Eastbourne Surf Break

Lat Long: 41.32° S 174.87° E

Eastbourne 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 20 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Eastbourne sea temperature is
13.3°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 (20 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Sep, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 10s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Sep, local time) - 16ft (5.0m), 13s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Eastbourne at 11PM is: 5.0m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 3.5m 12s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Sep)--
Afternoon (20 Sep)11ft (3.5m)10s
Evening (20 Sep)16ft (5.0m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Tue morning. Very mild (max 13°C on Mon morning, min 7°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (calm on Sun night, strong winds from the N by Mon night).

Sun
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
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
3
4
4
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3.5
S
10
4
S
11
5
SSW
13
3.5
S
12
3
S
12
2.3
S
11
1.9
S
11
1.6
S
10
1.4
S
10
1.3
S
10
1.2
S
12
1.1
S
12
1
S
11
0.9
SSW
10
1.6
SSW
5
3
S
8
2.4
S
8
1.9
S
8
1.5
S
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2210
3673
7035
3887
2324
1317
815
530
392
346
404
336
260
184
113
1033
765
477
275
Wind (km/h)
30
S
35
S
20
S
5
ESE
15
N
25
N
30
N
30
N
35
N
35
N
35
N
40
N
40
NNW
20
WSW
35
S
30
S
15
SSW
5
N
25
N
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
on
cross-on
on
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
00:00AM1.49m
12:25PM1.54m
00:42AM1.46m
1:06PM1.53m
Low Tide
6:07PM0.67m
6:09AM0.71m
6:46PM0.66m
6:46AM0.70m
7:23PM0.67m
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:11
6:09
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:14
6:15
6:15
 mm
1
2
1
Temp °C
11
10
9
8
7
8
10
13
13
12
12
12
12
12
9
7
8
8
9
Feels °C
3
2
4
6
3
2
3
7
6
5
5
4
4
8
2
0
4
5
3
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