Scarborough surf break

Scarborough surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Friday 04 Jul 2025 NZST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
10.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Scarborough today?

The current surf forecast for Scarborough at 10AM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am July 04). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 15s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Jul)3ft (0.9m)10s
Afternoon (04 Jul)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (04 Jul)3ft (0.9m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
Friday
11
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
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
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
1
SSE
0.5
E
1
SSE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.3
ENE
0.4
E
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.9
ENE
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.3
E
2.3
E
2.4
E
2.3
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.6
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
Period(s) (?)99101010101010101010109998108101010101010101010101010101616151510999101010101011111111111311111211111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)487113517319118515115014111511110474828223369212696968424242423834332020204444434219312221309517819324333840117391932215174759668124222466668635553467467426
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
SSW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
5
SW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
S
5
SSE
0
E
5
N
5
NNE
5
N
0
NE
5
NE
5
N
5
NNW
5
NW
5
NW
5
NNE
5
ESE
5
E
5
E
5
ENE
5
NNE
5
NE
5
NE
10
ENE
10
ENE
15
E
20
NE
20
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
25
NE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
20
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
E
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
SSW
5
SW
5
SW
5
SW
0
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffoffoffglassoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffglasscross-
off
glassglassglassglassglassglassglassglassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassononcross-
on
cross-
on
onononononononononcross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:42AM
2.12
12:03AM
2.08
12:30PM
2.14
12:50AM
2.06
1:18PM
2.17
1:37AM
2.06
2:04PM
2.20
2:25AM
2.07
2:50PM
2.22
3:11AM
2.09
3:35PM
2.24
3:55AM
2.11
4:18PM
2.25
4:38AM
2.12
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:30AM
0.66
5:54PM
0.80
6:15AM
0.71
6:48PM
0.84
6:57AM
0.75
7:38PM
0.84
7:39AM
0.76
8:24PM
0.83
8:23AM
0.76
9:06PM
0.80
9:10AM
0.73
9:49PM
0.76
9:58AM
0.68
10:33PM
0.70
10:45AM
0.61
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
Friday
11
Sunrise--8:02-------8:02-------8:02-------8:00-------8:00-------8:00-------8:00-------8:00-
Sunset----5:04-------5:04-------5:05-------5:05-------5:06-------5:07-------5:07-------
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C677899887788899988899888888101099988899989988991091010109101010101099911
Feels °C (?)2445776644666778667876666667866767676645433345567767778877710
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