Scarborough Beach surf break

Scarborough Beach surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Sunday 22 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
15.7° C
(Which is 4.2°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 3PM is: 0.8m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 3s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am February 22). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Feb)2ft (0.6m)13s
Afternoon (22 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)14s
Evening (22 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)13s

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

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Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wed
25
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
2
2
1
2
2
1
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SW
Period(s) (?)131315141413131312121212121212141413131313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)113111142226232362382364403390384414319309309597639577560543466398324236
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NW
20
WNW
15
W
5
WSW
5
S
10
WSW
10
WNW
5
NW
10
WNW
15
W
15
SW
10
SW
10
W
10
WNW
10
NNW
20
N
25
NNW
25
NW
20
NW
20
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:29PM
1.30
6:48AM
1.40
7:20PM
1.17
7:45AM
1.25
8:35PM
1.05
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:24PM
0.20
12:27AM
0.28
1:11PM
0.32
1:17AM
0.42
2:17PM
0.45
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wed
25
Sunrise-6:26-------6:28-------6:28------
Sunset----7:31-------7:30-------7:29---
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191920202020201919192020212020191918192020201918
Feels °C (?)181819192022222020212120212121202017171718191917
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