Scarborough Beach surf break

Scarborough Beach surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Wednesday 04 Mar 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
17.9° C
(Which is 1.8°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 4PM is: 2.2m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm March 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Mar)6ft (1.8m)10s
Afternoon (04 Mar)6ft (1.9m)10s
Evening (04 Mar)8ft (2.4m)13s

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


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Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
2
4
4
3
4
4
1
3
2
2
3
3
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
!
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
SW
1.9
SW
2.2
SW
2.4
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
3
SW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)10101313131212121212111111111111111111101081011
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6637451607194218531629139212001025928866756787534517423505558551355243104423783133
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
10
SW
15
SSW
10
S
10
SE
5
ENE
10
NNW
10
N
10
N
10
WSW
15
SSE
15
SE
20
SE
10
ESE
10
N
20
NNW
25
NNW
25
NW
25
NW
30
WSW
30
SW
40
SSW
30
SSE
35
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
oncrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:05PM
1.53
4:19AM
1.65
4:35PM
1.49
4:48AM
1.60
5:04PM
1.42
5:16AM
1.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:05AM
0.03
10:09PM
0.05
10:35AM
0.05
10:38PM
0.10
11:03AM
0.11
11:05PM
0.17
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunrise-------6:37-------6:37-------6:37
Sunset--7:19-------7:17-------7:16-----
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
rain showers
cloud
rain showers
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C192020201919191920202020191919181920202019171716
Feels °C (?)1920192019201919191919191719181516171716159108
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