Cactus Surf and Wind Quality by Season (SA – Nullarbor, Australia)

The charts below show frequency of occurrence of a certain swell or wind in Cactus, broken down by both direction and strength (wave height).

IMPORTANT: Beta version feature! Swell heights are open water values from NWW3. There is no attempt to model near-shore effects. Coastal wave heights will generally be less, especially if the break does not have unobstructed exposure to the open ocean.

Seasonal Cactus Swell and Wind Distribution

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The graph illustrates how frequently and how strongly the wind blows from different dir... (show all text)

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You can also compare this with Cactus swell conditioned on favourable winds.

Also see overall Cactus surf quality charts (on the guide page) and Cactus surf quality by month.