Scarborough Surf Forecast

/ Canterbury (28 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (43.57° S 172.78° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Scarborough surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 03 Nov 2025 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 13.0° C
(Which is 1.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Scarborough today?

The current surf forecast for Scarborough at 1PM is: 0.1m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 03). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (03 Nov)	0.5ft (0.1m)	14s
Afternoon (03 Nov)	1.5ft (0.5m)	3s
Evening (03 Nov)	2ft (0.6m)	5s

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

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	Monday 03							Tuesday 04								Wednesday 05								Thu 06
	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
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	ENE	NE	SE	NE	NE	ENE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	ENE	ENE	E	NE	NE	NE	NE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	NE
Period(s) (?)	4	9	14	3	4	4	5	7	7	7	8	5	2	3	4	5	7	6	15	14	14	14	14	6
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	3	3	8	2	6	10	47	38	32	19	16	3	2	3	4	7	13	9	22	21	20	70	66	120
Wind (km/h)	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	ESE	SSE	WSW	W	W	WNW	NNE	ENE	E	SE	NW	NNE	ENE	ENE	E	E	E	ENE	ESE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	2:35AM 2.24				2:59PM 2.31				3:27AM 2.36				3:53PM 2.39					4:21AM 2.47				4:50PM 2.45
Low Tide / height (m)			8:46AM 0.48				9:12PM 0.39				9:43AM 0.42					10:05PM 0.35				10:40AM 0.37				11:02PM 0.32

	Monday 03							Tuesday 04								Wednesday 05								Thu 06
Sunrise	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:17	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	11	12	13	13	13	13	12	10	10	14	18	16	15	12	10	9	10	11	12	13	12	12	12
Feels °C (?)	10	9	9	9	9	9	12	8	6	6	11	16	13	13	11	9	7	7	8	9	10	9	9	11

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