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Cactus surfForecast / SA – Nullarbor / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Friday 30 Jan 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
21.6° C
 (Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Cactus today?

The current surf forecast for Cactus at 1PM is: 1.4m 7s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:30am January 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Jan)4ft (1.2m)6s
Afternoon (30 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)7s
Evening (30 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)7s

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

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Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Mon
02
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.4
SSW
1.3
S
1.5
SSW
0.7
SW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
S
1.8
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.9
SW
1.5
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.4
SSE
Period(s) (?)767778771361266677121212126777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)147106167200181226173181161155634176206263199167158144137202170222206193
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSE
25
SSE
30
S
25
S
25
S
25
S
30
S
30
S
30
S
30
S
35
S
30
S
35
S
40
SSE
40
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
40
SE
35
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:04PM
0.58
1:22AM
1.31
1:55PM
0.63
1:43AM
1.38
1:56PM
0.71
2:01AM
1.39
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:27AM
0.14
6:24PM
0.36
8:31AM
0.12
6:50PM
0.23
8:36AM
0.13
7:15PM
0.13
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Mon
02
Sunrise-7:00-------7:01-------7:01------
Sunset----8:40-------8:40-------8:39---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202120211919191818181817171717171717171716161615
Feels °C (?)17181719171716151415141212111111121111109999
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