Eastbourne Surf Break

Lat Long: 41.32° S 174.87° E

Eastbourne 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 06 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 (06 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 9s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 16s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Eastbourne at 12PM is: 0.5m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 06). An open ocean swell of 1.8m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Oct)2ft (0.6m)9s
Afternoon (06 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Evening (06 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 13°C on Wed morning, min 10°C on Tue night). Mainly strong winds.

Tuesday
6
Wednesday
7
Thursday
8
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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
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)
0.8
SSE
9
0.7
S
9
0.6
S
9
0.5
S
9
0.4
SSE
9
0.4
S
9
0.2
SSW
16
0.2
SSW
16
0.2
SSW
16
0.3
S
11
0.4
S
10
0.4
S
10
0.3
SSW
16
0.3
SSW
16
0.3
SSW
15
0.3
SSW
15
0.7
S
9
1.5
S
5
2.1
S
6
1.9
S
6
1.6
S
6
1.3
S
5
1.1
S
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
115
81
59
40
26
25
25
25
24
24
35
33
50
48
45
44
80
119
339
284
170
97
64
Wind (km/h)
30
N
30
N
35
N
35
NNW
35
NNW
35
NNW
30
N
35
N
35
NNW
35
NNW
40
N
35
NNW
30
NNW
20
NNW
10
N
10
SSW
30
S
35
S
35
S
30
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
Wind State
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
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
1:15AM1.61m
1:44PM1.72m
2:11AM1.59m
2:39PM1.70m
3:09AM1.58m
3:34PM1.67m
Low Tide
7:28AM0.46m
8:00PM0.47m
8:21AM0.47m
8:51PM0.51m
9:18AM0.50m
9:44PM0.56m
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6:47
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6:43
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Temp °C
8
8
11
12
12
11
10
10
11
11
12
13
13
13
12
11
10
10
10
11
10
10
10
Feels °C
2
1
4
5
5
4
3
3
4
4
5
6
7
10
11
9
4
3
4
6
5
5
6
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