Scarborough surf break

Scarborough surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Monday 15 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
16.4° C
(Which is 3.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Scarborough today?

The current surf forecast for Scarborough at 6AM is: 0.9m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.9m 4s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00am December 15). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Dec)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Afternoon (15 Dec)1.5ft (0.5m)8s
Evening (15 Dec)3.5ft (1.1m)8s

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

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Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
NE
1.1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
Period(s) (?)788888888888998888888889
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)485135105664544333516617314292969459413735232124415761
Wind
(km/h)
5
SE
10
NNW
15
NW
20
N
30
N
30
NNW
35
NNW
35
N
30
N
25
NNE
20
NNW
20
SW
10
WSW
15
NNW
25
NW
20
W
35
WSW
30
WSW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
20
SSW
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
offcross-
off
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:47AM
2.15
2:08PM
2.11
2:37AM
2.17
2:57PM
2.09
3:25AM
2.20
3:45PM
2.08
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:35PM
0.62
8:04AM
0.75
8:19PM
0.67
8:58AM
0.78
9:02PM
0.71
9:46AM
0.80
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Sunrise---5:41-------5:41-------5:41----
Sunset-------9:05-------9:06-------9:07
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
thunderstorm
light rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
---------------12111031---
Temp. °C161514172123242120201914151920181210101112131414
Feels °C (?)15131012151616131516161114151513535567910
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