Castles Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.41° N 74.35° W

Issued: 7 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 (03 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (03 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Castles at 4AM is: 1.0m 5s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 5s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm July 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Afternoon (03 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Evening (03 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)9s

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


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Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Fri 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
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
11 AM
2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1
S
5
1.1
SSW
5
1.2
SSW
5
1
SSW
5
0.8
SSW
5
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
0.4
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
0.4
SE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
43
56
70
48
26
20
21
22
44
23
22
22
22
22
21
21
21
20
20
19
19
19
19
18
Wind (km/h)
25
SSW
30
SSW
20
SW
20
WSW
10
W
5
WNW
5
SW
20
SSW
20
SW
10
WSW
10
S
5
WNW
10
N
10
NW
5
SW
15
SSW
10
SW
30
WSW
20
NW
10
NNW
10
W
5
WNW
5
SW
10
ESE
Wind State
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-on
off
cross-off
off
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
on
High Tide
10:58PM1.27m
11:29AM0.96m
11:34PM1.23m
12:10PM0.98m
00:13AM1.19m
12:52PM1.02m
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
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
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
1
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
32
30
29
28
28
29
32
33
36
34
29
27
26
27
31
32
34
26
22
22
22
23
24
23
Feels °C
31
29
30
29
31
32
34
32
36
35
31
30
28
29
33
32
35
24
22
24
24
26
27
25
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
ESE
9
0.4
ESE
9
0.4
ESE
9
0.4
ESE
9
0.8
SSW
5
0.6
S
5
0.5
S
5
0.4
SE
9
0.5
SE
10
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.6
SSW
4
0.6
S
5
0.5
S
5
0.5
S
5
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.6
SSW
4
0.4
SE
9
0.5
SSW
4
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
8
Energy kJ
32
32
32
32
26
16
11
22
44
23
22
15
16
12
12
21
21
20
16
19
11
19
19
18
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
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
0.4
SSW
4
0.2
W
3
Energy kJ
20
20
21
7
22
22
22
21
20
19
19
6
1
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
SE
7
0.3
SE
7
Energy kJ
7
7
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1
S
5
1.1
SSW
5
1.2
SSW
5
1
SSW
5
0.4
WNW
4
0.5
S
4
0.6
SSW
4
0.8
SSW
4
0.6
S
4
0.4
NW
3
0.5
S
5
0.5
S
5
0.5
S
5
0.8
SSW
4
0.6
SSW
4
0.6
SW
4
0.4
SSW
4
0.4
SSW
4
Energy kJ
43
56
70
48
4
10
10
18
13
2
12
12
12
19
16
14
7
6
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Distance (km)
489
87
92
47
4
95
163
477
115
1070
32
247
187
386
434
35
257
257
4
67
32
2204
1079
1072
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Rating
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1
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1
1
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Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
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2
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2
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2
2
2
2
3
3
3
2
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
6
9
9
9
9
7
9
5
5
8
7
6
5
5
8
5
5
5
9
9
9
8
7
5
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