Castles surfForecast / New Jersey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 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
21.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Castles today?

The current surf forecast for Castles at 4AM is: 2.5m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)7ft (2.1m)8s
Afternoon (17 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)8s
Evening (17 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)8s

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

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Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.2
E
2
E
1.7
E
1.6
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.8
ESE
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
Period(s) (?)888888888887778888888777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)103597382561947033229121718616013510810810890777457434546282828
Wind
(km/h)
40
ENE
40
ENE
35
ENE
35
E
30
E
20
E
10
ENE
10
NE
5
NNW
5
W
10
WNW
10
NW
15
NNW
15
NNE
10
ENE
5
S
15
WSW
15
W
15
W
15
W
10
WNW
10
S
15
S
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:44AM
1.02
6:05PM
1.31
6:38AM
1.09
6:56PM
1.33
7:26AM
1.16
7:42PM
1.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:40PM
0.19
11:32AM
0.21
12:34AM
0.15
12:30PM
0.17
1:22AM
0.11
1:23PM
0.14
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sunrise---6:39-------6:39-------6:41----
Sunset------7:02-------7:00-------7:00-
light rain
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
111222332111111---------
Temp. °C192020202020202021201920222222222222212023262726
Feels °C (?)141516171820212224222121222223232221202023262625
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for New Jersey

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at Castles (moderate winds from the N at BUOY-JCRN4 17 km from Castles). A 2.7m swell from the E

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17 km away, 1 h 54 min ago

24 km/h
N
0.0
21.6
Air / Water (°C)
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