Scarborough Beach surf break

Scarborough Beach surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Sunday 19 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 1.0°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 12PM is: 2.5m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a South direction, 3.0m 8s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)8ft (2.5m)9s
Afternoon (19 Apr)15ft (4.5m)10s
Evening (19 Apr)16ft (5.0m)11s

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


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Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wed
22
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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0
0
!
!
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.5
SW
4.5
W
5
WSW
5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
Period(s) (?)9910101011111212141414141413131313131212121213
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6568841460372448065299529655095707844380637611664159955140427137183305321638024176426043575468
Wind
(km/h)
40
NNW
45
NNW
55
NW
55
WNW
55
W
55
W
50
W
40
W
40
W
30
W
30
WNW
30
NW
30
NW
25
NW
25
WNW
25
NW
25
NW
20
NW
25
NNW
20
NW
25
SSW
25
S
25
SSE
30
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:36PM
1.52
4:50AM
1.59
5:20PM
1.44
5:36AM
1.46
6:10PM
1.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:27AM
-0.03
10:38PM
0.11
11:09AM
0.06
11:24PM
0.21
11:56AM
0.20
12:17AM
0.34
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wed
22
Sunrise-7:11-------7:11-------7:13------
Sunset----6:19-------6:16-------6:15---
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thunderstorm
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
light rain
part cloud
light rain
light rain
clear
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
2334111111----11-1-12---
Temp. °C161717161514141415151616161616161616161617181817
Feels °C (?)987543346810991111111112111212131210
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