Scarborough surf break

Scarborough surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 05 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
18.7° C
(Which is 3.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Scarborough today?

The current surf forecast for Scarborough at 1AM is: 1.4m 6s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 05). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)7s
Afternoon (06 Feb)2ft (0.6m)6s
Evening (06 Feb)0.5ft (0.2m)9s

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

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Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
1.4
NE
0.9
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SE
0.2
SSE
0.5
E
0.4
SE
0.4
ESE
0.5
E
0.2
ENE
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.6
SE
Period(s) (?)55666776109954451351211111010105
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3955721466048343236288146812171598242321203117
Wind
(km/h)
25
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
5
ESE
10
W
10
WSW
10
W
5
W
5
SSE
10
ENE
10
ESE
5
SSE
0
E
10
ESE
10
E
5
ENE
15
ENE
15
E
10
ESE
10
W
15
WSW
20
SW
10
S
5
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
crossglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:24PM
2.28
8:45AM
2.30
9:18PM
2.26
9:38AM
2.24
10:09PM
2.24
10:30AM
2.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:11PM
0.36
2:28AM
0.38
2:59PM
0.42
3:19AM
0.51
3:48PM
0.51
4:11AM
0.63
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Sunrise-----6:33-------6:35-------6:37--
Sunset-8:51-------8:50-------8:47------
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151515151514182219181615151415161817161615131414
Feels °C (?)111112151311162119171616161314151615151512101212
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