Scarborough surf break

Scarborough surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 28 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
16.5° C
(Which is 3.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Scarborough today?

The current surf forecast for Scarborough at 10PM is: 1.0m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Mar)--
Afternoon (28 Mar)4ft (1.2m)9s
Evening (28 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)9s

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


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Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
E
1.1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.6
E
1.1
ESE
1.2
ESE
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.9
ENE
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
SE
0.5
SSE
0.8
SSE
Period(s) (?)99991212121212121212121212121111111111131414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)25119816012511273106367432181136236172169132127898886595752113236
Wind
(km/h)
15
E
15
NE
15
ENE
10
E
10
E
15
E
15
E
15
E
15
ENE
10
E
5
NNW
10
W
5
SW
10
W
15
SW
10
S
5
SE
10
NE
15
ENE
10
ENE
5
W
10
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
glassoncross-
on
onglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:30PM
2.25
1:58AM
2.31
2:22PM
2.23
2:49AM
2.28
3:13PM
2.22
3:39AM
2.27
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:39PM
0.43
8:15AM
0.45
8:32PM
0.43
9:03AM
0.45
9:25PM
0.43
9:52AM
0.46
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Sunrise------7:39-------7:41-------7:43-
Sunset-7:28-------7:25-------7:23------
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
----------------------1-
Temp. °C201614141414141415161716161616161414141413111010
Feels °C (?)181412121312121213151714151514151311111112867
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