Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Scarborough today (20 Jul):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (20 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 19s period with SSE swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 19s period with SSE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 17s period with SSE swell.
The current surf forecast for Scarborough at 6PM is: 0.5m 18s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am July 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (20 Jul) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 19s |
| Afternoon (20 Jul) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 19s |
| Evening (20 Jul) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 17s |
Table - waves today at Scarborough. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Very mild (max 11°C on Wed afternoon, min 7°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Mon 20 | Tuesday 21 | Wednesday 22 | |||||||||||||||||||
9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 19 | SSE 19 | SSE 19 | SSE 18 | SSE 17 | SSE 16 | SSE 16 | SSE 14 | SE 14 | SSE 13 | SSE 12 | SSE 12 | SSE 12 | SSE 11 | SSE 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 13 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 322 | 319 | 312 | 186 | 172 | 107 | 99 | 76 | 46 | 34 | 31 | 29 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | glassy | glassy | on | cross-on | on | on | on | glassy | glassy | glassy | glassy | glassy | glassy | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | glassy | glassy | cross-on | cross-on |
High Tide | 9:16AM2.31m | 9:41PM2.29m | 10:09AM2.28m | 10:34PM2.23m | 11:00AM2.26m | ||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 3:20PM0.47m | 3:53AM0.47m | 4:17PM0.60m | 4:46AM0.55m | 5:15PM0.70m | ||||||||||||||||
 | | |  | | | |  |  |  | |  | | | | | | | | | | |
 | 7:54 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:52 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:52 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | 5:15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:17 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 8 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 9 |
Feels °C | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 19 | SSE 19 | SSE 19 | SSE 18 | SSE 17 | SSE 16 | SSE 16 | SSE 14 | NE 4 | NE 4 | NE 5 | NE 5 | ENE 4 | SSE 11 | ENE 4 | ENE 5 | NE 5 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | SE 12 |
| kJ | 322 | 319 | 312 | 186 | 172 | 107 | 99 | 76 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 12 | ESE 12 | ESE 12 | ESE 12 | ESE 12 | ESE 12 | ESE 12 | NE 4 | SE 14 | SSE 13 | SSE 12 | SSE 12 | SSE 12 | ENE 4 | SSE 11 | E 11 | E 11 | NE 4 | NE 4 | NE 4 | E 11 |
| kJ | 49 | 49 | 49 | 48 | 47 | 46 | 27 | 5 | 46 | 34 | 31 | 29 | 13 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ESE 12 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | E 11 | E 11 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | S 13 | E 13 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 26 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | NE 2 | NNE 3 | NNE 3 | NNE 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 0 | 23 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 31 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury | |||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Scarborough surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest