Scarborough Surf Forecast

/ Canterbury (28 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (43.57° S 172.78° E)

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Scarborough surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Thursday 18 Sep 2025 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 10.9° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Scarborough today?

The current surf forecast for Scarborough at 2AM is: 0.5m 11s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm September 18). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (19 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	7s
Afternoon (19 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	10s
Evening (19 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	10s

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

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		Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	E	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	NE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SSE	NE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	7	11	11	7	11	10	10	10	14	5	14	14	14	14	14	14	8	5	6	8	9	10	9
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	2	16	59	59	17	40	36	35	24	38	40	80	80	79	51	51	36	138	78	247	350	334	246	172
Wind (km/h)	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	WSW	W	NE	ENE	NE	NE	NNE	NW	NW	NNW	NNE	N	N	N	N	NNE	NNE	WNW	WNW	SE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)			1:52AM 2.21				2:18PM 2.26				2:41AM 2.19					3:07PM 2.24				3:30AM 2.17				3:56PM 2.23
Low Tide / height (m)	7:44PM 0.49				8:01AM 0.47				8:32PM 0.50				8:54AM 0.47					9:21PM 0.51				9:47AM 0.47

		Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22

Rain (mm)	2	1	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	6	5	5	6	8	8	7	6	6	6	5	7	12	14	12	11	12	13	13	15	17	17	14
Feels °C (?)	2	2	1	1	2	5	3	2	-1	0	2	2	3	9	11	7	4	3	5	4	8	13	14	12

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Canterbury

Wind Update Offshore wind reported 2 km from Scarborough (moderate winds from the S at Taylor's Mistake 2 km from Scarborough). 0.3m 7s swell from the SSE with a 0.1m 11s groundswell from the SE and a 0.1m 6s windswell from the NE. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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