Eastbourne Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G'day, I'm Rusty. Look, I'll level with you – the outlook for Eastbourne over the next couple of weeks is pretty grim. Honestly, there's nothing here that's worth paddling out for. The whole 16-day window is a write-off for surf, so you might as well save your wax and do something else.

The problem starts straight away and never really lets up. We're looking at a long stretch of tiny, weak swell with hardly any push. The water's sitting at 68.4°F, which is a massive 5.8°F warmer than normal – that's very unusual, feels more like a tropical bath than a regular surf zone, but unfortunately the swell just isn't there to go with it.

Friday the 11th sees the biggest ripples of the early period, and that's only 3 ft from the WSW, with a shocker of a 6-second period. The combined energy is weak, only registering a 67, so it's barely a bump. Winds are cross-off from the WNW at 12 mph, which would normally clean it up a little, but with that little power, it's a non-event. Saturday the 12th and Sunday the 13th are even worse – we're talking 0.3 ft to 0.7 ft waves.

Midweek the 16th finally shows a little hope with a proper offshore breeze from the NW at 12 mph, but it's still only pushing around 1.6 ft of messy, short-period swell. A 6-second period and a combined energy of just 20 means there's nothing to ride. It's clean, sure, but clean puddles aren't surf.

The other days just blend into a blur of cross-off winds, tiny heights, and poor conditions. There's a brief blip on the 23rd of September, a Wednesday, where a 5.6 ft swell shows up, which might get your attention, but it's from the SW with a 6-second period and a combined energy of 223 – moderate energy, but the period is way too short, and it's cross-on from the S at just 3 mph. This is a beach, so that short-period, cross-on swell will just be a lumpy, messy closeout. It's honestly more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing. Too big for beginners, not good enough for anyone else.

The last few days of the month just fade out with nothing. The 22nd of September has a glassy morning but only 1.3 ft of 4-second junk. Don't bother.

This is a blank run, and for Eastbourne, that's pretty normal when the swell window is this sheltered. Forecasts can change, but right now, there's not a single standout day. The board stays in the car.

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