Surf Break

Lat Long: 32.09° S 132.98° E

Castles 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 am 06 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Castles sea temperature is
16.9°C
0.9° 

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 (06 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 16s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 15s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Castles at 3PM is: 1.6m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:30am October 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Oct)4.5ft (1.3m)16s
Afternoon (06 Oct)5ft (1.6m)15s
Evening (06 Oct)6ft (1.8m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Warm (max 33°C on Thu afternoon, min 14°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (calm on Wed morning, strong winds from the N by Thu morning).

Tuesday
6
Wednesday
7
Thursday
8
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
2
2
3
4
3
4
4
4
3
2
3
4
4
1
0
0
0
0
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.3
SW
16
1.3
SW
16
1.5
SW
16
1.6
SW
15
1.8
SW
15
1.9
SW
15
2
SW
15
2
SW
15
2
SW
16
1.8
SW
16
1.8
SW
16
1.8
SW
16
1.7
SW
16
1.7
SW
16
1.6
SW
16
1.6
SW
16
1.4
SW
16
1.3
SW
16
1.2
SW
16
1.1
SW
16
1.5
SW
16
1.1
SW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
875
875
1041
1125
1437
1697
1823
1823
1847
1613
1634
1532
1410
1410
1170
1179
954
783
710
651
1123
667
Wind (km/h)
10
SW
10
SSW
15
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SE
15
ESE
20
E
15
ENE
10
ENE
5
ESE
10
SSE
20
SSE
20
ESE
20
E
20
ENE
30
NNE
45
N
40
N
30
NNW
35
SW
15
SSE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
glassy
cross
cross
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross
High Tide
12:28PM1.03m
1:12AM0.81m
12:32PM1.08m
00:56AM0.93m
12:41PM1.11m
Low Tide
6:32AM0.50m
7:11PM0.17m
6:28AM0.36m
6:58PM0.15m
6:37AM0.24m
6:53PM0.11m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
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Temp °C
16
17
17
16
15
14
14
14
14
17
23
25
22
21
20
22
22
26
31
33
24
23
Feels °C
15
16
15
13
12
11
12
11
11
15
22
23
18
18
16
18
15
16
22
27
18
21
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