Eastbourne Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.77° N 0.30° E

Eastbourne 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 26 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Eastbourne sea temperature is
19.1°C
2.7° 

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 (26 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (26 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 13s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (26 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 12s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (26 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 8s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Eastbourne at 10AM is: 0.3m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am September 26). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Sep)1ft (0.3m)13s
Afternoon (26 Sep)0.5ft (0.1m)12s
Evening (26 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Very mild (max 18°C on Sat morning, min 13°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (calm on Sat morning, fresh winds from the E by Mon night).

Saturday
26
Sunday
27
Monday
28
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
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
SW
14
0.3
SW
14
0.3
SW
13
0.2
WSW
13
0.1
SW
12
0.2
WSW
8
0.2
WSW
8
0.2
WSW
8
0.2
WSW
7
0.2
WSW
7
0.2
WSW
7
0.5
S
3
0.7
SW
4
0.9
SW
4
1.1
SW
5
1.1
SW
5
0.9
SW
5
0.7
SW
5
0.6
SW
6
0.5
SW
6
0.5
SW
6
0.4
SW
7
0.4
SW
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
32
29
27
17
6
6
6
6
5
5
5
6
15
32
64
71
49
30
27
19
19
12
14
Wind (km/h)
20
NNW
15
N
15
N
0
E
10
SSW
5
SE
10
ENE
15
E
15
ESE
15
SE
20
SSE
20
S
25
WSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
20
WNW
15
NW
10
N
15
NNE
10
E
10
E
20
ENE
20
ENE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
High Tide
11:48AM6.28m
00:03AM6.38m
12:22PM6.61m
00:38AM6.64m
12:57PM6.79m
Low Tide
6:06PM0.50m
6:22AM0.26m
6:41PM0.26m
6:57AM0.12m
7:16PM0.15m
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Temp °C
15
15
15
18
17
16
16
16
16
16
17
18
18
17
18
17
14
13
14
16
16
16
15
Feels °C
11
12
12
17
15
15
15
14
14
14
15
15
15
15
15
15
12
12
12
14
14
12
12
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