Eastbourne Surf Break

Lat Long: 41.32° S 174.87° E

Eastbourne 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 04 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Eastbourne sea temperature is
13.1°C
1.1° 

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 (04 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 8s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Eastbourne at 10PM is: 0.9m 7s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 04). An open ocean swell of 1.6m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Sep)--
Afternoon (04 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Evening (04 Sep)3ft (0.9m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 36mm), heaviest during Mon morning. Very mild (max 15°C on Fri afternoon, min 11°C on Fri night). Mainly strong winds.

Fri
4
Saturday
5
Sunday
6
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
S
9
0.4
S
9
0.9
SSW
8
0.9
SSW
7
0.2
SSW
15
0.2
SSW
15
0.4
SSW
8
0.3
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
12
0.9
SSW
11
0.8
SSW
10
0.6
SSW
10
0.3
SSW
16
0.6
SSW
16
0.5
SSW
16
0.5
SSW
15
0.5
SSW
15
0.4
SSW
16
0.3
SSW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
26
30
99
72
21
21
24
37
210
183
118
71
48
201
146
133
135
82
49
Wind (km/h)
35
NW
35
WNW
35
NW
40
NW
30
NW
25
NW
30
NW
35
NW
40
NW
45
NW
40
NW
40
NW
40
NW
40
NW
40
NW
40
NW
45
NNW
45
NNW
40
NNW
Wind State
cross-off
cross
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
10:48PM1.62m
11:08AM1.73m
11:37PM1.62m
12:02PM1.74m
Low Tide
4:46PM0.55m
5:04AM0.55m
5:36PM0.51m
5:52AM0.51m
6:25PM0.49m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:39
6:37
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:58
5:59
6:00
 mm
Temp °C
15
12
12
11
12
12
12
13
13
12
12
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
14
Feels °C
7
4
4
2
5
6
5
5
5
3
4
6
6
5
5
5
5
4
7
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