Eastbourne surf break

Eastbourne surfForecast / Wellington / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Thursday 04 Dec 2025 NZDT
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Eastbourne surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Eastbourne sea temperature is
16.8° C
(Which is 2.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Eastbourne today?

The current surf forecast for Eastbourne at 3PM is: 3.0m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 3.0m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm December 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Dec)11ft (3.5m)9s
Afternoon (04 Dec)10ft (3.0m)10s
Evening (04 Dec)8ft (2.4m)10s

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

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Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
2
3
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
S
3
SSE
3
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.3
SSE
2.1
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.7
SE
1.6
SE
1.4
SE
1.3
SE
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)910101010101010101010101010101099121212131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2084189116331275102285568458049040432829021716011390715581117258345356276
Wind
(km/h)
40
SSW
30
S
15
S
10
SSE
0
SE
5
NNW
10
N
15
N
20
NNW
25
NNW
30
N
30
N
30
N
25
N
30
N
35
NNW
30
NNW
25
NNW
25
N
25
N
25
N
30
N
30
N
35
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:55PM
1.71
5:17AM
1.85
5:56PM
1.72
6:16AM
1.89
6:56PM
1.72
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:37AM
0.58
11:03PM
0.61
11:42AM
0.56
12:05AM
0.58
12:47PM
0.54
1:04AM
0.54
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Sunrise-------5:41-------5:41-------5:39
Sunset---8:38-------8:39-------8:40----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C131415141212111316181917161616161819191916161616
Feels °C (?)581112111181012131412111212111416161613121211
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