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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

Actual: 46 min ago

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) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
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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)
Friday 31 | Saturday 01 | Sunday 02 | Monday 03 | Tuesday 04 | Wednesday 05 | Thursday 06 | Friday 07 | Sat 08 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 10 PM | 1 AM | |
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Swell Height Map | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Period(s) (?) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 4 |
Wave (?)Graph ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Energy (?) | 204 | 156 | 154 | 142 | 108 | 192 | 147 | 113 | 88 | 105 | 103 | 137 | 103 | 79 | 101 | 78 | 78 | 76 | 76 | 78 | 76 | 52 | 52 | 41 | 89 | 86 | 86 | 94 | 82 | 82 | 81 | 56 | 56 | 55 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 61 | 69 | 123 | 41 | 42 | 24 | 40 | 39 | 60 | 130 | 170 | 62 | 61 | 57 | 55 | 51 | 51 | 35 | 35 | 112 | 31 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | on | on | on | on | on | on | on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross | cross | cross | glass | cross | glass | cross- off | glass | on | cross- on | cross- on | on | cross- on | glass | glass | glass | glass | on | cross- on | on | on | on | on | on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross | cross | off | cross- off | off | cross- off | glass | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | glass | on | on | on | on | glass |
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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Friday 31 | Saturday 01 | Sunday 02 | Monday 03 | Tuesday 04 | Wednesday 05 | Thursday 06 | Friday 07 | Sat 08 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 10 PM | 1 AM | |
Summary | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | clear | some clouds | light rain | rain shwrs | cloudy | rain shwrs | some clouds | clear | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | cloudy | cloudy | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | light rain | cloudy | cloudy | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | clear |
Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Temp. °C | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 |
Feels °C (?) | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 12 |
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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