Scarborough Beach surf break

Scarborough Beach surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 20 Nov 2025 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
14.6° C
(Which is 3.3°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 10AM is: 2.4m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.0m 19s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am November 20). An open ocean swell of 1.3m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Nov)8ft (2.4m)16s
Afternoon (20 Nov)7.5ft (2.3m)14s
Evening (20 Nov)10ft (3.0m)15s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sun
23
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
!
!
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
SW
2.4
SW
2.5
SW
1.8
SSW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
WSW
Period(s) (?)151615181415151514141413131313121212121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2593276828512024267136783444319730672573207318901514146812591003846700646614522514505480
Wind
(km/h)
35
SSE
35
SE
35
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
45
SSE
45
SE
40
SE
35
SE
40
SE
45
SSE
45
SSE
50
SE
50
SE
45
SE
45
SE
45
SE
40
SE
40
SE
45
SSE
50
SSE
55
SSE
45
SE
40
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:05PM
1.44
3:31AM
1.38
3:36PM
1.41
4:03AM
1.36
4:08PM
1.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:02AM
0.27
9:22PM
0.16
9:33AM
0.28
9:52PM
0.18
10:04AM
0.31
10:23PM
0.22
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sun
23
Sunrise-5:31-------5:31-------5:30------
Sunset----7:31-------7:32-------7:34---
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. °C171718191918181818181818181818181718202019191818
Feels °C (?)111112131312111212121110101011111012141311111112
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