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Scarborough Surf Forecast
/ Canterbury (27 surf breaks) / New Zealand (442 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (43.57° S 172.78° E)

Scarborough Surf Forecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

1 h 30 min ago

How big are the waves at Scarborough today?
The current surf forecast for Scarborough at 5PM is: 0.6m 4s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.1m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.
Time (NZDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
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Morning (09 Feb) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 5s |
Afternoon (09 Feb) | 2ft (0.6m) | 4s |
Evening (09 Feb) | 0.5ft (0.2m) | 13s |
Table - waves today at Scarborough. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Thursday 09 | Friday 10 | Saturday 11 | Sunday 12 | Monday 13 | Tuesday 14 | Wednesday 15 | Thursday 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | |
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Swell Height Map | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Period(s) (?) | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 |
Wave (?)Graph ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Energy (?) | 9 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 48 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 51 | 84 | 91 | 85 | 91 | 68 | 66 | 150 | 41 | 40 | 55 | 77 | 93 | 120 | 91 | 66 | 51 | 32 | 30 | 22 | 22 | 27 | 41 | 60 | 66 | 105 | 110 | 144 | 189 | 276 | 459 | 2337 | 1004 | 1225 | 1243 | 1138 | 1077 | 1044 | 977 | 833 | 830 | 830 | 830 | 843 | 747 | 759 | 584 | 488 | 403 | 311 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross- on | cross- on | on | on | on | on | on | on | cross- on | glass | glass | glass | cross- on | cross- on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | off | off | on | cross- on | on | on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | on | on | on | on | on | on | on | cross | cross | cross | cross- off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | on | on |
High Tide / height (m) | 7:51AM 2.13 | 8:25PM 2.02 | 8:34AM 2.12 | 9:09PM 2.04 | 9:20AM 2.11 | 9:53PM 2.07 | 10:10AM 2.11 | 10:37PM 2.11 | 11:01AM 2.12 | 11:25PM 2.17 | 11:52AM 2.14 | 12:18AM 2.23 | 12:45PM 2.17 | 1:13AM 2.30 | 1:40PM 2.22 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 2:11PM 0.58 | 2:20AM 0.58 | 2:50PM 0.59 | 3:03AM 0.61 | 3:32PM 0.61 | 3:50AM 0.64 | 4:19PM 0.63 | 4:41AM 0.67 | 5:10PM 0.64 | 5:37AM 0.68 | 6:04PM 0.61 | 6:36AM 0.65 | 6:57PM 0.55 | 7:35AM 0.57 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 09 | Friday 10 | Saturday 11 | Sunday 12 | Monday 13 | Tuesday 14 | Wednesday 15 | Thursday 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | |
Summary | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | cloudy | cloudy | light rain | light rain | some clouds | rain shwrs | light rain | clear | some clouds | some clouds | clear | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | cloudy | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | light rain | light rain | light rain | light rain | mod. rain | light rain | light rain | light rain | light rain | light rain | light rain | light rain | light rain | light rain | cloudy | cloudy | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | some clouds | clear |
Rain (mm) | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Temp. °C | 13 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 18 |
Feels °C (?) | 11 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 16 |
Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:39 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:41 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:43 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:43 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:46 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:47 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:48 | - | - | - | - |
Sunset | - | - | - | 8:45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:44 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:43 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:42 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:39 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:38 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:36 |
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