Scarborough surf break

Scarborough surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Saturday 29 Nov 2025 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
16.5° C
(Which is 4.3°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: 1.3m 11s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.8m 11s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am November 29). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Nov)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Afternoon (29 Nov)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Evening (29 Nov)2ft (0.6m)10s

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

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Saturday
29
Sunday
30
Monday
01
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.3
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
1
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.4
NE
1.1
NE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.6
ENE
1
ENE
1.1
ENE
Period(s) (?)11111010101010101010101010109910999991111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)903003391081061062088677775556541751332533681821031019064242286
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
20
NE
15
NE
10
WSW
10
NW
5
N
15
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NE
10
ENE
20
N
25
N
25
NE
30
N
25
WNW
10
N
10
SW
10
SW
5
ENE
20
E
20
ENE
20
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
ononcross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
on
offoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:36PM
2.03
11:59AM
2.12
12:24AM
2.10
12:50PM
2.18
1:15AM
2.19
1:41PM
2.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:38AM
0.60
6:17PM
0.54
6:30AM
0.57
7:07PM
0.49
7:25AM
0.54
Saturday
29
Sunday
30
Monday
01
Sunrise---5:43-------5:43-------5:43----
Sunset-------8:49-------8:51-------8:52
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C131212111619212018161515192220222017131316151514
Feels °C (?)98981217181815141314141616171515111115111111
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