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Scarborough Surf Forecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 31 Mar 2023 NZDT
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Scarborough surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Scarborough sea temperature is 16.4 °C (Statistics for 31 Mar 1981-2005 - mean: 13.3 max: 14.9 min: 11.6 °C)
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Scarborough surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Scarborough sea temperature is 16.4 °C (Statistics for 31 Mar 1981-2005 - mean: 13.3 max: 14.9 min: 11.6 °C)

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  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at Scarborough (moderate winds from the ENE at Taylor's Mistake 2 km from Scarborough).

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Actual: 46 min ago

Moderate
22 km/h
ENE
Cross-On
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How big are the waves at Scarborough today?

The current surf forecast for Scarborough at 11PM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 31). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Mar)--
Afternoon (31 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Evening (31 Mar)3ft (0.9m)10s

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

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Friday
31
Saturday
01
Sunday
02
Monday
03
Tuesday
04
Wednesday
05
Thursday
06
Friday
07
Sat
08
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
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Swell
Height Map
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T newzealand.htsgw.metric.42.cc23T newzealand.htsgw.metric.45.cc23T newzealand.htsgw.metric.51.cc23
T newzealand.htsgw.metric.66.cc23T newzealand.htsgw.metric.69.cc23T newzealand.htsgw.metric.75.cc23
T newzealand.htsgw.metric.90.cc23T newzealand.htsgw.metric.93.cc23T newzealand.htsgw.metric.99.cc23
T newzealand.htsgw.metric.114.cc23T newzealand.htsgw.metric.117.cc23T newzealand.htsgw.metric.123.cc23
T newzealand.htsgw.metric.138.cc23T newzealand.htsgw.metric.141.cc23T newzealand.htsgw.metric.147.cc23
T newzealand.htsgw.metric.162.cc23T newzealand.htsgw.metric.165.cc23T newzealand.htsgw.metric.171.cc23
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
ESE
1
E
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
NE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.4
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.7
ENE
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
ENE
0.7
NE
0.4
ESE
0.4
E
0.4
SE
0.4
ESE
0.4
E
0.5
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.7
NE
0.9
NE
Period(s) (?)1010109910998889999999999881211111110111111111111101011111111111110121010111011111111111014141010104
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)20415615414210819214711388105103137103791017878767678765252418986869482828156565553545556576169123414224403960130170626157555151353511231
Wind
(km/h)
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
ENE
5
ENE
10
NE
20
ENE
20
NNE
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
N
20
N
20
N
15
N
20
NW
20
NW
5
NNW
20
SE
5
ENE
10
ESE
0
WSW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
ENE
10
E
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NNE
5
NNW
5
NW
5
NW
5
N
5
NE
10
E
10
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
NE
5
NNE
10
NE
10
E
10
ENE
5
NNW
20
NNW
20
NW
10
SW
25
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
0
ENE
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNW
5
NNW
10
ENE
15
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
0
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrossglasscrossglasscross-
off
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
glassglassglassglassoncross-
on
ononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrossoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassononononglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:21PM
2.06
1:45AM
2.13
2:11PM
2.03
2:34AM
2.11
2:59PM
2.03
3:20AM
2.11
3:44PM
2.05
4:04AM
2.13
4:27PM
2.09
4:45AM
2.15
5:09PM
2.13
5:26AM
2.18
5:51PM
2.17
6:07AM
2.20
6:36PM
2.21
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:25PM
0.76
8:05AM
0.75
8:12PM
0.75
8:49AM
0.73
9:01PM
0.72
9:31AM
0.70
9:52PM
0.68
10:13AM
0.66
10:38PM
0.64
10:56AM
0.62
11:21PM
0.61
11:39AM
0.60
12:03AM
0.59
12:22PM
0.58
12:44AM
0.58

Note: the tide data above is for Lyttelton, New Zealand which is 6 km away. Surf properties and timing are calculated for Scarborough.New forecast is published every 6 hours at www.surf-forecast.com. See detailed tide info and graph
Offshore winds at Scarborough blow from the SW

Friday
31
Saturday
01
Sunday
02
Monday
03
Tuesday
04
Wednesday
05
Thursday
06
Friday
07
Sat
08
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Rain (mm)
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Feels °C (?)12121111121211141716141312131315181011911911111110101010101014141211101011111213131412131166787767781091112
Sunrise------7:43-------7:45-------7:46-------7:47-------7:48-------7:50-------7:50-----
Sunset-7:22-------7:20-------7:19-------7:16-------7:15-------7:13-------7:12-------7:09--

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