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Castles surfForecast / New Jersey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 17 Feb 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
0.8° C
 (Which is 2.6°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Castles today?

The current surf forecast for Castles at 9AM is: 1.3m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)9s
Afternoon (17 Feb)4ft (1.2m)10s
Evening (17 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Fri
20
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)
2
1
0
0
1
1
2
1
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.9
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.3
ENE
Period(s) (?)999101010101010101313131312121212111111555
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)36732028826227323924725224721232132132125624018717812911882202627588
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
15
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
10
SW
5
WSW
5
SW
5
S
10
S
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
WSW
20
W
10
NW
10
NW
20
NE
15
ENE
15
E
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		crossglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:11AM
1.20
8:32PM
0.99
8:48AM
1.21
9:09PM
1.05
9:25AM
1.18
9:46PM
1.10
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:47AM
-0.09
2:28PM
-0.13
2:28AM
-0.12
3:01PM
-0.16
3:08AM
-0.14
3:36PM
-0.17
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Fri
20
Sunrise-6:47-------6:46-------6:43------
Sunset----5:35-------5:37-------5:37---
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
---------------------123
Temp. °C112698776677812121094455556
Feels °C (?)-4-4-415544433249886-1-110000
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