Scarborough surf break

Scarborough surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Saturday 18 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
15.0° C
(Which is 2.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Scarborough today?

The current surf forecast for Scarborough at 5AM is: 0.5m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 18). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)8s
Afternoon (19 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Evening (19 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)10s

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


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Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.7
SSE
1.2
SE
1.4
SE
1.4
SE
1.5
SE
1.6
SE
1.2
SE
1.4
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.7
ESE
Period(s) (?)9768891010101010107788899910101111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)30191738366910211111175785645156266283319363231340428559672711
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
30
SSW
30
SW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
25
S
25
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:34AM
2.43
6:06PM
2.56
6:34AM
2.42
7:04PM
2.60
7:35AM
2.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:24PM
0.38
11:48AM
0.36
12:20AM
0.38
12:43PM
0.36
1:20AM
0.39
1:40PM
0.36
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Sunrise----7:05-------7:07-------7:07---
Sunset------5:49-------5:46-------5:45-
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
----------13445322124475
Temp. °C14131110121512111111111111109899988999
Feels °C (?)111076912655666653344322322
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