Castles surfForecast / New Jersey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 18 Mar 2026 EDT
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Castles surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Castles sea temperature is
6.5° C
(Which is 2.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Castles today?

The current surf forecast for Castles at 3PM is: 1.1m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 18). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Mar)4ft (1.2m)10s
Afternoon (18 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Evening (18 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sat
21
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SE
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
1
SE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
ESE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SE
0.8
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
1.5
S
1.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)10109999999999899999888856
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3412622252162111831791761491451421237462556110311692908082134232
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
25
NNW
15
NNE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
15
S
15
SSW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
SSW
25
S
30
S
35
SSW
40
SSW
30
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
ononononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:41AM
1.21
9:02PM
1.17
9:23AM
1.21
9:42PM
1.25
10:04AM
1.19
10:22PM
1.30
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:25AM
-0.09
2:52PM
-0.12
3:10AM
-0.14
3:29PM
-0.16
3:54AM
-0.17
4:06PM
-0.17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sat
21
Sunrise-7:03-------7:03-------7:01------
Sunset----7:06-------7:07-------7:07---
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----------------------1
Temp. °C-2-3-2-1-1-1001123345555787788
Feels °C (?)-8-11-8-6-6-6-5-5-4-4-2-2-3-20-101320-1-11
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