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Scarborough Surf Photo: 'scarbs mass cut back brraaahhhp' by Connor Jones

Issued: 6 am 03 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Scarborough sea temperature is

11.6°C

1.8°

Scarborough surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

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3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	NE	ENE	E	S
	11 s	on	4 s	11 s	15 s

Open ocean wave model on 28 March at 9 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Scarborough around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	NE	ENE	S	SE
	11 s	on	11 s	15 s	16 s

Open ocean wave model on 28 March at 12 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Scarborough around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	ENE	ENE	S	SE
	11 s	on	11 s	14 s	15 s

Open ocean wave model on 28 March at 3 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Scarborough around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	NE	ENE	E	ESE
	11 s	on	6 s	10 s	11 s

Open ocean wave model on 28 March at 6 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Scarborough around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	NNW	NE	ENE	E
	11 s	cross	7 s	6 s	11 s

Open ocean wave model on 28 March at 9 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Scarborough around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	NNW	N	E	E
	11 s	cross- on	3 s	6 s	11 s

Open ocean wave model on 29 March at 12 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Scarborough around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	NNW	N	E	E
	11 s	cross- on	3 s	11 s	7 s

Open ocean wave model on 29 March at 3 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Scarborough around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	NW	N	E	E
	11 s	cross	3 s	11 s	7 s

Open ocean wave model on 29 March at 6 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Scarborough around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	NNW	NNW	E	E
	11 s	cross	3 s	11 s	7 s

Open ocean wave model on 29 March at 9 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Scarborough around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	NNW	NNW	E	E
	11 s	cross- on	3 s	11 s	7 s

Open ocean wave model on 29 March at 12 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Scarborough around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	NW		E	N
	11 s	cross		11 s	3 s

Open ocean wave model on 29 March at 3 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Scarborough around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	SSE		E	N
	11 s	cross- off		11 s	3 s

Open ocean wave model on 29 March at 6 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Scarborough around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	S	S	E	S
	10 s	cross- off	2 s	10 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 29 March at 9 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Scarborough around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	SW	SSW	E	S
	10 s	off	2 s	10 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 30 March at 12 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Scarborough around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	WSW	SSW	E	SSE
	10 s	off	3 s	10 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 30 March at 3 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Scarborough around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	WSW	SW	E	S
	10 s	off	2 s	10 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 30 March at 6 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Scarborough around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	E	WSW	SW	E	SSE
	10 s	off	3 s	10 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 30 March at 9 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Scarborough around the time the photo was taken

Image captured 2 hours and 28 minutes before high water (rising ordinary tide). Tide height was 1.7m (5.4 ft). Range 2.63m (8.6 ft). Toggle tide graph

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Scarborough Surf Photo: 'scarbs mass cut back brraaahhhp' by Connor Jones

Dude killin' it, just living the scarbs life loving every second of this cut back

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User: Connor Jones (3 photos)

Country: New Zealand (2476 photos)

Photo taken at: 10:38 am 29 Mar 2015