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Castles surfForecast / New Jersey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 15 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
4.4° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Castles today?

The current surf forecast for Castles at 2PM is: 0.9m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 15). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)4ft (1.2m)7s
Afternoon (15 Jan)3ft (0.9m)8s
Evening (15 Jan)2ft (0.6m)8s

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

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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sun
18
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
S
1.3
S
1.1
S
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.4
SE
0.5
S
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
1.4
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
S
1.6
S
1.3
S
1.1
S
Period(s) (?)777888799888856677777888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)23617612796109603920403535181898226263307301319316358310202153
Wind
(km/h)
20
WSW
35
WNW
35
W
35
W
30
W
35
W
40
W
35
WNW
40
WNW
35
W
30
WNW
30
WSW
25
SW
30
SSW
35
SW
35
SW
25
SW
30
SSW
30
SW
35
SW
30
WSW
15
SW
10
W
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:49AM
1.07
6:09PM
0.75
6:34AM
1.12
6:56PM
0.78
7:18AM
1.16
7:41PM
0.81
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:23PM
0.08
12:01AM
0.05
1:08PM
0.03
12:45AM
0.01
1:49PM
-0.02
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sun
18
Sunrise--7:15-------7:15-------7:15-----
Sunset----4:57-------4:58-------4:59---
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clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C64011-1-3-4-4-5-4-1124444478765
Feels °C (?)1-5-10-9-8-11-14-14-15-15-13-10-7-7-6-5-3-4-4-21210
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