Scarborough surf break

Scarborough surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 13 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
19.0° C
(Which is 3.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Scarborough today?

The current surf forecast for Scarborough at 2AM is: 0.8m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 13). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Afternoon (14 Feb)2ft (0.6m)8s
Evening (14 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)8s

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

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Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.7
ESE
0.7
SE
1.1
SE
1.3
SSE
1.1
SE
1.2
SE
1.5
SE
1.2
E
1.5
E
1.6
E
1.7
E
Period(s) (?)888888888888878899101011121313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)16514285836886686445313231314860180233220273424371647852976
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNE
25
WSW
25
SW
15
SW
5
SSE
5
SE
0
SSW
10
ENE
15
E
15
E
10
SSE
15
SW
20
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
35
SW
45
SW
50
SSW
30
SW
30
SSW
30
SW
35
SW
35
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:28PM
2.05
2:55AM
2.17
3:17PM
2.06
3:42AM
2.19
4:03PM
2.08
4:27AM
2.21
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:29PM
0.75
9:11AM
0.76
9:17PM
0.70
9:55AM
0.70
10:07PM
0.63
10:39AM
0.63
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Sunrise-----6:46-------6:47-------6:48--
Sunset-8:39-------8:38-------8:37------
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
------------------689435
Temp. °C212014131312141515161413131314141414121313141414
Feels °C (?)201710101210131212131110987665378988
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