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Scarborough surf break

Scarborough surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 21 Jan 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
18.2° C
 (Which is 3.5°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: 1.0m 4s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.1m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 21). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)5s
Afternoon (21 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)6s
Evening (21 Jan)5ft (1.6m)7s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.8
ENE
1
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.6
E
1.6
E
1.6
E
1.7
E
1.8
E
1.8
E
1.8
E
1.7
E
1.7
E
1.8
SE
1.7
SSE
Period(s) (?)888456677888899101112121212121010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5351753775119142195273311366310367384440509669879911895778752630576
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
15
NE
20
ENE
25
ENE
30
NE
30
ENE
30
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
25
ENE
25
E
25
ESE
25
ESE
20
ESE
10
SE
5
SE
10
WNW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
5
SSW
15
SSW
5
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononononcross-
on		onononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrossglasscross-
off		offoffoffglasscross-
off		glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:06AM
2.23
7:32PM
2.09
7:49AM
2.24
8:19PM
2.10
8:35AM
2.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:54AM
0.51
1:27PM
0.53
1:36AM
0.47
2:10PM
0.49
2:19AM
0.45
2:53PM
0.48
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sunrise---6:11-------6:13-------6:15----
Sunset-------9:06-------9:05-------9:04
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
Rain (mm)
------1131314221312421---15-
Temp. °C131314141515151516161616161616161515151416181515
Feels °C (?)10101091010101112121313131314161615141316191315
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