Eastbourne surf break

Eastbourne surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Wednesday 07 Jan 2026 GMT
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Eastbourne surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Eastbourne sea temperature is
7.7° C
(Which is 1.3°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Eastbourne today?

The current surf forecast for Eastbourne at 9PM is: 1.0m 6s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)--
Afternoon (07 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)6s
Evening (07 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)6s

Table - waves today at Eastbourne. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1
WSW
1.1
W
0.6
WSW
0.4
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
SW
1.1
SSW
2.4
SW
5
SW
5
SW
4.5
SW
4
WSW
3
WSW
3
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.3
W
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
0.9
WSW
Period(s) (?)66676567746101312111099999888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1601348010722117599774549452108498537435492043137512511010791280217207117
Wind
(km/h)
35
WNW
30
WNW
20
W
10
WNW
5
NE
5
SSW
15
WNW
15
WSW
10
SSE
45
SSW
60
SW
75
SSW
75
W
65
W
60
W
55
WNW
55
WNW
50
WNW
50
WNW
45
NW
45
NW
45
NW
45
NW
40
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassoffcross-
off
oncross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:44PM
6.22
2:10AM
6.16
2:27PM
5.89
2:53AM
5.84
3:10PM
5.51
3:37AM
5.48
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:19PM
0.49
8:43AM
0.86
9:01PM
0.79
9:27AM
1.13
9:43PM
1.13
10:11AM
1.42
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunrise------7:58-------7:58-------7:58-
Sunset4:09-------4:10-------4:12-------
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
----1---35713231-1------
Temp. °C65555556610105434455443334
Feels °C (?)-2-201331231-2-11-12-12-9-9-7-7-7-7-8-8-7-6
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