Scarborough Beach surf break

Scarborough Beach surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Friday 10 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
19.1° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Scarborough Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Scarborough Beach at 10AM is: 2.2m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 10). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Apr)7ft (2.2m)14s
Afternoon (10 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)14s
Evening (10 Apr)6ft (1.9m)13s

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


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Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
3
3
2
1
1
1
1
3
4
3
3
3
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SW
2.2
SW
2.2
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
Period(s) (?)151514141414131313131313131313121212121212111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)126220272004197717851451128012611299128512661360122810211006944846895805672593510604485
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
15
NNW
20
N
15
NNW
15
NW
15
WSW
15
SSW
20
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:09PM
0.97
8:38AM
0.95
10:20PM
0.98
10:47AM
0.98
11:41PM
1.09
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:10AM
0.70
3:24PM
0.63
4:49AM
0.68
5:15PM
0.57
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Sunrise---7:05-------7:05-------7:05----
Sunset------6:30-------6:28-------6:27-
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C252423222221201919191919191919191918181819191918
Feels °C (?)252221202120201819191918181817171716161617171616
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