Scarborough Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s take a look at what’s on the table for Scarborough Beach over the next couple of weeks. This stretch is gonna be a bit of a mixed bag, with some decent power rolling in, but the wind is gonna be the main thing you’re battling.

First up, we’ve got a solid pulse of long-period groundswell hitting on Monday the 7th of September. The morning is looking like the pick of the whole run with a clean 8ft swell out of the WSW and a very long 16-second period. The combined energy is strong at 2853, so there’s plenty of grunt. The wind is a light cross-off from the SSE at 6 mph, which should keep things tidy. This is proper, experienced surfer territory at that size – a bit too much punch for the beginners.

That afternoon on the 7th, the wind picks up to 16 mph, which will ruffle the surface, and the quality drops off. Tuesday the 8th is similar – good sized swell at 8ft to 8ft with that long period, but the wind is a stiff cross-off, creating some bump. It’s not terrible, but it’s not the clean morning we saw Monday.

Wednesday the 9th sees the swell back off a touch to 6ft - 6ft, but the wind finally goes offshore from the ENE. The morning has a fresh breeze at 22 mph, which is a bit much, but the afternoon drops to a moderate 16 mph offshore, cleaning things up nicely. For the experienced crew, the afternoon session on Wednesday is a solid shout.

From Thursday the 10th onward, the swell starts to drop. Thursday and Friday are smaller, in the 4ft to 4ft range. The wind goes messy – cross-on and onshore – and things get choppy. The weekend of the 12th and 13th looks pretty poor, with onshore winds and increasing swell again, but it’s all bumpy and blown out. Not worth paddling out for.

There’s a bit of a lull in quality until we get to Monday the 14th of September. The morning brings a clean 8ft WSW swell with a gentle cross-off breeze from the ENE at 9 mph. That’s a good one for experienced surfers again, with plenty of energy (2076). It’s the last real standout for a few days.

The middle of the week from the 15th onward gets smaller and cross-choppy again. Not much to get excited about until we hit Sunday the 20th of September. That morning is looking like the absolute best of the entire outlook. We’ve got a 8ft WSW swell, but the wind is a glassy 3 mph cross-off from the NNE. That’s nearly dead calm, which means the surface will be like glass. The combined energy is strong at 2341. This is the session to circle on your calendar.

After that, the final couple of days on the 21st and 22nd bring another solid pulse of 8ft to 8ft swell with very long periods again (16-17 seconds), but the wind is onshore or cross-on, which ruins the party. The energy is massive (3806 on Monday morning), but it’ll be a messy, powerful beast only for the hardcore.

To sum it up: the standouts are Monday the 7th morning and Sunday the 20th morning. Both offer that big, clean, powerful WSW groundswell. If you can only pick one, wait for the 20th – that near-calm wind is a gift.

Stay safe out there.
Rusty

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