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Scarborough Beach surf break

Scarborough Beach surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 04 Feb 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
20.1° 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 11AM is: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 11s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00am February 04). An open ocean swell of 1.5m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Feb)3ft (0.9m)12s
Afternoon (04 Feb)3ft (0.9m)12s
Evening (04 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)11s

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

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Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sat
07
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)121212121211111111101111111111121012111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)252248240228224183180174198157194194194224249314170355331268268268263303
Wind
(km/h)
35
SE
25
SE
30
SE
25
SE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SE
20
SE
15
SSE
15
S
10
SE
25
S
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
25
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:04PM
1.47
5:23AM
1.59
5:37PM
1.38
5:55AM
1.50
6:09PM
1.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:05AM
0.09
11:09PM
0.08
11:39AM
0.16
11:39PM
0.17
12:11PM
0.24
12:09AM
0.28
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sat
07
Sunrise-6:09-------6:09-------6:11------
Sunset----7:50-------7:49-------7:47---
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212122222222222221212222212120202019202020202020
Feels °C (?)181920212020202222222421181917171715161716161618
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