Castles 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 32.09° S 132.98° E

Issued: 3 am 26 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Castles sea temperature is

18.3°C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Castles today (26 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (26 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 14s period with SW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (26 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 14s period with SW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (26 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 13s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Castles at 6AM is: 1.3m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:30am October 26). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (ACDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (26 Oct)	4.5ft (1.3m)	14s
Afternoon (26 Oct)	4.5ft (1.3m)	14s
Evening (26 Oct)	4ft (1.2m)	13s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Very mild (max 19°C on Wed morning, min 14°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NE on Mon morning, fresh winds from the ESE by Wed night).
	Monday 26								Tuesday 27								Wednesday 28
	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	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	2	3	3	3	0	0	0	2	1	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11
Wave Graph
kJ	686	706	716	706	686	656	518	503	495	431	473	369	315	305	291	244	240	200	197	161	150	121	121	123
Wind (km/h)	SSE	E	ENE	NE	SSW	S	SSE	SE	SE	E	ESE	ESE	SE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	ESE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	glassy	off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide	1:08AM1.41m				1:18PM1.04m					1:31AM1.49m				1:36PM0.94m				1:53AM1.51m				1:47PM0.85m
Low Tide				7:31AM-0.04m			7:03PM-0.03m					7:59AM-0.01m			7:17PM-0.04m					8:25AM0.08m			7:28PM-0.05m


	—	6:47	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:46	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:45	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:57	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:58	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:59	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	14	14	13	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	17	18	17	15	15	15	15	14	16	19	18	16	15
Feels °C	12	12	9	13	11	10	9	10	10	10	11	13	14	12	9	9	9	10	8	10	13	11	9	8
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11
kJ	686	706	716	706	686	656	518	503	495	431	473	369	315	305	291	244	240	200	197	161	150	121	121	123
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SSE 4	S 11	S 11	S 10	—	S 10	S 10	—	S 9	S 9	—	—	—	—	S 18
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5	2	9	8	—	7	7	—	6	2	—	—	—	—	6
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	SSW 14	SSW 14	S 4	S 4	SSE 4	ESE 3	—	—	SSE 2	S 3	SSE 4	SSE 4	SSE 5	SE 5	SE 5	SE 4	SE 4	SSE 5	SSE 5	SSE 5
kJ	—	—	—	—	78	75	6	14	12	4	—	—	1	6	16	35	44	45	47	32	31	52	77	94
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Blacknose Point VIC - Far West	Cunns SA - Nullarbor	Cactus SA - Nullarbor	Cactus SA - Nullarbor	Cactus SA - Nullarbor	Cactus SA - Nullarbor	Sleaford Bay (Wreck Beach) SA - Eyre Peninsula	Spits SA - Yorke Peninsula	Spits SA - Yorke Peninsula	Sheringa Beach SA - Eyre Peninsula	Cunns SA - Nullarbor	Cunns SA - Nullarbor	Cactus SA - Nullarbor	Cunns SA - Nullarbor	Rhino Head SA - Yorke Peninsula	Stokes Bay SA - Kangaroo Island	Spits SA - Yorke Peninsula	Daly Heads SA - Yorke Peninsula	Blackfellows SA - Eyre Peninsula	Blackfellows SA - Eyre Peninsula	Sceale Bay SA - Eyre Peninsula	Cunns SA - Nullarbor	Corvisart Bay SA - Eyre Peninsula	Daly Heads SA - Yorke Peninsula
Rating (10 max)	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2
Distance (km)	1052	1	0	0	0	0	402	491	491	287	1	1	0	1	510	552	491	491	243	243	153	1	132	491
Best forecast wave conditions in Nullarbor		Cunns	Witzigs	Spoggies	Witzigs	Spoggies					Cunns	Cunns	Spoggies	Cunns								Cunns
Rating (10 max)		3	3	3	3	3					3	2	2	2								1
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	4	3	2
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	4	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	6	5	5

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