Eastbourne surf break

Eastbourne surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Friday 09 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
7.3° C
(Which is 1.6°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Eastbourne today?

The current surf forecast for Eastbourne at 3PM is: 0.9m 8s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 09). An open ocean swell of 1.4m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)6ft (1.9m)10s
Afternoon (09 Jan)3ft (0.9m)8s
Evening (09 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)12s

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

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Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
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 (?)
1.9
SW
1.4
SW
0.9
WSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.7
WSW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
WSW
0.4
SW
0.9
S
1.5
S
2.1
S
2.4
S
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.3
SW
Period(s) (?)1098121212812121212111111111145677777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)62530011747484956729011487635958462924121339537752758555524
Wind
(km/h)
50
NW
50
NW
45
NW
45
NW
40
NW
35
NW
40
NW
35
NNW
30
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
20
N
10
NNE
5
NE
10
SE
20
SSE
30
SSE
35
S
45
S
50
S
50
S
50
SSW
45
SSW
35
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:10PM
5.51
3:37AM
5.48
3:56PM
5.12
4:24AM
5.11
4:49PM
4.76
5:20AM
4.81
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:27AM
1.13
9:43PM
1.13
10:11AM
1.42
10:28PM
1.47
10:59AM
1.69
11:17PM
1.77
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Sunrise7:58-------7:58-------7:56-------
Sunset--4:12-------4:14-------4:15-----
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
11----------------113122
Temp. °C34544322133332344556791011
Feels °C (?)-8-7-6-6-6-6-8-7-7-4-4-3-1-1-1-2-4-4-5-5-4-224
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