Scarborough Point Surf Forecast

/ Cape Town (69 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (34.20° S 18.37° E)

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Scarborough Point surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 18 Sep 2025 SAST

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

Today's Scarborough Point sea temperature is 16.0° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Scarborough Point today?

The current surf forecast for Scarborough Point at 11PM is: 1.9m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 1.0m 10s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 18). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Sep)	-	-
Afternoon (18 Sep)	5.5ft (1.7m)	11s
Evening (18 Sep)	6ft (1.9m)	11s

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

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	Thursday 18			Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM
Rating (10 max)	4	3	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	W	W
Period(s) (?)	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	797	898	969	887	800	814	422	377	320	214	154	151	107	76	71	53	45	30	26	54	45	44	55	71
Wind (km/h)	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	ESE	NNE	NW	NNW	NNW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	S	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSE
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- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				1:48AM 1.34					2:06PM 1.47				2:22AM 1.41				2:37PM 1.55				2:52AM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)		7:48PM 0.27				7:57AM 0.21					8:22PM 0.18				8:28AM 0.15				8:53PM 0.11				8:57AM 0.11

	Thursday 18			Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-
Sunset	6:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	13	13	12	12	14	18	20	20	21	18	16	15	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	15	15
Feels °C (?)	10	9	7	7	7	8	10	15	17	17	19	15	13	12	13	13	14	14	16	13	12	12	14	14

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cape Town

Wind Update The wind is still cross-on at Scarborough Point (light winds from the SSW at Slangkop 7 km from Scarborough Point). 2.0m 10s swell from the SSW to make surfable waves.
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1 h 7 min ago

13 km/h

SSW

Cross-On

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