Scarborough Beach surf break

Scarborough Beach surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 15 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
19.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Scarborough Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Scarborough Beach at 4AM is: 3.5m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.6m 18s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 15). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Apr)13ft (4.0m)13s
Afternoon (15 Apr)13ft (4.0m)13s
Evening (15 Apr)15ft (4.5m)16s

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


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Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
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2
3
2
1
0
0
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
WSW
3
WSW
3.5
WSW
4
SW
4.5
SW
4
WSW
5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4
WSW
4
WSW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.4
SW
2.4
SW
Period(s) (?)141413131313161616151514141414131313121212121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)29463512411958446563617511568106389173794762925359459139543361268123182013189017421600144813951466
Wind
(km/h)
25
W
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
S
10
SE
15
SE
10
SE
5
S
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
10
WNW
15
NNW
25
N
40
N
40
NNW
35
NNW
15
WSW
25
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassonononcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrossoncross
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sunrise---7:07-------7:09-------7:09----
Sunset------6:22-------6:22-------6:21-
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
11-------------------274
Temp. °C171818171717171717171616161717171716161516151213
Feels °C (?)1412121213131313141413141514141415121178898
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