Scarborough surf break

Scarborough surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 02 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
17.0° C
(Which is 2.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Scarborough today?

The current surf forecast for Scarborough at 10AM is: 0.1m 11s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 02). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Mar)0.5ft (0.1m)11s
Afternoon (02 Mar)3ft (0.9m)13s
Evening (02 Mar)2ft (0.6m)8s

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


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Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thu
05
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.6
SE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.8
ESE
1
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1
E
Period(s) (?)121011131313813121212888881212121212111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)32229028622945625958484040404055161284347404384357329223
Wind
(km/h)
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
SW
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
0
WNW
5
W
5
NNW
5
NE
10
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
glassglassglassononcross-
on
ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:00AM
2.38
4:25PM
2.29
4:51AM
2.37
5:15PM
2.28
5:42AM
2.35
6:08PM
2.26
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:15AM
0.37
10:39PM
0.32
11:07AM
0.38
11:32PM
0.32
12:00PM
0.39
12:23AM
0.35
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thu
05
Sunrise--7:07-------7:07-------7:09-----
Sunset-----8:14-------8:12-------8:09--
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
111211------------------
Temp. °C10101010111110910910121312101098101213131313
Feels °C (?)23334555556788797789991010
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