Eastbourne Surf Break

Lat Long: 41.32° S 174.87° E

Eastbourne 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 05 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Eastbourne sea temperature is
12.9°C
0.4° 

Eastbourne surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Eastbourne today (05 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 11s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 10s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 10s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Eastbourne at 8AM is: 1.4m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 05). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)11s
Afternoon (05 Oct)4ft (1.2m)10s
Evening (05 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 14°C on Wed morning, min 6°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNE on Mon morning, strong winds from the NNW by Tue night).

Monday
5
Tuesday
6
Wednesday
7
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.4
S
10
1.4
S
11
1.4
S
11
1.4
S
11
1.3
S
10
1.2
S
10
1.1
S
10
1
S
10
0.9
SSE
10
0.8
SSE
9
0.7
S
9
0.6
S
9
0.5
S
9
0.4
S
9
0.4
S
9
0.2
SSW
16
0.2
SSW
16
0.3
S
12
0.3
S
11
0.2
SSW
17
0.4
S
10
0.3
SSW
16
0.3
SSW
16
0.3
SSW
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
394
442
449
441
353
290
240
200
157
115
81
59
40
24
25
25
25
24
23
28
33
50
48
45
Wind (km/h)
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNE
10
NW
10
NNW
15
N
20
N
25
N
30
N
35
N
35
NNW
35
NNW
35
NNW
35
NNW
30
NNW
35
NNW
35
NNW
40
NNW
40
NNW
40
NNW
35
NNW
30
NNW
20
NNW
Wind State
off
off
off
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
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
00:22AM1.63m
12:48PM1.75m
1:15AM1.61m
1:44PM1.72m
2:11AM1.59m
2:39PM1.70m
Low Tide
6:36AM0.47m
7:11PM0.46m
7:28AM0.46m
8:00PM0.47m
8:21AM0.47m
8:51PM0.51m
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Temp °C
6
6
6
9
12
12
10
8
8
8
8
11
12
12
11
10
10
11
11
13
14
14
13
13
Feels °C
3
3
3
7
9
9
7
3
2
2
1
4
5
5
4
3
3
4
3
5
6
7
8
9
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