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 Sunday 16 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 17.1° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Scarborough Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Scarborough Beach at 7AM is: 2.5m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am November 16). An open ocean swell of 1.7m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Nov)	8ft (2.5m)	13s
Afternoon (16 Nov)	7ft (2.1m)	13s
Evening (16 Nov)	5.5ft (1.7m)	12s

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

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12 Days Hourly

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		Sunday 16								Monday 17								Tuesday 18
	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)	1	!	!	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	18	16	16	15	15	14
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	1376	4102	3105	2318	1778	1569	1154	819	805	666	497	403	303	233	229	166	151	155	246	314	643	705	757	659
Wind (km/h)	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	SE	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- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		12:55AM 1.20				12:59PM 1.36				1:29AM 1.27				1:32PM 1.40					2:01AM 1.32				2:03PM 1.43
Low Tide / height (m)				6:53AM 0.39				7:26PM 0.25				7:28AM 0.35				7:56PM 0.20					8:01AM 0.31

		Sunday 16								Monday 17								Tuesday 18
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	17	17	17	18	17	17	17	16	15	15	15	19	20	18	18	17	16	16	17	18	18	18	17
Feels °C (?)	9	9	9	9	9	7	6	7	7	6	8	8	13	13	9	10	9	9	9	11	11	10	10	9

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