Scarborough surf break

Scarborough surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 04 Apr 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
16.4° C
(Which is 3.3°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: 0.3m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm April 04). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Apr)--
Afternoon (04 Apr)1ft (0.3m)10s
Evening (04 Apr)1ft (0.3m)7s

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


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Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
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
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
SSE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.2
E
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.5
E
0.8
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.6
ENE
Period(s) (?)107710555555666111010104567778
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)20999121311111111121212222120482070103171181327288
Wind
(km/h)
5
S
5
SSE
10
ESE
5
ENE
5
N
5
N
0
SE
10
ESE
10
E
10
E
0
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
W
0
NNW
10
ENE
10
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
20
ENE
25
NE
30
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:29PM
2.26
7:45AM
2.15
8:14PM
2.25
8:33AM
2.12
8:56PM
2.22
9:21AM
2.08
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:09PM
0.57
1:36AM
0.63
1:52PM
0.63
2:21AM
0.69
2:33PM
0.70
3:05AM
0.74
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Sunrise------7:48-------7:50-------7:50-
Sunset-7:15-------7:13-------7:12------
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151412121111121213131312121213131415151515151515
Feels °C (?)141310111010121011111310101113111213131212131211
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