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Castles surfForecast / New Jersey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Tuesday 20 Jan 2026 EST
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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
4.3° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Castles today?

The current surf forecast for Castles at 6PM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 20). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Afternoon (20 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Evening (20 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.5
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
1.4
S
1.6
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
Period(s) (?)10888888881056666666101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)292525252424344345588117323723723018511585676868686768
Wind
(km/h)
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
5
W
15
S
30
SSW
35
SSW
35
SW
35
SW
35
SW
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
WNW
15
NW
15
WNW
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:12AM
1.20
9:35PM
0.90
9:47AM
1.18
10:12PM
0.93
10:25AM
1.13
10:53PM
0.96
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:32PM
-0.10
3:22AM
-0.06
4:07PM
-0.11
4:04AM
-0.04
4:45PM
-0.10
4:52AM
-0.02
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sunrise--------7:13-------7:11-------
Sunset--5:02-------5:04-------5:05-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C-7-6-5-6-6-7-7-7-5033444358875320
Feels °C (?)-16-16-14-14-13-14-13-12-11-9-7-7-6-5-4-4-12320-2-3-6
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