Eastbourne Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.77° N 0.30° E

Eastbourne 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 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 (28 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 7s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Aug, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 6s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Eastbourne at 2AM is: 0.7m 4s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm August 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Aug)0.5ft (0.1m)7s
Afternoon (28 Aug)--
Evening (28 Aug)6ft (1.9m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 11mm), heaviest on Sat morning. Warm (max 21°C on Thu afternoon, min 18°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SW on Thu night, near gales from the WSW by Sat afternoon).

Thu
27
Friday
28
Saturday
29
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
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
SW
4
0.6
SW
4
0.6
SW
4
0.7
SW
4
0.1
SW
7
0.1
SW
7
0.7
WSW
4
1.1
WSW
4
1.7
WSW
6
2
WSW
6
1.9
SW
7
1.9
SW
7
1.9
SW
6
1.4
SW
6
1.3
SW
6
1.6
SSW
5
2.3
SW
6
3.5
SW
8
3
SW
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
6
10
10
14
2
2
0
0
0
293
322
322
287
157
111
135
413
1364
1482
Wind (km/h)
20
WSW
20
SSW
15
SW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
W
30
WSW
40
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SSW
40
SSW
50
SW
50
WSW
50
WSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
11:58PM5.90m
12:18PM6.10m
00:31AM6.21m
12:51PM6.39m
Low Tide
6:03PM1.01m
6:20AM0.65m
6:39PM0.71m
6:54AM0.40m
7:13PM0.51m
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:05
6:05
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:55
7:52
7:51
 mm
1
1
1
1
2
3
1
Temp °C
21
19
18
18
18
18
19
19
19
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
20
18
18
Feels °C
19
17
17
16
16
16
16
14
13
12
13
13
13
14
14
12
12
10
10
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