Eastbourne Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.77° N 0.30° E

Eastbourne 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 22 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Eastbourne sea temperature is
17.2°C
2.4° 

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):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (22 Oct, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 8s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (22 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 8s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (22 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 7s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Eastbourne at 8AM is: 2.4m 9s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Oct)7.5ft (2.3m)8s
Afternoon (22 Oct)5ft (1.5m)8s
Evening (22 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 40mm), heaviest during Thu night. Very mild (max 15°C on Thu afternoon, min 9°C on Fri afternoon). Winds increasing (moderate winds from the S on Thu afternoon, gales from the WNW by Fri afternoon).

Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
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
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
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.2
SW
8
3
SW
8
2.5
SW
9
2.2
SW
8
1.7
SW
8
1.4
SW
7
1.1
SW
7
1.5
SSW
5
2.4
SSW
6
3
SSW
8
4
S
8
5
SW
10
4
SW
11
4
WSW
11
3.5
WSW
10
3
WSW
10
2.5
W
6
2.1
W
6
1.7
WSW
8
1.4
WSW
8
1.7
WSW
6
2.5
SW
7
3.5
SW
8
4
SW
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
544
1256
1058
647
362
193
102
114
479
1111
1915
4269
3664
3484
2420
1642
0
0
392
214
0
716
1837
3168
Wind (km/h)
40
WSW
55
WSW
40
W
30
W
30
W
20
WSW
20
S
45
SSW
50
S
50
S
60
SSE
25
S
60
WNW
65
WNW
65
WNW
55
WNW
50
WNW
40
WNW
30
WNW
30
W
35
WSW
55
SSW
60
SSW
65
SW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
High Tide
9:13AM4.89m
9:34PM5.02m
9:58AM5.39m
10:16PM5.52m
10:37AM5.88m
Low Tide
2:54AM1.76m
3:25PM1.66m
3:45AM1.36m
4:11PM1.22m
4:29AM0.95m
4:53PM0.79m
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cloud
light rain
mod rain
thunderstorm
light rain
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
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cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
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7:35
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5:52
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5:51
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 mm
1
4
5
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6
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15
Temp °C
13
13
13
13
14
15
14
14
14
14
12
15
12
10
9
10
9
9
10
12
13
13
14
16
Feels °C
5
3
4
6
7
10
10
6
4
5
0
11
1
-4
-4
-3
-2
0
3
6
6
2
3
5
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