Castles Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.41° N 74.35° W

Issued: 1 pm 02 Jul 2026 (local time)

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Today's Castles sea temperature is
22.4° C

1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year

Castles surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Castles today (02 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (02 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 5s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Jul, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 5s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Castles at 10PM is: 1.2m 5s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm July 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Jul)3ft (0.9m)5s
Afternoon (02 Jul)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Evening (02 Jul)4ft (1.2m)5s

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


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Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Warm (max 36°C on Fri afternoon, min 22°C on Sat night). Mainly fresh winds.

Thu
2
Friday
3
Saturday
4
Sun
5
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
SSW
5
0.5
SE
9
1
S
5
1.1
SSW
5
1.3
SSW
5
1.1
SSW
5
0.5
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.5
SE
10
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.8
SSW
5
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
33
40
43
61
82
64
39
20
21
22
44
23
22
22
22
22
21
21
27
20
21
19
19
19
Wind (km/h)
15
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
25
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
10
W
10
WNW
5
SW
20
SSW
15
SW
20
WSW
10
NNW
10
WSW
10
NW
5
NW
5
SSW
15
SSW
10
WSW
40
WSW
15
NNW
5
NW
10
WNW
10
N
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
off
glassy
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
High Tide
10:51AM0.95m
10:58PM1.27m
11:29AM0.96m
11:34PM1.23m
12:10PM0.98m
00:13AM1.19m
Low Tide
4:28PM0.17m
5:25AM0.10m
5:07PM0.20m
6:02AM0.11m
5:52PM0.22m
6:42AM0.11m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
rain showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:33
5:35
5:35
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:28
8:28
8:27
8:27
 mm
1
4
Temp °C
29
32
32
29
28
28
28
29
32
33
36
35
28
29
27
27
32
33
36
26
22
22
23
23
Feels °C
31
32
31
29
28
29
30
32
34
32
36
35
30
30
29
30
35
33
37
23
23
25
25
25
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
ESE
9
0.5
SE
9
0.4
ESE
9
0.4
ESE
9
0.4
ESE
9
0.4
ESE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.6
SSW
5
0.5
S
5
0.4
SE
9
0.5
SE
10
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.6
S
5
0.5
S
5
0.5
S
5
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.7
SSW
4
0.6
S
5
0.5
S
5
0.5
S
5
Energy kJ
32
40
32
32
32
32
20
18
11
22
44
23
22
22
15
11
12
21
21
20
21
15
11
11
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.3
SE
7
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
Energy kJ
39
20
21
7
22
22
21
20
19
19
19
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
SE
7
0.3
SE
7
0.2
NNW
3
Energy kJ
7
7
1
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
SSW
5
0.9
SSW
5
1
S
5
1.1
SSW
5
1.3
SSW
5
1.1
SSW
5
0.9
SSW
5
0.3
WNW
3
0.2
WNW
3
0.6
SSW
5
0.7
SSW
4
0.8
SSW
4
0.6
SSW
4
0.6
SSW
4
0.2
WNW
3
0.6
SSW
5
0.8
SSW
5
0.8
SSW
4
0.4
WNW
3
Energy kJ
33
37
43
61
82
64
36
2
1
17
18
19
15
15
1
19
27
18
3
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Distance (km)
36
1170
489
99
82
53
0
95
163
56
1070
25
4
4
128
187
1070
2518
67
145
222
222
1072
1072
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Rating
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1
1
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1
1
1
1
1
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Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
2
2
2
1
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
3
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
6
6
6
9
9
9
6
4
9
5
6
5
7
6
6
6
5
4
5
5
9
9
9
8
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