Castles surfForecast / SA – Nullarbor / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Friday 23 Jan 2026 ACDT
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Castles surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Castles sea temperature is
19.7° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Castles today?

The current surf forecast for Castles at 10PM is: 0.4m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:30pm January 23). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Jan)--
Afternoon (23 Jan)2ft (0.6m)12s
Evening (23 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
2
2
1
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
1
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.7
SSW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
Period(s) (?)121212121313121818181716161616161616161515141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)959271472759405365113931668322432432574560553628692648485466346341
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNW
5
N
20
SSE
20
ESE
10
NE
30
N
25
NNW
20
WNW
30
SW
35
S
35
S
30
SSE
25
SE
20
SSE
25
SSE
30
SE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SE
20
SE
20
E
25
ENE
20
ENE
20
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:34PM
0.97
3:42AM
1.20
4:01PM
0.96
3:55AM
1.03
4:30PM
0.93
3:50AM
0.87
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:23PM
0.11
10:03AM
0.13
9:50PM
0.25
10:14AM
0.19
10:14PM
0.42
10:15AM
0.24
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Sunrise------6:54-------6:54-------6:56-
Sunset--8:45-------8:44-------8:44-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C373532293032303022201918171717192223222023272837
Feels °C (?)323530262825252719161414131414151920191720222533
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