Castles surfForecast / New Jersey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Friday 20 Mar 2026 EDT
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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
5.6° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Castles today?

The current surf forecast for Castles at 5AM is: 1.0m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Mar)3ft (0.9m)8s
Afternoon (20 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Evening (20 Mar)6ft (1.9m)6s

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


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Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SE
1
SE
1
SE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
1.5
S
1.8
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.2
SSW
1.5
S
1.2
S
1
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
Period(s) (?)999888566766766688888455
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1231481451269090119232320398178109855341272727272828314761
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
20
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
20
SSW
30
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
25
SW
15
WSW
20
NW
20
NNW
10
NE
15
E
10
SE
10
S
15
S
15
S
20
S
20
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:42PM
1.25
10:04AM
1.19
10:22PM
1.30
10:47AM
1.13
11:06PM
1.32
11:35AM
1.05
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:54AM
-0.17
4:06PM
-0.17
4:40AM
-0.16
4:46PM
-0.15
5:31AM
-0.12
5:31PM
-0.10
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise---7:01-------7:00-------6:58----
Sunset------7:07-------7:08-------7:09-
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--------3-1-------------
Temp. °C555578888911119109887789111211
Feels °C (?)-1-10110-2-20388465542234686
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