Eastbourne surf break

Eastbourne surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Sunday 19 Apr 2026 BST
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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
11.1° C
(Which is 2.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Eastbourne today?

The current surf forecast for Eastbourne at 10AM is: 0.3m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 19). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)1ft (0.3m)10s
Afternoon (19 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)10s
Evening (19 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)6s

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


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Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wed
22
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
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 (?)
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.4
NE
0.1
SW
0.5
E
0.5
ENE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
Period(s) (?)101010101066101010310333333333444
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2816161010444444445555551111201718
Wind
(km/h)
20
N
15
N
15
N
5
NNE
5
SW
10
S
10
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
20
NE
25
NE
25
ENE
30
ENE
25
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
40
ENE
40
ENE
30
NE
35
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:17PM
6.93
1:36AM
6.91
1:59PM
6.78
2:19AM
6.65
2:43PM
6.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:17AM
-0.05
7:37PM
0.06
8:00AM
0.06
8:21PM
0.29
8:45AM
0.33
9:09PM
0.65
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wed
22
Sunrise-5:56-------5:54-------5:52------
Sunset-----7:59-------8:00-------8:01--
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C989121212109878101097789910101099
Feels °C (?)434999654223332234121221
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