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Scarborough Surf Photo: 'Scarborough beach Sumner' by chippie

Issued: 6 pm 11 Nov 2026 (local time)

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Today's Scarborough sea temperature is

15.1°C

3.6°

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
	N	NNW	N	S	NE
	4 s	cross	4 s	10 s	8 s

Open ocean wave model on 27 December 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
	NNW	NNW	NNW	NE	NE
	4 s	cross	4 s	7 s	6 s

Open ocean wave model on 27 December 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
	NNW	NNW	NNW	NE	E
	5 s	cross- on	5 s	8 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 27 December 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
	N	NE	NNE	S	E
	5 s	on	5 s	10 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 27 December 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
	NE	NE	NE	S	SSW
	7 s	on	7 s	12 s	16 s

Open ocean wave model on 28 December 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
	NE	NNE	NE	S
	7 s	on	7 s	14 s

Open ocean wave model on 28 December 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
	ENE	ENE	ENE	S	SSE
	8 s	cross- on	8 s	14 s	11 s

Open ocean wave model on 28 December 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
	ENE	WSW		ENE	S
	8 s	cross- off		8 s	14 s

Open ocean wave model on 28 December 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
	ENE	SW	SW	ENE	SSE
	7 s	off	3 s	7 s	11 s

Open ocean wave model on 28 December 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
	ENE	SW	SW	ENE	SSE
	7 s	off	4 s	7 s	11 s

Open ocean wave model on 28 December 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
	SSW	SW	SSW	ENE	SSE
	7 s	off	6 s	9 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 28 December 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
	S	W	SSW	SSW	ENE
	7 s	glass	7 s	7 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 28 December 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
	SE	N		S	ENE
	9 s	glass		8 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 29 December 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
	SE	NE		S	ENE
	9 s	on		8 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 29 December 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
	ESE	NNE	NNE	S	ENE
	9 s	cross- on	2 s	8 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 29 December 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
	ESE	NNE	NNE	SSE	ENE
	9 s	cross- on	2 s	7 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 29 December 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
	ESE	NE	NE	SSE	ENE
	9 s	on	2 s	7 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 29 December at 12 pm

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

Image captured 2 hours and 53 minutes before low water (falling spring tide). Tide height was 1.2m (4.0 ft). Range 2.35m (7.7 ft). Toggle tide graph

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Scarborough Surf Photo: 'Scarborough beach Sumner' by chippie

28 dec 2010, wind swell only lasted for a morning then blown out. Good fun though!

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User: chippie (1 photo)

Country: New Zealand (2476 photos)

Photo taken at: 2:29 pm 28 Dec 2010