Scarborough, New Zealand, Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

This is the surf forecast page for Scarborough, Canterbury. Use the tab navigation above to view Scarborough sea temperature, Scarborough photographs, Scarborough detailed swell predictions, wind and weather forecasts, Scarborough webcams, current wind from Canterbury live weather stations and Scarborough tide predictions. The New Zealand swell maps link will open up the big picture showing New Zealand and the surrounding seas. These swell maps can be animated to show the different swell components, wave energy, wave period, wave heights, together with wind and weather forecasts, current weather and sea state observations from New Zealand wave-buoys, passing ships and coastal weather stations. Our wavefinder tool will be available soon to help you locate the best surf conditions in the area around Scarborough. In the meantime, check out the forecasts for other Canterbury surf breaks near to Scarborough to make the most of forecast wind and wave directions.

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Use this relief map to navigate to Canterbury surf breaks and tide stations that are in the area of Scarborough

Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Scarborough:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Sumner Bar	2 mi
Second closest break	New Brighton Beach	8 mi
Third closest break	Kairaki Beach	13 mi
Fourth closest break	Raupo Bay	14 mi
Fifth closest break	Stony Bay	16 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Scarborough:
Closest wave buoy	SW Hawaii Buoy	4577 mi
Second closest wave buoy	W Hawaii Buoy	4633 mi
Third closest wave buoy	NW Hawaii Buoy	4879 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	NW Hawaii Buoy	4941 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	N Hawaii 1 Buoy	5086 mi
Tide stations nearest to Scarborough:
Closest tide station	Lyttelton, New Zealand	4 mi
Second closest tide station	Lyttelton, New Zealand (2)	4 mi
Third closest tide station	Akaroa, New Zealand	17 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Akaroa, New Zealand(2)	17 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Kaikoura, New Zealand	93 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Scarborough:
Closest ski area	Porters (New Zealand)	61 mi
Second closest ski area	Mount Cheeseman (New Zealand)	62 mi
Third closest ski area	Mount Hutt (New Zealand)	62 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Broken River (New Zealand)	63 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Craigieburn (New Zealand)	63 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Scarborough:
Closest city location	Christchurch (New Zealand)	6 mi
Second closest city location	Nelson (New Zealand)	160 mi
Third closest city location	Ritchie (New Zealand)	175 mi
Fourth closest city location	Wellington (New Zealand)	188 mi
Fifth closest city location	Dunedin (New Zealand)	195 mi