Eastbourne surf break

Eastbourne surfForecast / Wellington / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Thursday 16 Apr 2026 NZST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
17.6° C
(Which is 2.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Eastbourne today?

The current surf forecast for Eastbourne at 6PM is: 1.1m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 16). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Afternoon (16 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)9s
Evening (16 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
S
0.9
S
1
S
1.1
S
1.4
S
1.6
S
2
S
2.1
S
1.9
SSW
1.6
S
1.4
SSW
1.2
S
1
S
0.8
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.2
SSW
0.3
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
Period(s) (?)101099910121211101099999991599999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)941451681943134601254129089453037824616296523624252214681414
Wind
(km/h)
35
WNW
35
WNW
35
WNW
30
WNW
20
W
5
SW
5
N
10
N
20
NW
35
NW
35
NW
40
NW
40
NNW
45
NNW
45
NNW
45
NNW
35
NNW
40
NNW
40
NNW
45
NNW
40
NNW
45
N
25
NNW
25
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrossglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:38PM
1.57
4:08AM
1.62
4:34PM
1.63
5:08AM
1.65
5:32PM
1.70
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:21AM
0.68
9:45PM
0.65
10:25AM
0.69
10:50PM
0.64
11:27AM
0.67
11:55PM
0.61
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise6:50-------6:52-------6:52-------
Sunset--5:47-------5:46-------5:45-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
---------------1389871351
Temp. °C141616151412111114161616161616161516161616171415
Feels °C (?)688891098999998889101089101011
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