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Scarborough Beach Surf Forecast
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Scarborough Beach surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Friday 24 Oct 2025 SAST
How big are the waves at Scarborough Beach today?
The current surf forecast for Scarborough Beach at 10PM is: 2.2m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm October 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (24 Oct) | - | - |
| Afternoon (24 Oct) | 8ft (2.5m) | 12s |
| Evening (24 Oct) | 7ft (2.2m) | 11s |
Table - waves today at Scarborough Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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| 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 1713 | 1193 | 1092 | 981 | 592 | 517 | 360 | 201 | 287 | 500 | 967 | 1229 | 2667 | 2541 | 2408 | 2281 | 2196 | 2078 | 1966 | 2107 | 2454 | 3417 | 5398 | 7677 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | on | on | on | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross | cross- on |
High Tide / height (m) | 4:23PM 1.40 | 4:46AM 1.31 | 4:52PM 1.32 | 5:17AM 1.23 | 5:23PM 1.22 | 5:55AM 1.14 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 10:36PM 0.23 | 10:44AM 0.34 | 11:05PM 0.31 | 11:15AM 0.43 | 11:38PM 0.39 | 11:52AM 0.52 | ||||||||||||||||||
Friday 24 | Saturday 25 | Sunday 26 | Monday 27 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | 5:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:50 | - | - |
| Sunset | 7:07 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:07 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:08 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 16 |
| Feels °C (?) | 10 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 11 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cape Town
Continuing clean conditions at Scarborough Beach (calm at Meadowridge wx 20 km from Scarborough Beach). A 2.2m groundswell from the SW is too big for here
20 km away, 46 min ago
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