Scarborough Beach surf break

Scarborough Beach surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Wednesday 08 Apr 2026 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
19.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Scarborough Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Scarborough Beach at 6PM is: 1.6m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.3m 13s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm April 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)5ft (1.6m)13s
Afternoon (08 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)13s
Evening (08 Apr)5ft (1.6m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
3
3
3
4
3
4
4
4
3
4
4
4
3
2
2
2
2
1
2
4
2
4
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
1.5
SW
1.7
SW
2.2
SW
2.2
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.9
SW
Period(s) (?)131312121111121212171616151514141414131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7266496506386175635935935936338231055126220272004197717851451128012801197119711791266
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
10
SSW
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
10
ESE
5
SSE
10
SE
10
ESE
5
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
WNW
15
WSW
15
S
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SSE
10
SE
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:49PM
1.05
7:01AM
1.03
8:09PM
0.97
8:38AM
0.95
10:20PM
0.98
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:29PM
0.49
12:44AM
0.61
1:26PM
0.59
2:10AM
0.70
3:24PM
0.63
4:49AM
0.68
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunrise-------7:03-------7:05-------7:05
Sunset--6:31-------6:30-------6:30-----
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C252624232222212123242424242322212121202019191919
Feels °C (?)232321212121202022232323242220192020192019192020
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