Castles Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here.

Alright, let’s be straight up—looking at the next 16 days at Castles, there’s really nothing to get excited about. The first recommendation doesn’t even pop up until Monday the 17th of August, so you’ve got a dead weekend ahead. After that, the whole period is a struggle. From Monday the 17th until Wednesday the 26th of August, it’s a long, drawn-out run of poor to barely surfable conditions with gaps of days where it's just not worth paddling out.

Saturday the 15th and Sunday the 16th are total write-offs. Tiny swell, cross-onshore winds, choppy and messy—leave the board in the car.

Monday the 17th of August is the first sniff of anything. We’ve got a small south swell pushing 5ft, but the period is short at 7 seconds, so it won’t have much punch. The combined swell energy is weak at (205) so it’s marginal. The wind swings offshore from the NW in the afternoon, so the morning is cleaner with a cross-offshore breeze. The water temp is about average for this time of year. It’s beginner-friendly size, but honestly, the quality is ordinary.

Tuesday the 18th and Wednesday the 19th drop back to tiny waves—2ft and 2ft—with poor wind and chop. Not worth it.

Thursday the 20th and Friday the 21st see a little more swell at 4ft, but the wind is cross-shore and choppy. The energy is weak to moderate (98) and the period is short. Surfable if you’re desperate, but you won’t be stoked.

Saturday the 22nd of August is small again, around 3ft to 4ft from the east, but cross-shore winds keep it messy. The same story runs into Sunday the 23rd.

Monday the 24th of August gives a tiny glassy moment in the morning with 1ft swell from the SE and a 12 second period—longer period groundswell, but so small it’s barely a ripple. The energy is weak (66). It’s clean, but you’ll be scratching for waves.

Tuesday the 25th is clean but tiny, 1ft.

The only faint glimmer in the whole run is Wednesday the 26th of August morning. We get a glassy 4ft south swell with a 6-second period—short period but clean. Combined swell energy is moderate (132). The wind is glassy, so it’ll be clean. Still, the swell is weak and short period, so it’s for beginners or people happy to bob around. It’s not a standout.

The rest of the 26th onward into the 27th and 28th stays small, with a bit of cross-offshore wind on the 27th morning cleaning up a 2ft SE swell with an 11-second period (moderate energy at 153), but it’s still tiny.

Honestly mate, there’s no true standout in this 16-day window. The best call is the Wednesday the 26th morning for the glassy conditions, but don’t expect pumping waves. It’s a quiet run for Castles.

Rusty.

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