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Cactus surfForecast / SA – Nullarbor / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Monday 29 Dec 2025 ACDT
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Cactus surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Cactus sea temperature is
20.2° C
 (Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Cactus today?

The current surf forecast for Cactus at 8PM is: 1.7m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:30pm December 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Dec)--
Afternoon (29 Dec)3.5ft (1.0m)12s
Evening (29 Dec)2.5ft (0.8m)12s

Table - waves today at Cactus. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
29
Tuesday
30
Wednesday
31
Thursday
01
1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
SW
1
SW
1.7
SSW
0.8
SW
1.6
SSW
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.7
S
1.8
S
2
S
1.9
S
1.9
S
1.7
S
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1.6
S
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
Period(s) (?)131212121267777888814131313131312121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)659286861200689209229239295349466464466377355345335892239235221210141139
Wind
(km/h)
30
S
30
SSE
35
S
30
SSE
35
S
40
S
40
SSE
35
SSE
45
SSE
40
SSE
45
SSE
40
SSE
40
SE
40
SE
35
SE
35
SE
35
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
35
SE
30
SE
25
ESE
25
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:21PM
0.88
12:11PM
0.54
11:56PM
1.07
12:49PM
0.56
12:29AM
1.24
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:15AM
0.41
4:23PM
0.45
7:28AM
0.27
5:15PM
0.38
7:53AM
0.18
Monday
29
Tuesday
30
Wednesday
31
Thursday
01
Sunrise------6:33-------6:33-------6:33-
Sunset--8:45-------8:46-------8:46-----
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C192019181817171817171716161616171717171717171618
Feels °C (?)1516141413111112910999910111111111211121213
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