Scarborough Beach Surf Forecast

/ Cape Town (70 surf breaks) /

South Africa (276 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (34.19° S 18.37° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Scarborough Beach surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 19 Nov 2025 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 14.9° C
(Which is 2.8°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Scarborough Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Scarborough Beach at 7AM is: 1.2m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am November 19). An open ocean swell of 1.3m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (19 Nov)	4ft (1.2m)	13s
Afternoon (19 Nov)	4.5ft (1.3m)	13s
Evening (19 Nov)	5ft (1.6m)	17s

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

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		Wednesday 19								Thursday 20								Friday 21
	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	5 PM	8 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	!	1	1	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	13	13	18	17	16	15	15	16	15	18	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	518	495	488	480	480	591	616	1339	1519	1753	2593	2768	2851	2024	2708	3678	3286	3197	2903	2289	1948	1668	1514	1279
Wind (km/h)	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SE	SSE	SE	SSE	SSE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			2:31AM 1.36				2:33PM 1.44				3:01AM 1.38				3:05PM 1.44				3:31AM 1.38				3:36PM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)	8:24PM 0.17				8:31AM 0.29				8:53PM 0.15				9:02AM 0.27				9:22PM 0.16				9:33AM 0.28

		Wednesday 19								Thursday 20								Friday 21
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:32	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	17	16	17	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	18	18	19	18	18	17	17	18	19	18	18	17
Feels °C (?)	10	11	10	10	11	12	11	10	10	10	10	10	12	11	13	11	11	10	10	11	12	10	9	8

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