Castles surfForecast / New Jersey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Monday 20 Oct 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
18.2° C
(Which is 2.2°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 7s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am October 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Oct)5ft (1.6m)7s
Afternoon (20 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)6s
Evening (20 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)7s

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

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Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
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
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
S
2.3
S
1.5
S
1.6
SSW
1.8
SW
1.1
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.3
E
1.1
SSW
1.6
S
1.7
SSW
1.7
S
2.2
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.2
S
0.9
S
1.1
SW
0.8
S
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)677766777999956667666666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)256455199222228104624835272827165416322324741023311258834348
Wind
(km/h)
45
S
50
SSW
30
W
35
WSW
40
W
35
W
30
W
20
W
20
WNW
20
W
20
W
20
WSW
25
SW
30
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
25
WSW
25
S
25
SW
25
WSW
30
W
30
WSW
30
W
20
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:21AM
1.30
8:34PM
1.17
8:57AM
1.33
9:12PM
1.14
9:32AM
1.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:08AM
0.09
2:34PM
0.12
2:42AM
0.09
3:13PM
0.10
3:14AM
0.11
3:50PM
0.11
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise---7:11-------7:13-------7:13----
Sunset------6:10-------6:09-------6:08-
clear
light rain
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-2---------------3------
Temp. °C202114121316171514121212151717181716171517181615
Feels °C (?)1414855810109778910111212121311101189
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for New Jersey

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Castles (calm at BUOY-JCRN4 17 km from Castles). 1.5m 7s swell from the S with a 0.6m 10s swell from the E. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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5 km/h
SW
0.0
18.2
Air / Water (°C)
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