Cactus surfForecast / SA – Nullarbor / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Friday 27 Feb 2026 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
18.9° C
(Which is 1.2°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Cactus today?

The current surf forecast for Cactus at 11PM is: 0.6m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:30pm February 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Feb)--
Afternoon (27 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Evening (27 Feb)2ft (0.6m)12s

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


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Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.6
SSW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.6
SW
0.9
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
Period(s) (?)121212121211111111111111101010121212122019181717
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)14113911411411082796059424140373636242311551612315409741199
Wind
(km/h)
15
SE
20
SSE
25
ESE
20
SE
20
ESE
10
E
10
NE
15
ENE
15
NE
5
ENE
10
SSE
10
ESE
10
E
10
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
S
25
S
30
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:11AM
1.16
2:01PM
0.70
1:20AM
1.25
1:45PM
0.78
1:31AM
1.30
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:48PM
0.50
8:14AM
0.12
6:49PM
0.35
8:06AM
0.11
7:03PM
0.21
8:03AM
0.10
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Sunrise-------7:24-------7:26-------7:26
Sunset--8:15-------8:15-------8:13-----
rain showers
light rain
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
12362012421---------------
Temp. °C232421202021212223252424232321222221202019191818
Feels °C (?)232419202023232324272626252522232219181817171515
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