Eastbourne Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.77° N 0.30° E

Eastbourne 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 22 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Eastbourne sea temperature is
17.0°C
2.3° 

Eastbourne surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Eastbourne today (22 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (22 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 8s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (22 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 6s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Eastbourne at 9PM is: 1.8m 6s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Oct)--
Afternoon (22 Oct)5ft (1.6m)8s
Evening (22 Oct)6ft (1.8m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 40mm), heaviest during Sat afternoon. Very mild (max 17°C on Sat night, min 8°C on Fri afternoon). Mainly gales.

Thu
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
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
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.4
SW
7
1.4
WSW
7
1.8
SSW
6
2.5
SSW
7
3
SSW
8
4
S
8
4
SSW
10
4
WSW
10
4
WSW
11
3.5
WSW
10
3.5
WSW
10
2.5
W
9
2.2
W
6
1.7
WSW
8
1.4
WSW
8
1.9
SW
6
3
SW
7
3.5
SW
8
4.5
SW
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
217
193
193
638
960
1984
3152
3755
4121
3013
2021
1215
0
380
238
275
907
1882
3940
Wind (km/h)
25
WSW
25
S
45
S
55
S
55
S
65
SSE
15
NNE
60
WNW
65
W
65
WNW
60
WNW
50
WNW
40
WNW
30
WNW
25
W
40
SW
55
SSW
65
SSW
65
SW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
9:34PM5.02m
9:58AM5.39m
10:16PM5.52m
10:37AM5.88m
Low Tide
3:25PM1.66m
3:45AM1.36m
4:11PM1.22m
4:29AM0.95m
4:53PM0.79m
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mod rain
thunderstorm
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light rain
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cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
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7:33
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7:35
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5:52
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5:51
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5:49
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 mm
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2
6
2
1
2
1
1
4
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2
8
6
Temp °C
15
14
14
14
14
12
14
12
8
9
10
9
9
10
13
13
13
14
16
Feels °C
9
9
6
4
4
-1
12
1
-5
-5
-4
-2
0
3
7
5
2
2
5
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