Surf Forecast Surf Report
Scarborough surf break

Scarborough surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Thursday 01 May 2025 NZST
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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
15.4° C
(Which is 3.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Scarborough today?

The current surf forecast for Scarborough at 1AM is: 1.4m 11s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.9m 13s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm May 01). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 May)5ft (1.5m)11s
Afternoon (02 May)5.5ft (1.7m)12s
Evening (02 May)5ft (1.5m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SE
1.4
SE
1.4
SE
1.4
SE
1.5
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
1
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.4
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.4
SE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
1
NE
1
NE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.3
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.6
N
0.8
N
0.8
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.6
NNW
0.4
NE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
Period(s) (?)111111111112121211111111101010109111110991716712121111101010101095556676565554443444388888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)5154234935125567847846605534603733021941258574483721192929282521302723403617151514144451151723251656634564816162691522223335
Wind
(km/h)
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
W
5
SW
5
NW
10
WNW
10
WSW
15
WSW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
5
S
5
ESE
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
NNE
10
ENE
10
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
0
ENE
5
W
10
W
10
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
W
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNE
0
ENE
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
N
5
NW
5
NNW
5
N
5
NNW
15
NNE
30
NNE
10
NE
5
NNE
25
SSW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffglassglassglasscross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
ononononglasscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglassglassglassonglassglassglasscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
onglasscross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:46PM
2.64
8:19AM
2.41
8:40PM
2.56
9:14AM
2.37
9:35PM
2.45
10:07AM
2.32
10:31PM
2.34
10:58AM
2.25
11:26PM
2.25
11:49AM
2.17
12:19AM
2.18
12:41PM
2.12
1:09AM
2.14
1:34PM
2.10
1:58AM
2.11
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:05AM
0.38
2:22PM
0.39
3:02AM
0.43
3:18PM
0.44
3:57AM
0.47
4:14PM
0.49
4:51AM
0.52
5:07PM
0.54
5:45AM
0.56
5:59PM
0.59
6:36AM
0.60
6:53PM
0.64
7:24AM
0.63
7:48PM
0.69
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sunrise----7:20-------7:22-------7:22-------7:24-------7:24-------7:26-------7:26-------
Sunset------5:30-------5:28-------5:27-------5:25-------5:23-------5:22-------5:22-----
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Rain (mm)
1--1----------------1--------------------------------------1
Temp. °C101010101010111110999101214131312121212131413111111101112121111111110111316151312111010121413121211101116171715131211
Feels °C (?)44455457756681012101010101010111211101010810109888981111141311109891113111111989141311141278
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