Castles surfForecast / New Jersey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 20 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
1.4° C
(Which is 2.0°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: 1.4m 6s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)6s
Afternoon (20 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)6s
Evening (20 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)6s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Mon
23
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.4
E
1
SE
1.4
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.4
SSW
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.2
S
0.3
ENE
1.8
E
3
ENE
3.5
E
4
E
4
E
Period(s) (?)66666666767777776676891010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1081241517515174547031414733231515874112121020204230423597
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
25
ESE
20
E
10
SSE
10
W
10
W
20
W
25
W
25
W
25
W
25
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
5
NNW
10
NNE
20
ENE
30
ESE
45
E
50
NE
65
NE
65
NE
60
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:05AM
1.13
10:27PM
1.13
10:48AM
1.05
11:14PM
1.15
11:38AM
0.97
12:07AM
1.14
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:52AM
-0.13
4:13PM
-0.16
4:40AM
-0.09
4:56PM
-0.12
5:38AM
-0.05
5:45PM
-0.09
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Mon
23
Sunrise-6:43-------6:41-------6:39------
Sunset----5:38-------5:39-------5:40---
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light snow
mod snow
mod snow
mod snow
Rain (mm)
-283--------------210----
Temp. °C677789875457764434431121
Feels °C (?)12245730-2-2-212201-1-1-3-8-11-13-12-12
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