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Scarborough Beach surf break

Scarborough Beach surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 21 Jan 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
20.2° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Scarborough Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Scarborough Beach at 8AM is: 1.6m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 21). An open ocean swell of 2.2m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)5ft (1.6m)12s
Afternoon (21 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)12s
Evening (21 Jan)5ft (1.5m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
1
0
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Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.8
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)131312121212121212121313131515151515141414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)816791730706694561551570706730816828113419802615277139193987387936133666385939023642
Wind
(km/h)
45
SE
40
ESE
35
ESE
35
SE
40
SE
45
SSE
45
SSE
45
SE
40
SE
35
SE
30
SSE
20
S
25
SW
15
SW
20
SW
25
S
20
S
15
S
20
S
15
S
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:49AM
1.53
4:56PM
1.44
5:21AM
1.54
5:31PM
1.40
5:55AM
1.52
6:09PM
1.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:33PM
0.09
10:57AM
0.19
11:04PM
0.10
11:31AM
0.19
11:36PM
0.14
12:09PM
0.22
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sunrise---5:54-------5:56-------5:56----
Sunset------7:59-------7:58-------7:58-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191817182020202020191919192020191818171718181818
Feels °C (?)111211131413131314151617161918151515141516151515
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