Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Cactus today (01 Nov):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 13s period with SW swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 13s period with WSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 13s period with SW swell.
The current surf forecast for Cactus at 7AM is: 0.7m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:30am November 01). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.
| Time (ACDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (01 Nov) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 13s |
| Afternoon (01 Nov) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 13s |
| Evening (01 Nov) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 13s |
Table - waves today at Cactus. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 32°C on Sun morning, min 15°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WSW on Sun afternoon, light winds from the ENE by Tue morning). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sunday 1 | Monday 2 | Tuesday 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 5 | SW 13 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 139 | 172 | 158 | 166 | 202 | 431 | 69 | 364 | 297 | 529 | 676 | 842 | 757 | 821 | 706 | 676 | 656 | 577 | 503 | 437 | 431 | 380 | 325 | 326 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross | cross-on | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | off | cross | cross | cross-off | off |
High Tide | 3:02AM1.10m | 1:11PM0.76m | 2:59AM0.95m | 12:45PM0.78m | 2:29AM0.84m | 12:18PM0.80m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 9:02AM0.58m | 7:48PM0.12m | 8:29AM0.63m | 7:32PM0.21m | 7:32AM0.62m | 6:58PM0.28m | ||||||||||||||||||
 | |  |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  | |
 | — | 6:41 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:39 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:39 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:01 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:02 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:04 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 25 | 25 | 25 | 30 | 32 | 22 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 19 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 19 |
Feels °C | 22 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 25 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 19 | 15 | 16 | 15 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SSE 5 | SW 16 | SE 5 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 15 | SW 15 | — | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 |
| kJ | 139 | 172 | 158 | 166 | 202 | 2 | 69 | 1 | 297 | 529 | 676 | 842 | 757 | — | 706 | 676 | 656 | 577 | 503 | 437 | 431 | 380 | 325 | 326 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 15 | SE 4 | SE 4 | SSE 5 | SSE 5 | SSE 5 | SE 5 | SE 5 | — | W 4 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | SSE 5 | SW 4 | — | — | — | W 21 |
| kJ | 54 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 3 | — | 3 | 40 | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | 9 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | S 15 | — | — | — | SSW 16 | — | — | — | — | W 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | 4 | — | — | — | 27 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 4 | — | — | NNW 2 | NW 4 | WSW 13 | WSW 5 | SW 13 | SW 4 | SW 14 | SW 15 | — | SW 15 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | — | — | SW 13 | SW 13 | S 3 | SE 2 |
| kJ | 9 | — | — | 1 | 14 | 431 | 66 | 364 | 14 | 54 | 54 | — | 77 | 821 | 51 | 50 | 74 | 71 | — | — | 44 | 44 | 5 | 1 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 178 | 168 | 243 | 302 | 649 | 491 | 838 | 491 | 243 | 510 | 552 | 552 | 243 | 401 | 132 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 648 | 0 | 0 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Nullarbor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Cactus surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest