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Castles surfForecast / New Jersey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 19 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
4.8° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Castles today?

The current surf forecast for Castles at 4PM is: 0.9m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 19). 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 (19 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)8s
Afternoon (19 Jan)3ft (0.9m)9s
Evening (19 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)6s

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

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Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thu
22
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)
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
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
1
SSW
0.8
S
0.6
S
0.6
SSE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.5
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
1.2
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)78899968881099888888105666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)413433125154145628447532422262525242334455863188263255
Wind
(km/h)
30
WNW
25
W
20
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
35
WNW
35
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
35
WNW
30
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
SW
20
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
40
SSW
40
SW
35
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:36AM
1.20
8:59PM
0.87
9:12AM
1.20
9:35PM
0.90
9:47AM
1.18
10:12PM
0.93
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:07AM
-0.05
2:59PM
-0.09
2:44AM
-0.06
3:32PM
-0.10
3:22AM
-0.06
4:07PM
-0.11
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thu
22
Sunrise--7:13-------7:13-------7:13-----
Sunset----5:01-------5:02-------5:04---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C-5-6-3122-2-7-8-9-9-6-5-5-6-6-6-6-312354
Feels °C (?)-14-14-10-7-6-5-12-17-17-18-19-16-14-12-13-13-12-11-10-8-8-7-6-5
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