Scarborough surf break

Scarborough surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 04 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
17.4° C
(Which is 2.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Scarborough today?

The current surf forecast for Scarborough at 8AM is: 0.8m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 04). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Afternoon (04 Mar)4ft (1.2m)12s
Evening (04 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)11s

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


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Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.9
ESE
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1
E
0.9
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.8
ESE
Period(s) (?)88811121212121111111111121111111110101010910
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5556561212283474093893112351842202242642422402351107571684543120
Wind
(km/h)
5
S
0
N
5
NE
5
NNE
10
NE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
ENE
10
E
5
E
10
E
10
E
10
E
5
E
5
ENE
5
NNW
5
NW
5
N
10
NE
5
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
ononcross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassonon
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:42AM
2.35
6:08PM
2.26
6:32AM
2.32
7:03PM
2.25
7:23AM
2.27
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:32PM
0.32
12:00PM
0.39
12:23AM
0.35
12:52PM
0.41
1:12AM
0.42
1:40PM
0.45
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sunrise----7:09-------7:11-------7:11---
Sunset-------8:09-------8:07-------8:07
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C109991112121212131313141617161515141315202118
Feels °C (?)888789888101112131515151414141213181917
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