Scarborough Beach surf break

Scarborough Beach surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 03 Dec 2025 SAST
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Scarborough Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Scarborough Beach sea temperature is
17.1° C
(Which is 1.4°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Scarborough Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Scarborough Beach at 12PM is: 1.1m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 07:00am December 03). An open ocean swell of 2.0m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Dec)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Afternoon (03 Dec)3.5ft (1.1m)11s
Evening (03 Dec)3.5ft (1.0m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Sat
06
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
SW
1.3
S
1.6
S
1.8
S
1.9
S
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)12121212111111111111111110101010101010106788
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)440400349309278247242247247222218180173146114114135160196320158295488159
Wind
(km/h)
45
SE
40
SE
35
SE
45
SSE
50
SE
50
SE
35
SE
35
SE
25
ESE
20
SE
15
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
35
S
35
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
40
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:44PM
1.60
2:21AM
1.49
2:32PM
1.64
3:07AM
1.53
3:20PM
1.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:33AM
0.20
8:10PM
-0.00
8:23AM
0.14
8:56PM
-0.03
9:12AM
0.11
9:41PM
-0.02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Sat
06
Sunrise-5:26-------5:26-------5:26------
Sunset----7:44-------7:45-------7:45---
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181821201919181717182020191919181819192019181818
Feels °C (?)121215131010121112151816151515141416161614121212
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