Scarborough Beach surf break

Scarborough Beach surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 19 Feb 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
16.7° C
(Which is 3.2°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 3PM is: 1.6m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 12s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am February 19). An open ocean swell of 1.6m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Feb)5ft (1.6m)12s
Afternoon (19 Feb)5ft (1.6m)14s
Evening (19 Feb)5ft (1.6m)13s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sun
22
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
Period(s) (?)131212141313131212121212111111111113131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10218125701034933905723773689561494383278268198168140116116116116114114114
Wind
(km/h)
30
SE
25
SE
25
SE
30
SSE
35
SSE
40
SE
40
SE
35
SE
30
ESE
30
SE
25
SE
35
SE
40
SE
40
ESE
30
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
SE
25
SE
25
ESE
15
E
5
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:37PM
1.53
4:54AM
1.67
5:11PM
1.49
5:28AM
1.62
5:48PM
1.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:35AM
0.05
10:40PM
0.03
11:08AM
0.05
11:12PM
0.08
11:44AM
0.10
11:47PM
0.17
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sun
22
Sunrise-6:24-------6:24-------6:26------
Sunset----7:35-------7:34-------7:32---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202020212020202020202223222221202020222324242221
Feels °C (?)171817181615151617172019171718181819212222222223
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