Castles Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.41° N 74.35° W

Issued: 7 pm 04 Jul 2026 (local time)

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Today's Castles sea temperature is
23.6° C

2.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year

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 (05 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 5s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Castles at 2AM is: 0.7m 5s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm July 04). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Afternoon (05 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Evening (05 Jul)2.5ft (0.7m)5s

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


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Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 20mm), heaviest during Sun night. Warm (max 32°C on Sat night, min 20°C on Tue afternoon). Mainly fresh winds.

Sat
4
Sunday
5
Monday
6
Tue
7
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
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
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Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.7
SE
5
0.7
SSE
5
0.4
SE
8
0.7
S
5
0.9
S
5
0.9
S
5
0.8
S
5
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
10
0.7
ENE
7
0.9
ENE
7
0.9
ENE
6
0.8
ENE
6
0.8
ENE
6
0.9
ENE
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
21
24
25
22
19
19
18
18
22
19
23
25
43
43
34
25
25
24
40
68
66
47
52
69
Wind (km/h)
20
SW
25
SW
25
NW
5
N
10
S
10
S
10
S
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SSE
10
SW
15
N
15
ESE
10
S
15
SSE
15
S
10
S
10
E
10
E
10
ESE
5
E
20
NE
25
NNE
30
NNE
Wind State
cross
cross
off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
glassy
cross
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
00:13AM1.19m
12:52PM1.02m
00:55AM1.14m
1:36PM1.07m
1:41AM1.09m
Low Tide
5:52PM0.22m
6:42AM0.11m
6:44PM0.23m
7:22AM0.10m
7:41PM0.24m
8:05AM0.10m
clear
part cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
light rain
light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:35
5:35
5:37
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:27
8:27
8:27
8:27
 mm
1
1
3
2
2
1
1
2
3
3
1
Temp °C
34
32
23
23
22
23
25
25
25
25
24
22
23
24
25
25
24
24
24
23
23
22
21
20
Feels °C
33
31
22
25
23
24
26
26
27
28
27
23
25
28
28
27
27
27
27
26
27
23
20
18
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.7
SSW
5
0.6
S
5
0.5
NE
4
0.5
E
4
0.5
E
4
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.7
S
5
0.4
SE
9
0.9
S
5
0.8
S
5
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.7
SSE
5
0.7
S
5
0.9
ENE
7
0.9
ENE
6
0.8
ENE
6
0.6
S
5
0.6
S
5
Energy kJ
21
20
20
22
16
7
8
9
18
18
18
25
20
43
34
22
23
24
23
68
66
47
20
20
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
8
0.5
S
5
0.1
E
6
0.4
ENE
4
0.4
ESE
4
0.4
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.1
NE
4
0.2
ENE
4
0.4
NE
7
0.7
ENE
7
0.7
S
5
0.7
S
5
0.7
S
5
0.4
SE
10
0.4
SE
10
Energy kJ
19
19
19
18
12
1
6
5
21
22
1
2
11
40
23
25
25
24
24
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
NW
3
0.2
WNW
4
0.4
SE
8
0.4
SE
8
0.3
ESE
4
0.1
NE
4
0.4
SE
10
0.4
SE
10
0.4
SE
10
0.3
SE
10
0.4
SE
10
Energy kJ
2
1
18
18
3
1
23
23
24
15
24
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
SSW
4
0.9
SSW
4
0.8
SSW
4
0.6
WNW
3
0.4
NE
3
0.6
S
5
0.6
S
5
0.7
SE
5
0.7
SSE
5
0.8
SSE
4
0.9
S
5
0.7
S
5
0.7
SSE
5
0.8
ENE
6
0.9
ENE
6
Energy kJ
10
24
25
9
4
16
16
22
19
23
43
25
25
52
69
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Distance (km)
1070
2204
56
32
1072
1249
149
3131
1451
3216
108
32
1388
803
803
1290
1369
399
109
44
0
108
120
187
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Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
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Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
2
1
2
2
2
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
2
2
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
5
5
9
9
9
8
7
6
5
5
6
5
5
5
9
8
8
8
7
8
5
5
5
7
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