Scarborough surf break

Scarborough surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 04 Apr 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
16.1° C
(Which is 2.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Scarborough today?

The current surf forecast for Scarborough at 11AM is: 0.9m 4s primary swell from a North direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 04). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Apr)3ft (0.9m)4s
Afternoon (04 Apr)1ft (0.3m)10s
Evening (04 Apr)1ft (0.3m)6s

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


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Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tue
07
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
NE
0.7
NNW
0.9
N
0.3
ENE
0.3
SSE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.3
ENE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.7
E
0.9
ENE
1
ENE
1.2
ENE
Period(s) (?)84471076755559666611101010456
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)14132411209899101011171515121222212098345690
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
20
NNW
10
WNW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
S
0
ENE
0
ENE
5
E
5
ESE
10
E
10
E
10
E
5
E
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
0
NW
10
E
15
E
15
E
20
ENE
20
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:57AM
2.19
7:29PM
2.26
7:45AM
2.15
8:14PM
2.25
8:33AM
2.12
8:56PM
2.22
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:09PM
0.57
1:36AM
0.63
1:52PM
0.63
2:21AM
0.69
2:33PM
0.70
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tue
07
Sunrise--7:47-------7:48-------7:50-----
Sunset-----7:15-------7:13-------7:12--
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
----------------------11
Temp. °C151817141413121211121212131212121212121314151515
Feels °C (?)131415121211111211121110111011111111121112131213
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