Scarborough surf break

Scarborough surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Sunday 15 Mar 2026 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
17.0° C
(Which is 3.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Scarborough today?

The current surf forecast for Scarborough at 11PM is: 0.3m 18s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.2m 3s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Mar)--
Afternoon (15 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Evening (15 Mar)1ft (0.3m)18s

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


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Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.3
SSE
0.7
ENE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.4
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
NE
1.3
NE
0.6
ENE
0.8
N
0.5
ENE
Period(s) (?)991881818171717888888884456646
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4443626361602929292634242023201132122225115272021
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
E
15
ENE
5
NNE
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
W
10
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
E
5
ENE
0
E
5
ENE
15
E
20
E
20
ENE
20
ENE
15
NE
15
N
15
NNW
25
NW
20
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffcross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
onglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:38PM
2.04
3:03AM
2.16
3:26PM
2.09
3:48AM
2.21
4:11PM
2.15
4:33AM
2.27
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:40PM
0.66
9:15AM
0.63
9:31PM
0.59
10:00AM
0.55
10:21PM
0.52
10:45AM
0.49
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Sunrise------7:24-------7:26-------7:26-
Sunset-7:51-------7:49-------7:46------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161615151412141819161515141414151515141414172020
Feels °C (?)131312131410121616131314141514131213111211141516
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