Scarborough Beach surf break

Scarborough Beach surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Sunday 12 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
19.6° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Scarborough Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Scarborough Beach at 10AM is: 1.6m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 12). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Apr)5ft (1.6m)12s
Afternoon (12 Apr)5ft (1.5m)11s
Evening (12 Apr)4ft (1.2m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
2
2
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
3
4
2
1
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
0.8
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
2.2
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.5
WSW
Period(s) (?)121212121211111111111111101414131313131313161614
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9868138007367115634883383382582542162122937587789051050101810941028244725492426
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
15
SSE
15
S
20
S
20
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
10
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
10
SSW
5
WSW
15
WNW
15
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:41PM
1.09
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Sunrise---7:05-------7:07-------7:07----
Sunset------6:27-------6:25-------6:24-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191818181919191818181717181919191918181819192019
Feels °C (?)181717171817171617171616171918191918191718161717
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