Castles Beach surf break

Castles Beach surfForecast / HAW – Oahu / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Friday 16 Jan 2026 HST
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Castles Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Castles Beach sea temperature is
25.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Castles Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Castles Beach at 7AM is: 1.7m 6s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 16). An open ocean swell of 3.5m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (HST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)6s
Afternoon (16 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)6s
Evening (16 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
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 (?)
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.3
SSW
1.7
NNE
1.4
NE
1.3
ENE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
2
NNE
1.3
ENE
0.2
SSW
1.1
E
1.3
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.7
E
1.8
E
1.9
E
1.9
E
1.8
E
1.6
E
1.5
E
Period(s) (?)881666688813514566666667777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2224492181381052019201279992070106126165198225267302312280222196
Wind
(km/h)
35
N
35
NNE
35
NNE
35
NE
35
NE
30
NE
30
NE
30
NE
30
NE
30
NE
35
NE
35
ENE
30
E
35
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
35
E
35
E
35
E
30
ESE
25
E
25
E
30
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:18AM
0.85
12:27PM
0.43
2:47AM
0.87
1:10PM
0.45
3:14AM
0.89
1:49PM
0.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:24AM
0.39
7:02PM
0.05
9:39AM
0.37
7:37PM
0.03
9:58AM
0.36
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Sunrise---7:11-------7:11-------7:11----
Sunset------6:09-------6:09-------6:10-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C212121212121212121212121222222222323222323232323
Feels °C (?)141414141515151616151414161616151616161717191919
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