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Cactus surfForecast / SA – Nullarbor / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Thursday 12 Mar 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
19.4° 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: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 18s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.3m 5s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:30am March 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Mar)4ft (1.2m)11s
Afternoon (12 Mar)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (12 Mar)5ft (1.5m)6s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sun
15
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
3
2
3
4
3
2
1
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.1
SSW
0.4
SW
1.2
SSW
0.7
SW
1.4
SSW
1.6
S
1
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)111010101066924122212122020191919181817171717
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)334294229163138131137188200426470598746784746825916897822769760760751725
Wind
(km/h)
30
SE
35
SE
35
SE
40
SE
40
SE
40
SE
40
SE
35
ESE
30
ESE
35
ESE
25
ESE
35
SSE
35
SE
30
SE
25
ESE
25
E
20
ESE
25
E
15
ESE
30
SSE
30
SE
25
SE
20
SE
20
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:58PM
0.88
1:43AM
0.82
3:20PM
0.74
12:44AM
0.92
1:54PM
0.70
12:33AM
1.08
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:08AM
0.18
9:02PM
0.63
8:35AM
0.24
7:11PM
0.64
7:48AM
0.23
6:19PM
0.50
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sun
15
Sunrise-7:33-------7:35-------7:35------
Sunset----8:00-------7:59-------7:58---
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161717171716161615161919181921191821262522201920
Feels °C (?)10111010109910991412121416131316211816161617
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