Scarborough Beach Surf Forecast

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South Africa (272 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (34.19° S 18.37° E)

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Scarborough Beach Surf Forecast / Cape Town / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Sunday 18 Apr 2021 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 15.1 °C (Statistics for 18 Apr 1981-2005 - mean: 18.1 max: 19.7 min: 16.4 °C)

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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 15.1 °C (Statistics for 18 Apr 1981-2005 - mean: 18.1 max: 19.7 min: 16.4 °C)

Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cape Town

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Scarborough Beach (light winds from the SE at Slangkop 7 km from Scarborough Beach).
3 hours 30 minutes ago Scarborough Beach

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How big are the waves at Scarborough Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Scarborough Beach at 12PM is: 0.6m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 18). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Apr)	2ft (0.6m)	14s
Afternoon (18 Apr)	2.5ft (0.7m)	13s
Evening (18 Apr)	2.5ft (0.8m)	13s

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

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Sunday 18							Monday 19								Tuesday 20								Wednesday 21								Thursday 22								Friday 23								Saturday 24								Sunday 25
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					6:53PM 1.08				7:05AM 1.07					8:09PM 1.01				8:37AM 1.00				10:06PM 1.02				10:36AM 1.03					11:30PM 1.14				11:54AM 1.14				12:24AM 1.29				12:47PM 1.28				1:07AM 1.46				1:32PM 1.41				1:47AM 1.60
			12:36PM 0.46				12:54AM 0.58				1:37PM 0.54					2:20AM 0.66				3:20PM 0.58				4:27AM 0.63				5:00PM 0.51					5:48AM 0.50				6:04PM 0.40				6:41AM 0.33				6:52PM 0.27				7:25AM 0.16				7:34PM 0.15					8:06AM 0.01
Note: the tide data above is for Boneyards which is 8 km away. Surf properties and timing are calculated for Scarborough Beach.New forecast is published every 6 hours at www.surf-forecast.com. See detailed tide info and graph Offshore winds at Scarborough Beach blow from the ENE

Sunday 18							Monday 19								Tuesday 20								Wednesday 21								Thursday 22								Friday 23								Saturday 24								Sunday 25
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