Long Strand-Castlefreke Surf Break

Lat Long: 51.56° N 8.97° W

Long Strand-Castlefreke 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 29 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Long Strand-Castlefreke sea temperature is
17.8°C
1.5° 

Long Strand-Castlefreke surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Long Strand-Castlefreke today (29 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (29 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 6s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 8s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Long Strand-Castlefreke at 3PM is: 0.8m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.6m 3s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm August 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Aug)3.5ft (1.0m)6s
Afternoon (29 Aug)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Evening (29 Aug)1.5ft (0.5m)9s

Table - waves today at Long Strand-Castlefreke. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 16mm), heaviest on Sat night. Very mild (max 19°C on Sat morning, min 13°C on Sun night). Mainly fresh winds.

Sat
29
Sunday
30
Monday
31
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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
S
7
1.2
S
8
0.8
S
8
0.6
SW
9
0.5
SW
9
0.6
SSW
8
0.8
SSW
8
1.1
SSW
6
1.2
SSW
7
1.2
SSW
7
1.7
SW
8
0.5
SW
11
0.4
WSW
11
0.4
WSW
9
0.6
WSW
10
0.5
WSW
10
0.5
SSW
7
0.3
WSW
10
0.4
SSW
7
0.4
SSW
7
0.5
SW
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
114
172
82
62
39
53
76
88
132
136
390
58
47
31
68
58
26
19
18
17
21
Wind (km/h)
30
NW
25
WNW
35
W
25
W
15
WSW
20
SW
25
SSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
30
SW
20
WSW
30
WNW
25
WNW
35
NW
25
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
20
W
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
Wind State
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
High Tide
6:51PM3.43m
7:07AM3.43m
7:25PM3.46m
7:42AM3.44m
8:01PM3.43m
Low Tide
12:49PM0.21m
1:06AM0.21m
1:22PM0.18m
1:39AM0.21m
1:55PM0.21m
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:41
6:43
6:45
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:30
8:28
8:24
 mm
3
1
8
1
1
2
Temp °C
16
19
19
17
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
17
15
15
14
13
15
16
16
16
16
Feels °C
12
15
13
13
14
13
12
12
11
11
12
12
11
9
9
9
12
12
12
12
13
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