Scarborough Surf Break

Lat Long: 43.57° S 172.77° E

Scarborough 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 01 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Scarborough sea temperature is
11.8°C
2.0° 

Scarborough 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 today (01 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 10s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 10s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Scarborough at 10PM is: 0.5m 7s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 01). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Oct)--
Afternoon (01 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)10s
Evening (01 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Very mild (max 18°C on Fri morning, min 6°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
1
Friday
2
Saturday
3
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
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
SSE
10
0.2
SSE
10
0.5
NE
7
0.2
SSE
12
0.4
NE
7
0.4
NE
6
0.3
NE
6
0.4
ENE
7
0.5
NE
7
0.4
ENE
8
0.4
NE
8
0.4
NE
7
0.4
NNE
7
0.4
SE
14
0.1
NE
5
0.2
SSE
17
0.3
SSE
16
0.3
SSE
16
0.3
SSE
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
10
10
23
13
18
9
5
21
27
22
14
14
18
73
1
30
53
50
45
Wind (km/h)
10
ENE
10
E
5
ENE
5
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNE
10
WNW
15
WSW
15
WSW
5
WSW
10
ESE
5
SE
10
SE
5
S
10
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
off
glassy
cross
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
High Tide
9:18PM2.29m
9:42AM2.45m
10:17PM2.28m
10:38AM2.44m
Low Tide
3:00PM0.50m
3:22AM0.47m
3:59PM0.50m
4:20AM0.46m
4:59PM0.49m
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
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7:01
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7:00
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7:34
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7:36
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7:37
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1
3
1
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Temp °C
14
12
11
11
9
9
12
18
17
15
12
10
8
8
8
10
11
9
8
Feels °C
11
10
9
10
6
7
9
14
14
13
10
9
6
6
5
5
6
6
5
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