Scarborough surf break

Scarborough surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Wednesday 04 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
19.6° C
(Which is 4.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Scarborough today?

The current surf forecast for Scarborough at 10PM is: 0.5m 13s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 04). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Feb)--
Afternoon (04 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)7s
Evening (04 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)13s

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

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Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.5
SSE
0.6
E
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.6
NE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.4
SSE
0.7
NE
0.4
SE
0.7
SE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
E
0.6
E
Period(s) (?)771371313131356667776106745565
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3144953369694248588094182665334333637141328302221
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
20
E
5
ESE
10
W
10
WSW
10
W
0
S
0
W
15
ENE
15
ESE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ENE
10
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:29PM
2.31
7:52AM
2.37
8:24PM
2.28
8:45AM
2.30
9:18PM
2.26
9:38AM
2.24
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:20PM
0.32
1:38AM
0.29
2:11PM
0.36
2:28AM
0.38
2:59PM
0.42
3:19AM
0.51
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunrise-----6:33-------6:33-------6:35--
Sunset-8:52-------8:51-------8:50------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------------11--
Temp. °C151413131313141516151515151419221817151413131415
Feels °C (?)131110101010111212121315141117211915131311121313
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