Castles surfForecast / New Jersey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 02 Apr 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
7.2° C
(Which is 1.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Castles today?

The current surf forecast for Castles at 12PM is: 1.2m 5s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.9m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)7s
Afternoon (02 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)6s
Evening (02 Apr)5ft (1.5m)7s

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


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Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sun
05
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
1.4
NE
1.5
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.3
S
1.5
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.3
SSW
1
S
0.9
S
1.1
S
1.5
S
1.8
S
Period(s) (?)777667777775666666666666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10711394114170216181158124886693139166171167148130130715777139237
Wind
(km/h)
30
NE
30
NE
35
NE
30
NE
35
NE
35
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
10
NE
10
SSW
20
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
10
WSW
10
S
15
E
15
ESE
15
E
15
SSE
30
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:27AM
1.13
9:47PM
1.25
10:04AM
1.09
10:22PM
1.24
10:39AM
1.03
10:56PM
1.22
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:21AM
-0.08
3:33PM
-0.07
4:00AM
-0.07
4:05PM
-0.03
4:37AM
-0.03
4:36PM
0.03
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sun
05
Sunrise-6:39-------6:39-------6:37------
Sunset----7:21-------7:22-------7:22---
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
2-----------------------
Temp. °C643333358101317201917181817191613121414
Feels °C (?)-1-3-5-5-5-5-404812151614121516161914109119
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