Omaha Beach
Metropolitan France, France
- Free parking
Today at a glance
Calmest: 4 pm to sunset, sunset 6:57 pm1.0
49 km/h30 mph wind, Poor
1.3
47 km/h29 mph wind, Poor
1.3
49 km/h31 mph wind, Poor
1.3
49 km/h31 mph wind, Poor
1.5
48 km/h30 mph wind, Poor
1.6
48 km/h30 mph wind, Poor
1.9
47 km/h29 mph wind, Poor
2.4
44 km/h28 mph wind, Poor
2.9
40 km/h25 mph wind, Poor
3.2
37 km/h23 mph wind, Poor
This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.
Where to stay near the beach
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Forecast, hour by hour
Beach score for daylight hours, today and tomorrow. Wind in km/hmph underneath.
- Air
- 13°C55°F
- Water
- 17°C62°F
- Wind
- 5232 km/hmph SSW
- Gusts
- 9559 km/hmph
- Waves
- 1.2 m4 ft
- UV
- 0 low
- Tide
- rising
- Rain
- 100%
- Sunset
- 6:57 pm
Tide, next 24 hours
- High 9 am, 2.3 m7 ft
- Low 3 pm, -2.2 m7 ft
- High 9 pm, 1.9 m6 ft
- Low 4 am, -2.8 m9 ft
Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.
The days ahead
Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.
- Sun4.6 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 35 km/h22 mph, rain 50%
- Mon4.6 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 25 km/h15 mph, rain 59%
- Tue4.5 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 27 km/h17 mph, rain 41%
- Wed6.8 GoodBest 8 am to 5 pmWind up to 15 km/h9 mph, rain 12%
- Thu6.3 GoodBest 3 pm to 6 pmWind up to 10 km/h6 mph, rain 0%
Beach info
Facilities and the beaches next door.
About Omaha Beach
Omaha Beach is located in Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, France, and is accessible to visitors. It is 18,206 meters away from the nearby Beach of Arromanches. There are four parking areas within 500 meters of the beach.
Omaha Beach was one of five Allied beach landing sectors of the amphibious assault component of Operation Overlord during the Second World War.
On June 6, 1944, the Allies invaded German-occupied France with the Normandy landings. "Omaha" refers to an 8-kilometer (5 mi) section of the coast of Normandy, France, facing the English Channel, from west of Sainte-Honorine-des-Pertes to east of Vierville-sur-Mer on the right bank of the Douve river estuary. Landings here were necessary to link the British landings to the east at Gold with the American landing to the west at Utah, thus providing a continuous lodgement on the Normandy coast of the Baie de Seine (Bay of the Seine River). Taking Omaha was to be the responsibility of United States Army troops, with sea transport, and a naval bombardment force provided predominantly by the United States Navy and Coast Guard, with contributions from the British, Canadian and Free French navies.
Source: Omaha Beach on Wikipedia (authors). Text available under CC BY-SA 4.0; text may have been shortened. Retrieved Oct 19, 2026. Data sources
Facilities
- Parking4 within 500 m0.3 miNearest 180 m580 ft. Listed as free
- Food and drink3 within 1 km0.6 miNearest 460 m0.3 mi
- Wheelchair rampMapped nearbyWithin 500 m0.3 mi
Getting there
- Nearest bus stop
- 850 m0.5 miPlage
- Nearest town
- 1.2 km0.7 miSaint-Laurent-sur-Mer (village)
- Nearest airport
- 37 km23 miAéroport de Caen-Carpiquet (CFR)
Nearby places
- La SapinièreFood and drink460 m0.3 mi
- D-Day HouseFood and drink800 m0.5 mi
- L'OmahaRegional920 m0.6 mi
Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources
Nearby beaches
- Beach of Arromanches18 km11 mi east away2.2 Poor later
- Gold Beach22 km14 mi east away2.1 Poor later
- Utah Beach23 km14 mi west away3.2 Poor later