Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.41° N 74.35° W

Castles 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 11 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Castles sea temperature is
18.1°C
0.7° 

Castles surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Castles today (12 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (12 Oct, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 8s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 8s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 8s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Castles at 3AM is: 2.1m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm October 11). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Oct)5.5ft (1.7m)8s
Afternoon (12 Oct)4.5ft (1.3m)8s
Evening (12 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 13mm), heaviest on Sun night. Warm (max 28°C on Wed afternoon, min 15°C on Mon morning). Mainly fresh winds.

Sun
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
2
3
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.5
SE
8
1.8
SSE
9
2.2
SE
9
2.1
SE
9
2.1
SE
9
1.8
SSE
9
1.6
SSE
8
1.3
SSE
8
1.2
SSE
8
1.1
SSE
8
0.8
S
8
0.6
S
8
0.5
SE
8
0.5
SE
7
0.5
SE
7
0.4
SSE
7
0.6
S
7
0.8
SSW
4
1
SSW
4
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
955
510
753
727
645
489
331
223
176
146
82
41
28
25
24
20
33
19
43
Wind (km/h)
30
ESE
15
SSW
10
S
5
SW
30
NNE
25
NNE
25
N
20
NNW
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
10
NNW
5
NW
5
WSW
10
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
Wind State
cross-on
cross
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
glassy
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
High Tide
9:44PM1.21m
10:05AM1.41m
10:22PM1.15m
10:42AM1.37m
Low Tide
3:43PM0.04m
3:46AM0.06m
4:23PM0.08m
4:20AM0.12m
5:04PM0.13m
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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7:03
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7:03
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6:24
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6:22
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6:22
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 mm
4
1
2
2
3
2
3
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Temp °C
19
20
20
20
17
16
15
18
22
21
19
19
19
18
20
21
21
20
20
Feels °C
17
21
22
23
13
13
11
16
21
20
18
19
19
19
20
19
19
17
17
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