Scarborough Beach surf break

Scarborough Beach surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 10 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
18.6° C
(Which is 1.0°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 12PM is: 1.1m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 10). An open ocean swell of 1.4m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Mar)4ft (1.2m)11s
Afternoon (10 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)11s
Evening (10 Mar)2ft (0.6m)15s

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


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Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Fri
13
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
2
0
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
0
1
2
3
3
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SSW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1
SSW
1
SW
0.9
SSW
1.2
SW
0.9
SSW
1
SW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)111111111115151514141313131316121213131312121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)379379335288246168209209203179215250246290280380423342315261416243287309
Wind
(km/h)
30
ESE
25
ESE
15
ESE
20
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
20
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
5
ESE
5
NNE
15
WSW
5
SSE
5
ESE
10
SE
5
SE
10
S
10
SSW
10
S
15
S
20
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassoncrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:43AM
1.14
7:12PM
1.00
7:30AM
1.02
8:40PM
0.90
9:31AM
0.93
11:35PM
0.93
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:00PM
0.53
1:02AM
0.62
2:01PM
0.64
2:28AM
0.73
4:56PM
0.66
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Fri
13
Sunrise-6:41-------6:41-------6:41------
Sunset----7:12-------7:09-------7:08---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C202126292728292828293232272930302724242423222221
Feels °C (?)161824262526272626283130272828292624252422212120
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