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Cactus surfForecast / SA – Nullarbor / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Sunday 23 Nov 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
18.6° C
 (Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Cactus today?

The current surf forecast for Cactus at 2PM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:30am November 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Nov)3ft (0.9m)10s
Afternoon (23 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Evening (23 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Wed
26
7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
1
S
1.3
SSE
0.4
SW
1.3
S
0.9
S
0.7
S
0.6
WSW
0.9
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
WSW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
1.1
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
Period(s) (?)10101010513667121245555161571110131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)146131128181805910864539824040475128454737109408468669734689
Wind
(km/h)
25
ESE
10
SE
20
SE
30
SSE
35
SE
35
ESE
25
S
20
SSW
5
SE
25
W
35
WSW
35
WSW
30
SSW
20
SW
15
SW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
25
SW
25
SW
20
SSW
15
SSW
30
SW
35
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		glassonononcross-
on		cross-
on		onononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:51PM
0.85
2:22AM
1.39
2:12PM
0.81
2:50AM
1.33
2:34PM
0.74
3:20AM
1.24
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:28AM
0.14
7:37PM
-0.01
8:54AM
0.19
7:58PM
0.03
9:26AM
0.26
8:20PM
0.10
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Wed
26
Sunrise6:26-------6:26-------6:24-------
Sunset----8:22-------8:22-------8:22---
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C162022202020191819232119181717171618191918171716
Feels °C (?)122020161515161720201714131515141415151415151210
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