Scarborough surf break

Scarborough surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Tuesday 21 Apr 2026 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
14.6° C
(Which is 2.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Scarborough today?

The current surf forecast for Scarborough at 11PM is: 1.5m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 21). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 15s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)--
Afternoon (21 Apr)4ft (1.2m)9s
Evening (21 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)10s

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


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Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
2
1
3
3
2
2
3
2
2
1
1
2
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.5
ESE
2.1
SSE
2
SSE
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.7
E
1.1
E
1.4
E
0.9
E
0.9
ESE
1.2
E
0.8
ESE
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
Period(s) (?)9101010108810111010101010101010101099999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)26532235642443257450931432661526040816718028412812292906463614342
Wind
(km/h)
20
S
15
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
SW
10
WSW
5
N
5
NE
10
E
5
NE
0
WNW
5
WSW
5
SW
5
WSW
0
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:01PM
2.60
8:35AM
2.38
8:58PM
2.55
9:32AM
2.36
9:55PM
2.47
10:26AM
2.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:40PM
0.36
2:20AM
0.40
2:38PM
0.38
3:19AM
0.41
3:37PM
0.39
4:17AM
0.43
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sunrise------7:09-------7:09-------7:11-
Sunset5:45-------5:44-------5:43-------
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C1099999999998778111211101099912
Feels °C (?)44554553455434591088977610
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