Castles surfForecast / New Jersey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Tuesday 17 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
6.3° C
(Which is 2.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Castles today?

The current surf forecast for Castles at 7AM is: 1.6m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 1.3m 11s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 17). An open ocean swell of 1.3m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Mar)5ft (1.6m)10s
Afternoon (17 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Evening (17 Mar)4ft (1.2m)10s

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


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Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
2
2
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
SSE
3
SSE
2.5
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.3
SE
1.3
SE
1.3
SE
1.3
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
0.9
SE
1
SE
1
SE
1
SE
1
SE
0.7
SE
Period(s) (?)101010101010101010101010999999999998
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2568185611865234243422502763183343032902162111169217617213814214214214272
Wind
(km/h)
65
S
45
WNW
40
W
35
W
35
WNW
30
W
30
W
20
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
15
NNW
15
NW
15
N
15
ESE
15
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
oncross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
onononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:58AM
1.18
8:21PM
1.07
8:41AM
1.21
9:02PM
1.17
9:23AM
1.21
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:39AM
-0.01
2:15PM
-0.07
2:25AM
-0.09
2:52PM
-0.12
3:10AM
-0.14
3:29PM
-0.16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Sunrise---7:05-------7:03-------7:03----
Sunset------7:05-------7:06-------7:07-
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
44----------------------
Temp. °C13410135310-1-2-100011223444
Feels °C (?)1-6-9-10-9-6-4-4-7-7-7-8-8-6-6-5-5-4-3-3-2-1-1-1
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