Scarborough surf break

Scarborough surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 05 Dec 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 4.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Scarborough today?

The current surf forecast for Scarborough at 1PM is: 0.7m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am December 05). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Dec)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Afternoon (05 Dec)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Evening (05 Dec)2ft (0.6m)10s

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

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Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Mon
08
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.6
SE
0.8
ENE
1
NE
0.3
ESE
0.4
ENE
0.8
NNE
0.6
N
0.6
NNW
0.7
NNW
0.7
N
0.8
NNE
Period(s) (?)9999101010109999995595433444
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)113113889298747452491081131101096827481681689131214
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
5
NNW
10
NNE
10
ENE
35
WNW
25
NW
20
NW
5
S
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
20
E
25
E
25
E
20
E
10
SE
5
NNW
25
N
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NW
30
NNW
35
NNW
35
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
ononcross-
off
cross-
off
crossglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:01AM
2.62
5:33PM
2.45
6:01AM
2.67
6:31PM
2.46
6:58AM
2.68
7:29PM
2.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:23AM
0.35
11:42PM
0.30
12:22PM
0.31
12:40AM
0.28
1:20PM
0.29
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Mon
08
Sunrise-5:41-------5:41-------5:41------
Sunset-----8:55-------8:57-------8:58--
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C131215192725211814141515151414141620222325232120
Feels °C (?)12101317191917171111111110911131516181821171413
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