Eastbourne Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.77° N 0.30° E

Eastbourne 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 27 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Eastbourne sea temperature is
20.9°C
3.7° 

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 (27 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (27 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 4s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 3s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 4s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Eastbourne at 1PM is: 0.3m 4s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 3s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am August 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)4s
Afternoon (27 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)3s
Evening (27 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)4s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 10mm), heaviest on Thu morning. Warm (max 21°C on Thu morning, min 17°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SW on Thu morning, strong winds from the WSW by Sat afternoon).

Thursday
27
Friday
28
Saturday
29
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
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
E
3
0.4
SSE
3
0.4
S
4
0.3
SSW
4
0.4
SSW
3
0.5
SW
4
0.4
SW
4
0.4
SW
4
0.1
SW
7
0.1
SW
7
0.1
SW
7
1
WSW
4
1.6
WSW
6
1.9
WSW
6
2.3
SW
7
2.4
SW
7
1.9
SW
7
1.6
SW
6
1.6
SW
6
1.8
SW
6
2.2
SW
7
2.5
SW
7
2.5
SW
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2
4
5
2
5
7
5
4
2
2
2
0
0
268
458
535
344
213
167
231
411
784
875
Wind (km/h)
20
ESE
5
SSW
10
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
20
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
25
W
30
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
45
SW
40
WSW
35
SW
30
SW
35
SSW
40
SSW
45
SW
45
WSW
45
WSW
Wind State
on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
11:45AM5.73m
11:58PM5.90m
12:18PM6.10m
00:31AM6.21m
12:51PM6.39m
Low Tide
5:44AM0.98m
6:03PM1.01m
6:20AM0.65m
6:39PM0.71m
6:54AM0.40m
7:13PM0.51m
thunderstorm
light rain
thunderstorm
clear
cloud
light rain
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:03
6:05
6:05
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:55
7:52
7:51
 mm
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
1
Temp °C
20
18
19
21
21
18
18
18
18
18
19
19
19
18
17
18
18
18
17
19
20
19
18
Feels °C
19
19
20
21
20
18
16
16
16
16
15
14
13
13
9
12
13
13
11
13
13
12
11
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Eastbourne surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest