Eastbourne Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let's get into it.

First, the bad news: the next couple of weeks are looking pretty grim for a proper surf. There's a lot of wind, a lot of chop, and not much to get excited about. The water temperature is 70°, which is a massive 7° warmer than usual for this time of year – that's really unusual, feels like a warm bath out there.

The whole run kicks off on Monday, 24th of August, but it's a write-off. We've got a weak 3ft easterly windswell with a shocking 4-second period, being hammered by a 22 mph cross-onshore wind. The energy is weak (20) and the surf is just poor. This continues into Tuesday with even smaller, wind-affected junk.

Wednesday and Thursday offer a tiny bit of respite with lighter winds, but the swell is barely a ripple. The energy numbers are tiny (2 to 15), and the periods are either short or from the wrong direction. It's not worth paddling out for.

Then Friday, 28th of August, we see a spike in size. The swell jumps to 6ft in the morning, coming from the SW with a 6-second period, and the energy kicks up to a moderate 240. But it's messy. The wind is a cross-shore 12 mph, so it's lumpy. By the afternoon, the swell builds to 8ft with an 8-second period and a strong energy of 881, but the wind is up to 22 mph cross-shore. That's a lot of power, but it's going to be a messy, blown-out wall of water – really only for the experts, and even then, it's not going to be pretty.

Saturday and Sunday see the size drop, but the wind stays strong and messy. Monday, 31st of August, offers a cleaner option with the wind going cross-offshore, and a solid 6ft to 7ft SW swell. The energy is strong (273 to 350). The wind is strong though, 28 mph, so it's going to be a blustery, challenging session. It's a step up from the week before, but still not what I'd call a standout.

The first week of September is more of the same. The first few days of September are clean but small, with an offshore wind on Wednesday, 2nd of September, but no swell to speak of. The energy is zero. Through to the 8th of September, we see a few pulses of very long-period swell (up to 20 seconds!), but the size is tiny (1ft) and the wind is onshore or cross-shore, making it choppy and unrideable.

Honestly, there's no single standout session in this entire 16-day window. The closest we get to something worth looking at is the cleaner, albeit windy, windows around the 31st of August and 1st of September. But for clean, comfortable waves? You might be better off waiting for the next forecast.

Rusty.

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