Scarborough surf break

Scarborough surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Sunday 14 Dec 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
17.1° C
(Which is 4.2°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: 1.0m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm December 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Dec)3ft (0.9m)5s
Afternoon (14 Dec)3.5ft (1.0m)6s
Evening (14 Dec)3.5ft (1.1m)7s

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

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Sunday
14
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
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 (?)
0.9
NE
0.9
ENE
1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.5
ENE
1.1
N
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
Period(s) (?)556678888884888899888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3244681001311381078560443241166171153105127119564337262421
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
25
ENE
20
E
20
E
10
SE
5
NW
15
NW
25
N
30
N
30
NNW
35
NNW
30
N
30
N
30
N
20
NNW
15
N
15
WNW
35
NNW
35
WNW
30
WNW
15
SW
15
SW
20
SW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:19PM
2.15
1:47AM
2.15
2:08PM
2.11
2:37AM
2.17
2:57PM
2.09
3:25AM
2.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:06AM
0.68
7:35PM
0.62
8:04AM
0.75
8:19PM
0.67
8:58AM
0.78
9:02PM
0.71
Sunday
14
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Sunrise-------5:41-------5:41-------5:41
Sunset---9:04-------9:05-------9:06----
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
part cloud
Rain (mm)
----------------------1-
Temp. °C141515161615141721232321202018171921211814111010
Feels °C (?)101111131513101214161515151515141513131110767
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