Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Eastbourne today (18 Aug):
- Evening surf: Evening surf (18 Aug, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 6s period with SW swell.
The current surf forecast for Eastbourne at 9PM is: 1.4m 6s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm August 18). An open ocean swell of 1.6m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (18 Aug) | - | - |
| Afternoon (18 Aug) | - | - |
| Evening (18 Aug) | 4.5ft (1.4m) | 6s |
Table - waves today at Eastbourne. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastSome drizzle, heaviest during Thu night. Warm (max 21°C on Tue morning, min 14°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WSW on Tue afternoon, light winds from the NW by Thu night). | |||||||||||||||||||||
Tue 18 | Wednesday 19 | Thursday 20 | |||||||||||||||||||
10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 5 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | SW 6 | WSW 6 | SW 6 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | WSW 5 | WSW 5 | SW 5 | WSW 4 | WSW 5 | W 10 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | WSW 5 | WSW 5 | SW 6 | WSW 6 | SW 6 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 260 | 88 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 268 | 201 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 3:39PM5.89m | 3:57AM5.55m | 4:17PM5.44m | 4:37AM5.08m | 5:00PM4.98m | ||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 9:45AM0.81m | 10:07PM1.07m | 10:23AM1.23m | 10:48PM1.45m | 11:05AM1.64m | ||||||||||||||||
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 | 5:50 | — | — | — | — | — | 5:50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:52 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | 8:14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:09 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Temp °C | 19 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 |
Feels °C | 17 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | SW 6 | SW 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | W 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | 139 | 88 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 5 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | SW 6 | WSW 6 | — | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | WSW 5 | WSW 5 | SW 5 | WSW 4 | WSW 5 | WSW 5 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | WSW 5 | WSW 5 | SW 6 | WSW 6 | SW 6 |
| kJ | 66 | 97 | 148 | 176 | 260 | — | 65 | 62 | 62 | 41 | 23 | 21 | 42 | 36 | 58 | 65 | 90 | 106 | 159 | 268 | 201 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 402 | 402 | 727 | 100 | 115 | 99 | 71 | 176 | 209 | 117 | 450 | 304 | 141 | 353 | 362 | 313 | 362 | 362 | 362 | 296 | 115 |
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