Eastbourne surf break

Eastbourne surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Monday 30 Mar 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
9.6° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Eastbourne today?

The current surf forecast for Eastbourne at 6PM is: 0.3m 16s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.3m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 30). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Mar)4ft (1.2m)7s
Afternoon (30 Mar)1ft (0.3m)17s
Evening (30 Mar)1ft (0.3m)16s

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


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Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
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 (?)
1.2
W
1
W
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.4
W
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.2
WSW
Period(s) (?)76171616161515615161414131313555121212126
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)13484445050482221119107777666666666
Wind
(km/h)
30
WNW
25
NW
25
NNW
25
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NW
10
W
15
W
15
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
15
ENE
10
ESE
10
SSE
5
SSW
10
SW
10
W
10
W
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:23AM
5.44
10:49PM
5.72
11:07AM
5.83
11:29PM
6.08
11:46AM
6.15
12:05AM
6.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:50PM
1.05
5:15AM
0.99
5:33PM
0.73
5:54AM
0.69
6:10PM
0.51
6:29AM
0.49
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Sunrise-------6:37-------6:35-------6:33
Sunset---7:27-------7:28-------7:30----
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C8101211976678131413121211910101010111010
Feels °C (?)145552224510121099868888876
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