Scarborough surf break

Scarborough surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Sunday 29 Mar 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
16.9° 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 1AM is: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a East direction and 0.9m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.5m 3s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Afternoon (30 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)11s
Evening (30 Mar)2ft (0.6m)11s

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


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Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
ESE
0.7
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.4
SSE
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.9
SSE
1
SSE
0.7
SE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
SSE
0.4
SE
0.3
SSE
Period(s) (?)121212121212121218111111111014151514131010161015
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)43213822822522017116913012811986825752361422229134883533492443
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
10
ENE
10
NW
10
NW
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
SW
10
S
5
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
5
NNE
15
SW
20
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SW
5
WSW
5
SW
0
W
5
NNE
5
N
10
N
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
glassononglassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:22PM
2.23
2:49AM
2.28
3:13PM
2.22
3:39AM
2.27
4:04PM
2.21
4:29AM
2.26
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:32PM
0.43
9:03AM
0.45
9:25PM
0.43
9:52AM
0.46
10:20PM
0.44
10:43AM
0.47
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Sunrise------7:41-------7:43-------7:43-
Sunset-7:25-------7:23-------7:22------
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-------------1----------
Temp. °C161618181615151615141313121010111111109991011
Feels °C (?)141516161513131514111013955778887779
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