Eastbourne surf break

Eastbourne surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 18 Sep 2025 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
18.1° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Eastbourne today?

The current surf forecast for Eastbourne at 11PM is: 0.4m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 18). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)--
Afternoon (18 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Evening (18 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)11s

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

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
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
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
WSW
0.3
SW
0.4
WSW
0.7
SW
0.6
WSW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.6
WSW
0.4
SW
0.5
W
2.1
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
0.9
SW
Period(s) (?)121211661110101010101010109999677775
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)46214032221817151515383824232264213933525418016212347
Wind
(km/h)
30
WSW
25
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
SSE
15
S
15
S
10
SSW
5
W
0
NNE
5
NNE
5
W
15
W
25
SSW
30
SSW
20
SW
30
SW
35
W
25
W
25
WSW
20
SW
15
SW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:00PM
5.16
10:29AM
5.40
10:48PM
5.57
11:12AM
5.80
11:27PM
5.91
11:48AM
6.12
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:59PM
1.64
4:28AM
1.30
4:54PM
1.27
5:15AM
0.95
5:36PM
0.94
5:53AM
0.68
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Sunrise-----6:39-------6:39-------6:41--
Sunset-7:07-------7:05-------7:01------
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
---------------------121
Temp. °C181818171717181922222221201818181916151515151516
Feels °C (?)14151716171717162021211919161414161281010111315
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for South Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Eastbourne (calm at Willingdon wx 4 km from Eastbourne). 0.9m 6s windswell from the WSW with a 0.6m 12s groundswell, also from the WSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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5 km/h
SSW
Clean
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