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Cactus surfForecast / SA – Nullarbor / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Wednesday 21 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
20.4° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Cactus today?

The current surf forecast for Cactus at 2PM is: 1.3m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.4m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:30am January 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)5ft (1.5m)17s
Afternoon (21 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)16s
Evening (21 Jan)4ft (1.2m)16s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sat
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)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)171716161615151414141413131313131313121212121313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12971091909886793674479466407336327215208205199134132128957372505842
Wind
(km/h)
35
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
40
SSE
40
SE
40
SE
30
SE
30
ESE
25
ESE
20
SE
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
SE
20
ESE
15
ENE
20
NE
25
NNE
20
N
5
SE
30
SE
25
ESE
25
NE
40
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:43PM
0.93
3:00AM
1.43
3:08PM
0.96
3:22AM
1.34
3:34PM
0.97
3:42AM
1.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:07AM
0.04
8:27PM
-0.02
9:27AM
0.05
8:55PM
0.02
9:46AM
0.08
9:23PM
0.11
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sat
24
Sunrise6:50-------6:52-------6:52-------
Sunset----8:45-------8:45-------8:45---
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171717181716161515172019181818192130363431283133
Feels °C (?)12121112109999121614131415161523313427242624
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