Eastbourne surf break

Eastbourne surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 03 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
19.5° C
(Which is 2.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Eastbourne today?

The current surf forecast for Eastbourne at 4AM is: 2.4m 7s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Sep)10ft (3.0m)8s
Afternoon (03 Sep)10ft (3.0m)8s
Evening (03 Sep)8ft (2.5m)8s

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

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Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
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 (?)
1.7
SW
2.3
SW
2.4
SW
2.5
SSW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
2.3
SW
2.5
SW
2.2
SW
1.8
SW
1.4
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.2
WSW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)67778888877677777666610109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)191522563788942105911951003717466321278444716503332229159107103205251523
Wind
(km/h)
40
SW
35
SW
45
SSW
50
SSW
50
SSW
45
SSW
50
SW
40
WSW
40
WSW
35
WSW
30
SW
35
SSW
45
S
40
SW
40
SW
30
WSW
20
W
15
W
15
W
15
W
15
W
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:12PM
4.31
8:13AM
4.27
8:51PM
4.49
9:34AM
4.64
9:56PM
4.92
10:26AM
5.16
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:56AM
2.20
2:33PM
2.21
3:14AM
1.94
3:45PM
1.90
4:15AM
1.51
4:41PM
1.45
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Sunrise---6:13-------6:16-------6:16----
Sunset-------7:39-------7:37-------7:36
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
thunderstorm
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--11151----132----------
Temp. °C181717191918191817171716161718181716151516171817
Feels °C (?)13111012111111111111121181011131414121313131415
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for South Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update Still cross-shore at Eastbourne (light winds from the SSW at Willingdon wx 4 km from Eastbourne). A 2.1m swell from the SW is too big for here

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1 h 25 min ago

13 km/h
SSW
Cross-Shore
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