Eastbourne Surf Break

Lat Long: 41.32° S 174.87° E

Eastbourne 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 04 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 (04 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 13s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 11s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 11s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Eastbourne at 5AM is: 1.3m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.8m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Oct)6ft (1.8m)13s
Afternoon (04 Oct)5ft (1.6m)11s
Evening (04 Oct)5ft (1.6m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 12°C on Mon morning, min 5°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (calm on Mon morning, strong winds from the NNW by Tue morning).

Sunday
4
Monday
5
Tuesday
6
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)
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.6
SSW
15
1.3
SSW
14
2.1
SSW
14
1.8
S
13
1.7
S
12
1.6
S
11
1.6
S
11
1.5
S
11
1.5
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
0.2
S
16
0.2
SSW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1007
694
1519
1037
765
618
599
517
458
449
449
441
353
290
240
200
157
115
81
59
41
25
20
25
Wind (km/h)
30
SSE
20
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
15
S
10
SE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
5
NNE
10
NW
10
NNW
15
N
20
N
25
N
30
N
35
NNW
40
NNW
40
NNW
40
NNW
35
NNW
35
NNW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
off
off
off
glassy
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
11:32PM1.65m
11:53AM1.77m
00:22AM1.63m
12:48PM1.75m
1:15AM1.61m
1:44PM1.72m
Low Tide
5:45AM0.50m
6:21PM0.47m
6:36AM0.47m
7:11PM0.46m
7:28AM0.46m
8:00PM0.47m
part cloud
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clear
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clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
9
8
7
9
11
11
10
7
6
6
5
9
12
12
10
8
8
9
10
11
12
12
11
10
Feels °C
2
2
2
5
7
7
7
3
2
3
2
7
9
9
6
3
2
3
3
3
4
4
4
2
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