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Scarborough surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Thursday 12 Feb 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
18.9° C
 (Which is 3.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Scarborough today?

The current surf forecast for Scarborough at 9PM is: 1.1m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 12). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)4s
Afternoon (12 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)5s
Evening (12 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)7s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
ESE
1
ENE
1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.2
ENE
2.1
NE
1.9
NE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.1
ENE
2
NE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.7
SE
0.5
E
1.5
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
Period(s) (?)1156677778888887888878888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2442588712844437297991454531078175423229433044302486767
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
E
25
E
20
E
10
ESE
10
ENE
15
NNE
20
NE
20
NNE
20
N
30
WSW
30
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
5
S
5
SW
5
ENE
10
E
10
ESE
5
SW
15
SSW
20
SW
25
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononononcross-
on		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
on		cross-
on		crossoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:39PM
2.05
2:06AM
2.17
2:28PM
2.05
2:55AM
2.17
3:17PM
2.06
3:42AM
2.19
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:39AM
0.83
7:43PM
0.78
8:26AM
0.81
8:29PM
0.75
9:11AM
0.76
9:17PM
0.70
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Sunrise-------6:43-------6:46-------6:47
Sunset---8:42-------8:39-------8:38----
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part cloud
clear
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part cloud
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cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161717171717181920222317141313131416161714121313
Feels °C (?)13151414151717171719201391011121214141512998
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