Surf Break

Lat Long: 32.09° S 132.98° E

Castles 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 8 pm 24 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Castles sea temperature is
16.2°C
0.5° 

Castles surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Castles today (25 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (25 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 12s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (25 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 14s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (25 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 14s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Castles at 5AM is: 0.8m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 4s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.2m 3s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 08:30pm September 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Afternoon (25 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)14s
Evening (25 Sep)3ft (0.9m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 23°C on Sun afternoon, min 12°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (light winds from the ESE on Thu night, strong winds from the SE by Sat night).

Thu
24
Friday
25
Saturday
26
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
2
1
2
0
2
1
0
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
SW
13
0.9
SW
13
0.8
SW
12
0.8
SW
12
0.8
SW
12
0.7
SW
12
0.8
SW
14
0.8
SW
14
0.8
SW
14
0.9
SW
14
0.9
SW
14
0.9
SW
14
0.7
SW
21
0.9
SW
20
1.3
SW
19
1.6
SW
18
1.6
SW
18
1.6
SW
17
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
357
265
221
178
207
134
281
269
281
346
346
331
416
634
1159
1778
1628
1573
Wind (km/h)
20
SW
10
SSE
10
S
5
ESE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SSE
25
S
20
SSE
30
SSE
10
SSE
25
SSE
25
SE
35
SSE
35
SE
35
SSE
40
SSE
45
SE
Wind State
on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
High Tide
11:58PM1.04m
11:59AM1.31m
00:13AM1.17m
12:19PM1.31m
Low Tide
6:03PM0.03m
5:46AM0.06m
6:14PM-0.02m
6:10AM-0.03m
6:27PM-0.06m
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Temp °C
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