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Scarborough surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Saturday 07 Feb 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
18.6° 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 4PM is: 0.4m 12s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 4s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 07). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Feb)1ft (0.3m)5s
Afternoon (07 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Evening (07 Feb)2ft (0.6m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
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
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
ENE
0.2
E
0.4
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.7
E
0.5
E
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.2
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.2
E
0.5
E
0.2
E
0.4
ENE
Period(s) (?)57121211111010101099999948888884
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)53502682232120191817568145161575343253056
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
10
ENE
15
NE
15
E
15
E
5
SSE
15
WSW
15
SSW
15
S
5
ENE
10
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
5
NNE
0
WSW
10
SE
15
ESE
15
E
15
E
15
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassononcross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononglassglasscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:38AM
2.24
10:09PM
2.24
10:30AM
2.18
10:56PM
2.22
11:20AM
2.14
11:42PM
2.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:48PM
0.51
4:11AM
0.63
4:37PM
0.60
5:04AM
0.73
5:26PM
0.69
5:57AM
0.79
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Sunrise-------6:37-------6:39-------6:39
Sunset---8:47-------8:46-------8:45----
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--------11----1---------
Temp. °C151718171616151413131313131414141516161515151516
Feels °C (?)151616151416121211121110101212141615141314131315
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