Sea water temperatures are taken from Pevensey Buoy station at the Channel Coast Observatory website. The table below shows monthly averages in degrees centigrade (°C) from 2001 to date.
You can find the daily readings of sea water temperature in our Monthly Weather Reports to download in this section. For long term average monthly sea temperatures in Eastbourne from 1892 - 2005, go to our Annual Reports.
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2001
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2002
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2003
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2004
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2005
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2006
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2007
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2008
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2009
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2010
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2011
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January |
6.4
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5.9
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8.9
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7.3
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8.0
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6.0
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8.7
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8.5
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6.1
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6.5
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6.6
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February |
6.5
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8.3
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5.8
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6.9
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6.1
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4.9
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8.7
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8.3
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6.4
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5.7
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6.9
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March |
6.4
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8.4
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7.3
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6.4
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5.6
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4.9
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8.7
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7.3
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7.7
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6.0
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7.2
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April
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8.8
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10.1
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9.5
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9.7
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9.0
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8.7
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11.8
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9.9
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10.0
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8.6
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10.4
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May |
11.7
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12.7
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12.7
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12.8
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12.1
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11.9
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14.0
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14.4
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12.6
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11.1
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13.2
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June |
15.3
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15.8
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16.4
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16.0
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15.3
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15.4
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17.0
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16.9
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15.3
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14.3
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15.2
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July |
18.0
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17.5
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18.5
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17.2
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17.6
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18.4
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17.9
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18.1
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17.9
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17.6
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17.0
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August |
18.9
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19.3
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19.9
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19.1
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18.2
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18.4
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18.6
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18.4
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19.0
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18.3
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18.0
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September |
16.6
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17.4
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17.7
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17.0
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18.3
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18.1
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17.7
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16.9
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17.5
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17.0
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17.0
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October |
15.6
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14.2
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13.8
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13.8
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15.7
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16.1
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14.2
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13.8
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15.7
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14.9
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15.8
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November |
11.1
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12.2
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11.0
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10.8
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11.7
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12.6
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11.2
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11.1
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13.1
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12.3
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13.8
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December |
7.5
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8.2
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8.3
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8.1
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7.2
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10.1
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8.6
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7.7
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9.3
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7.3
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10.2
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