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Cactus surfForecast / SA – Nullarbor / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Friday 23 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
19.9° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Cactus today?

The current surf forecast for Cactus at 6PM is: 0.5m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:30am January 23). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Jan)2ft (0.6m)13s
Afternoon (23 Jan)2ft (0.6m)12s
Evening (23 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Mon
26
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
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
2
2
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.9
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.7
SSW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)131312121212111312181818171616161616161616151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)132128957271471959405354712311733322432432574560553628692648485472
Wind
(km/h)
20
NE
30
NNE
20
NNW
5
E
25
SE
25
ESE
15
NNE
30
N
20
NNW
20
WNW
30
SW
35
SSW
35
S
30
SSE
25
SSE
25
S
25
SE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SE
20
ESE
20
ESE
15
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		crossglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:34PM
0.97
3:42AM
1.20
4:01PM
0.96
3:55AM
1.03
4:30PM
0.93
3:50AM
0.87
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:46AM
0.08
9:23PM
0.11
10:03AM
0.13
9:50PM
0.25
10:14AM
0.19
10:14PM
0.42
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Mon
26
Sunrise6:52-------6:54-------6:54-------
Sunset----8:45-------8:44-------8:44---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C233137353128313129302220181717171719212322212326
Feels °C (?)172433352824282524271916131214131416182019192023
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