Scarborough Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 34.19° S 18.37° E

Scarborough Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 03 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Scarborough Beach sea temperature is
15.0° C
0.6° 

Scarborough Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Scarborough Beach today (03 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (03 Aug, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 13s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Aug, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 12s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Aug, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 12s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Scarborough Beach at 8PM is: 1.3m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.1m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm August 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Aug)5ft (1.5m)13s
Afternoon (03 Aug)5ft (1.5m)12s
Evening (03 Aug)4.5ft (1.3m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 10mm), heaviest on Wed night. Very mild (max 19°C on Mon afternoon, min 13°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue morning, fresh winds from the N by Wed night).

Mon
3
Tuesday
4
Wednesday
5
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
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
3
2
3
1
2
2
0
2
0
2
3
3
1
1
1
1
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Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.3
WSW
14
1.5
SW
12
1.3
WSW
13
1.3
WSW
12
1.3
WSW
12
1.4
SW
12
1.2
SW
12
1.2
SW
11
1.4
SW
11
1.2
SW
11
1.2
SW
11
1.1
SW
11
0.9
SW
10
1.1
SW
15
1.5
SW
15
2.1
SW
16
2.3
SW
16
2.4
SW
15
2.5
SW
15
3
WSW
14
3.5
WSW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
612
645
534
534
485
533
376
344
431
332
326
249
180
472
936
2061
2601
2662
2779
3632
4619
Wind (km/h)
5
ENE
5
SSW
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SSE
5
ENE
15
WSW
5
S
0
N
15
SW
5
SE
10
S
5
SE
5
N
15
N
25
NNW
30
NNW
35
NNW
35
NNW
30
NNW
35
N
Wind State
off
glassy
cross
cross-off
cross
off
on
cross-on
glassy
cross-on
cross-off
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
High Tide
6:08PM1.48m
6:27AM1.27m
6:48PM1.41m
7:14AM1.18m
7:38PM1.32m
Low Tide
11:48AM0.21m
00:24AM0.26m
12:25PM0.29m
1:09AM0.32m
1:10PM0.38m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:37
7:35
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:07
6:07
6:07
 mm
Temp °C
18
19
18
18
18
19
17
16
17
17
16
15
15
15
14
14
14
15
15
14
14
Feels °C
16
18
16
15
15
16
14
15
17
15
16
14
15
15
11
10
9
9
10
9
8
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