Eastbourne surf break

Eastbourne surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Tuesday 24 Feb 2026 GMT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
8.2° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Eastbourne today?

The current surf forecast for Eastbourne at 9PM is: 0.3m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.7m 5s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm February 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Feb)--
Afternoon (24 Feb)1ft (0.3m)13s
Evening (24 Feb)1ft (0.3m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
WSW
0.8
SW
0.3
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.4
SW
0.9
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
1.3
SW
0.4
WSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)1351251213131312121216111615514141456666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)33262811222560589590869519186868280784779120128165202
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
10
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
10
SSW
10
S
5
SSE
10
SE
15
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
25
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
25
SW
30
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
40
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
oncross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassoncrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:51PM
5.50
4:20AM
5.37
4:55PM
5.02
5:34AM
4.94
6:25PM
4.74
7:10AM
4.83
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:19PM
1.36
10:57AM
1.52
11:31PM
1.74
12:18PM
1.76
1:00AM
1.91
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sunrise------6:52-------6:50-------6:48-
Sunset5:30-------5:31-------5:32-------
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----------------------1
Temp. °C91213121111111212131414111010111112111010101010
Feels °C (?)5101098891010121211765557644332
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