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Cactus surfForecast / SA – Nullarbor / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Friday 21 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
18.5° 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: 1.3m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:30am November 21). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Nov)4.5ft (1.3m)14s
Afternoon (21 Nov)4.5ft (1.3m)13s
Evening (21 Nov)3ft (0.9m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Mon
24
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)
2
2
3
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
SW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1
SW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1.2
S
1.2
S
0.9
S
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)141413131313121212121111111014101010101355612
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)81161757762328227318117213721119747836830840426121816616337262715754
Wind
(km/h)
25
E
30
ENE
10
ENE
30
E
25
ESE
30
ESE
35
ENE
35
ENE
35
N
30
WNW
40
W
35
W
25
WSW
25
SW
15
SW
20
SSW
15
ESE
15
SE
25
S
35
SSE
40
SE
25
S
20
SSW
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:13PM
0.89
1:35AM
1.44
1:31PM
0.88
1:58AM
1.43
1:51PM
0.85
2:22AM
1.39
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:44AM
0.09
6:56PM
-0.01
8:05AM
0.11
7:16PM
-0.02
8:28AM
0.14
7:37PM
-0.01
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Mon
24
Sunrise6:26-------6:26-------6:26-------
Sunset----8:20-------8:21-------8:22---
cloud
light rain
cloud
rain showers
cloud
light rain
rain showers
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-1-1-213----------------
Temp. °C171924262522242024232320181717161620222019181818
Feels °C (?)121322212118171418191815151416131518191513151617
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