Cactus surfForecast / SA – Nullarbor / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Saturday 22 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 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Cactus today?

The current surf forecast for Cactus at 11AM is: 0.6m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 09:30am November 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Nov)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Afternoon (22 Nov)4.5ft (1.3m)11s
Evening (22 Nov)4ft (1.2m)11s

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

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Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tue
25
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SW
0.6
SW
1.3
WSW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
S
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
1.2
S
0.9
S
0.6
WSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.5
S
0.8
SW
Period(s) (?)1212111111111010101010913136712812121212812
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)167110400437341300216190173160123137475989749866184205232330169
Wind
(km/h)
40
N
30
NW
35
W
30
WSW
25
SW
20
SSW
15
SW
15
SSW
20
ESE
15
E
20
SSE
20
SSE
40
ESE
30
SE
15
SSW
20
SW
20
W
30
WSW
30
WSW
35
WSW
25
SW
15
SW
20
WSW
25
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:31PM
0.88
1:58AM
1.43
1:51PM
0.85
2:22AM
1.39
2:12PM
0.81
2:50AM
1.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:05AM
0.11
7:16PM
-0.02
8:28AM
0.14
7:37PM
-0.01
8:54AM
0.19
7:58PM
0.03
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tue
25
Sunrise6:26-------6:26-------6:26-------
Sunset----8:21-------8:22-------8:22---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C262421191716161616202225212120181920201918171717
Feels °C (?)191916151413151514191923151719171816161414151414
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