	10:52AM 0.68	12:56PM -0.04	1:16AM -0.06	12:31PM -0.31		11:32PM -0.03	12:17PM -0.00		12:48AM 0.33	10:20AM 0.23		1:08AM 1.01		2:15PM 1.23	2:32AM 1.57		2:52PM 0.77	3:32AM 1.18		5:50PM 0.86
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	heavy rain	clear
Rain (mm)	6	1	-	-	4	-	-	3	-	1	-	-	1	5	-	-	-	-	-	4	18	-
High °C	11	19	15	20	15	16	14	14	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	10	11	19	20	17	20
Low °C	11	17	14	19	14	14	14	12	16	15	13	12	13	13	12	15	9	9	16	19	17	20
Chill °C (?)	8	19	13	20	13	16	12	13	15	14	15	14	12	13	14	15	8	8	19	20	17	20
Sunrise	-	-	8:10	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:52	-	-	8:03	-	-	7:35	-
Sunset	4:28	-	-	6:13	-	-	5:51	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:44	-	-	6:25
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 W	1.9 WNW	1.9 W	2.0 NNW	-	3.0 WNW	3.0 SW	3.0 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 W	2.1 W	2.2 WNW	1.9 NW	0.3 SSW	1.9 NW
Period (s)	13	14	13	11	-	12	9	11	11	12	16	16	15	16	16	15	14	14	14	13	16	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NNW	-	1.8 SW	2.0 WNW	-	-	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	2.0 NW	1.2 WNW	-	-	0.9 W	-	-	-	0.8 NNE	0.9 NNE	-	1.0 WNW	0.1 S	-
Period (s)	8	-	10	12	-	-	11	18	16	17	-	-	18	-	-	-	8	10	-	12	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.5 S	1.5 SSE	-	4.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 S	-	2.3 W	4.0 NW	-
Period (s)	4	4	7	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	7	12	-

	Wednesday 05			Thursday 06								Friday 07								Saturday 08
	4PM	7PM	10PM	0AM	3AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	0AM	3AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in France	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Aber Wrac'h Point Brittany - Finistere	Biscarosse Plage Landes	Carcans Plage Gironde	Pors Theolen Brittany - Finistere	La Palue Brittany - Finistere	La Palue Brittany - Finistere	Contreira Madeira	Contreira Madeira	Lafitenia La Cote Basque	Anglet - La Barre La Cote Basque	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Arna Plage Landes	Saint Nicolas Vendee	Anse de Lesconil Brittany - Finistere	Contreira Madeira	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 W	3.0 SW	2.1 W	1.9 SSW	2.1 NNW	1.6 NNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 NW	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	11	14	14	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	17	16
Energy(?)	1230	1048	1018	1324	1157	1695	1066	1218	3803	2347	2170	2449	1805	3186	2253	1536	1062	1138	1048	1478	3411	4368
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		4:04PM 4.49				5:21AM 7.25				5:03PM 5.94			2:26AM 2.31	5:01AM 4.52				5:32PM 3.98
Low Tide / height (m)					12:34AM -0.14			10:25AM -0.28								11:38AM 0.69				11:43PM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	20	19	12	12	14	16	16	15	14	13	18	18	13	14	16	14	13	15	13	20	10
Chill °C (?)	21	20	19	11	10	12	15	16	13	13	12	18	18	12	14	16	14	12	14	11	20	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 W	3.0 SW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 NNW	1.6 NNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 NW	3.0 W
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	10	11	14	14	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	17	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.0 NE	0.9 NE	1.6 SW	0.7 SW	-	1.5 WNW	2.1 W	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.3 WSW	1.7 WNW	0.7 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	5	10	5	-	13	13	13	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	21	18	12	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 05										Thursday 06
	2PM	3PM	4PM	4PM	5PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	0AM	1AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in France	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Aber Wrac'h Point Brittany - Finistere	Biscarosse Plage Landes	Carcans Plage Gironde	Pors Theolen Brittany - Finistere	La Palue Brittany - Finistere	La Palue Brittany - Finistere	Contreira Madeira	Contreira Madeira	Lafitenia La Cote Basque	Anglet - La Barre La Cote Basque	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Arna Plage Landes	Saint Nicolas Vendee	Anse de Lesconil Brittany - Finistere	Contreira Madeira	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.4 W	2.3 W	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.7 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 W	1.6 W	2.2 WNW	1.8 W
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12
Energy(?)	1484	1247	1230	1975	1763	2714	1454	1077	2599	2656	2614	4013	3698	850	850	837	840	1129	1090	2085	2487	1017
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)																4:25AM 4.48
Low Tide / height (m)										10:33PM -0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	22	21	11	11	16	20	17	15	15	16	19	19	17	17	17	17	16	15	14	19	12
Chill °C (?)	22	22	21	8	8	14	20	16	13	13	14	19	19	17	17	17	17	15	14	12	19	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	8:07	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	4:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.4 W	2.3 W	2.1 SW	2.0 WNW	1.7 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 W	1.9 SW	2.2 WNW	1.8 W
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	13	11	14	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	10	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	2.1 WNW	-	0.5 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	2.3 NNW	2.2 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 SSW	1.6 W	2.1 NNW	0.5 N
Period (s)	-	-	-	8	8	14	-	6	11	11	11	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	6	13	11	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	1.5 SSE	1.2 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	1.4 SSE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	4	8	5	6	8	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	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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