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Cactus surfForecast / SA – Nullarbor / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Saturday 14 Feb 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
20.5° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Cactus today?

The current surf forecast for Cactus at 7PM is: 1.2m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 21s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:30pm February 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Feb)--
Afternoon (14 Feb)4ft (1.2m)11s
Evening (14 Feb)4ft (1.2m)11s

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

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Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
2
1
1
2
1
0
1
1
2
2
1
0
1
2
1
2
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.6
SW
1
SSW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.6
SW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
1.3
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
Period(s) (?)111111111111111811181717121216161615141420191818
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)349337331308275176147201247370354222208203201245239136130203246133614041591
Wind
(km/h)
20
SE
25
SSE
25
SE
20
SSE
20
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
ESE
15
S
25
S
25
SSE
15
SE
15
ESE
10
ENE
20
NE
30
NNE
20
N
10
ENE
10
ENE
20
E
40
SSW
25
SW
20
SW
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		crosscross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:06AM
1.25
1:29PM
0.78
1:24AM
1.37
1:39PM
0.88
1:44AM
1.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:29PM
0.31
7:52AM
0.12
6:50PM
0.17
8:01AM
0.05
7:13PM
0.05
8:14AM
-0.01
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Sunrise-------7:13-------7:15-------7:16
Sunset--8:29-------8:28-------8:28-----
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222120191920202325242321232425303433322922201919
Feels °C (?)191717171818172123202020222422263133322717181716
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