Three‐dimensional angular distributions of acoustic scattering strength arising from flexural and Rayleigh resonances of a prolate steel spheroid are presented. Flexural resonances are found to produce strong scattering into four almost symmetrical lobes, by as much as 20 dB above the nonresonant background. Rayleigh resonances are weaker, but significant portions of the scattered Rayleigh energy are radiated into steep angles. In both cases, considerable interactions of the scattered energy with waveguide boundaries may be expected.