Castles Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, listen up. I’m not gonna lie to you, the next couple of weeks are looking pretty grim for a proper surf. We’ve got a long stretch of small, junky, wind-blown slop ahead before things finally start to show a bit of life.

The only spot on the radar is Castles, a sandbar setup that’s fairly consistent but is going to be struggling with the conditions for a while. The water temp is sitting right around average for this time of year, so nothing weird there.

We’re looking at a real dry spell from now until about the 16th. For over a week, the swell is tiny, the period is short, and the winds are mostly cross or onshore, messing up whatever small waves there are. The energy is weak, with values in the 40s to 90s, and the surf forecast is just poor. You’d be fighting chop for knee-high slop. Not worth it.

There’s a slight tease on the 11th and 12th with some cleaner, cross-offshore conditions, but the swell is still too small to get excited about. A couple of mornings with light winds and glassy conditions pop up, like on the 14th, but again, the swell is practically flat, coming in at 1ft with barely any energy (18).

Now, the second week starts to get more interesting. Around the 16th and 17th, we finally see some size start to build. The swell direction shifts to the east and the energy starts climbing into the 100s and 200s. By the 17th, we’re looking at 5ft of east swell, and the energy is at 200. It’s still not clean, with cross-onshore winds, but there’s finally some power.

The pick of the bunch looks like the morning of the 19th. The swell has settled to 2ft from the east, but the period has stretched out to 8 seconds, and more importantly, it’s glassy. Light winds from the south will have it looking clean. The energy is at a moderate 88. It’s not a classic, but it’s the only time in the whole window where the conditions truly line up for a surfable wave. It’s labeled as "surfable waves but very ordinary conditions," which tells you everything.

After that, it looks like the wind picks up again and the quality drops right back off. So, to be honest, if you’re desperate, that Wednesday the 19th is your one shot. It won’t be epic, but it will be clean. The rest of the time, you might be better off finding another hobby.

Rusty.

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