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Scarborough Beach surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 28 Jan 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
19.7° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Scarborough Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Scarborough Beach at 9AM is: 3.0m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Jan)10ft (3.0m)13s
Afternoon (28 Jan)10ft (3.0m)13s
Evening (28 Jan)10ft (3.0m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
0
!
1
1
2
2
1
0
1
2
2
1
2
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
Period(s) (?)131313131313131313131313131212121212121211111211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)299529952843271927192870291127192561241921401982182415681439122011121025851765685497604467
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
30
S
30
SSE
35
SSE
40
SE
40
SE
40
SE
35
SE
25
SE
30
SSE
35
SSE
40
SSE
35
SE
30
SE
25
SE
20
SE
20
SSE
25
S
25
S
25
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:44PM
1.05
11:12AM
1.22
12:17AM
1.13
12:35PM
1.29
1:24AM
1.26
1:39PM
1.39
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:42AM
0.54
5:59PM
0.39
6:22AM
0.47
7:11PM
0.29
7:32AM
0.35
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Sunrise---6:01-------6:03-------6:03----
Sunset------7:54-------7:53-------7:53-
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)
------------------------
Temp. °C191919191919191918181818202120212120192021212121
Feels °C (?)161616151514141312121213161715161717171920191919
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