Surf Forecasts:
Eastbourne surf forecast from 7 Sep 2026:
- Most powerful swell: Tuesday 8 Sep, 10AM (local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 11s period, WSW swell with 40 kJ wave energy.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Eastbourne this week:
The most powerful waves expected at Eastbourne in the next 16 days are 0.4m 11s and forecast to arrive on Tuesday (Sep 08) at 10AM. Winds are predicted to be cross-shore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 1.2m 6s period and expected on Tuesday (Sep 08) at 1AM.
| Wave Type | Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | - | - |
| Best Surf | - | - |
| Most Powerful | 10AM (Tue 8th Sep) | 1.5ft (0.4m) 11s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Eastbourne over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright, Rusty here. Let's be straight with you. Looking at the whole picture for Eastbourne, it's a pretty flat run with nothing really standing out as a good session.
We start off on Monday, the 7th of September, with some hope but not much else. The water is sitting at a very unusual 69°F – that’s much warmer than normal for this time of year. But the surf is tiny, just 1.0ft from the WSW with weak energy (37). The wind is a strong 19 mph cross-off, which would usually help, but there's just no power in the water. It’s poor.
Tuesday the 8th brings a tiny bit more size, 1ft in the morning and 3ft in the afternoon, but the morning is messy with a cross wind. The afternoon on Tuesday does have a clean 3ft wave from the WSW with a light offshore wind from the NW, but the period is a short 5 seconds – that's wind swell, not ground swell – and the energy is still weak (53). It’s still poor conditions.
The rest of the week and into the next is a real struggle. Wednesday the 9th through Sunday the 13th of September are all showing tiny surf, mostly below 1.0ft, or flat. The combined energy is in the single digits most of the time. You'd be lucky to find anything rideable.
From Monday the 14th through to Tuesday the 22nd of September, it's the same story. A few days show 1ft or 1.0ft, but the energy is always weak, and the wind isn't cooperating to make anything of it. It’s a long, flat stretch. There's nothing here that I can point to and say "go out now." The whole 16-day window is a write-off for a surf. This is one of those times where you save the wax for another week.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastModerate rain (total 11mm), heaviest on Tue morning. Very mild (max 19°C on Mon afternoon, min 11°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WSW on Mon afternoon, calm by Wed night). | Days 5-7 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Very mild (max 19°C on Fri afternoon, min 16°C on Thu afternoon). Winds increasing (calm on Fri night, fresh winds from the WSW by Sat night). | |||||||||||||||||||
Mon 7 | Tuesday 8 | Wednesday 9 | Thursday 10 | Friday 11 | Saturday 12 | Sunday 13 | ||||||||||||||
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 14 | SW 12 | WSW 11 | WSW 5 | WSW 10 | WSW 6 | SW 8 | SW 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 7 | SW 7 | SW 10 | SW 4 | WSW 8 | WSW 4 | WSW 4 | WSW 5 | W 10 | WSW 5 |
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 kJ | 37 | 24 | 40 | 32 | 9 | 33 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross | off | off | off | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 8:58PM5.06m | 9:40AM5.26m | 10:05PM5.50m | 10:37AM5.76m | 10:57PM5.97m | 11:24AM6.22m | 11:42PM6.35m | 12:05PM6.56m | 00:22AM6.60m | 12:43PM6.74m | 00:59AM6.68m | 1:19PM6.74m | 1:35AM6.61m | |||||||
Low Tide | 3:31AM1.40m | 4:05PM1.38m | 4:35AM0.97m | 5:03PM0.95m | 5:26AM0.56m | 5:50PM0.57m | 6:09AM0.25m | 6:31PM0.31m | 6:48AM0.09m | 7:08PM0.20m | 7:24AM0.10m | 7:43PM0.23m | ||||||||
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 | — | — | 6:22 | — | — | 6:22 | — | — | 6:24 | — | — | 6:26 | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | 6:30 | — | — |
 | 7:31 | — | — | 7:29 | — | — | 7:27 | — | — | 7:24 | — | — | 7:22 | — | — | 7:20 | — | — | 7:17 | — |
mm | — | 2 | 8 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 8 | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 19 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 20 | 19 |
Feels °C | 15 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 16 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 14 | SW 12 | WSW 11 | WSW 5 | WSW 10 | WSW 6 | SW 8 | WSW 4 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 7 | SW 7 | SW 10 | SW 4 | WSW 8 | — | — | — | W 10 | WSW 5 |
| kJ | 37 | 24 | 40 | 32 | 9 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 6 | — | — | — | 2 | 16 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | SW 11 | — | WSW 8 | — | SW 8 | WSW 4 | — | — | — | W 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 4 | — | — | — | — | WSW 7 |
| kJ | — | — | — | 18 | — | 26 | — | 17 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 7 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 10 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | S 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 5 | WSW 6 | SW 5 | — | W 5 | NW 3 | WSW 6 | W 4 | — | SW 3 | WSW 3 | WSW 4 | WSW 5 | — | — | WSW 4 | WSW 4 | WSW 5 | WSW 5 | — |
| kJ | 70 | 90 | 60 | — | 49 | 3 | 12 | 9 | — | 2 | 4 | 15 | 31 | — | — | 11 | 29 | 45 | 33 | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 339 | 114 | 250 | 432 | 296 | 108 | 128 | 243 | 329 | 330 | 346 | 195 | 114 | 283 | 363 | 366 | 432 | 296 | 362 | 173 |
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