The Castle Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.41° N 74.36° W

The Castle 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 16 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Castle sea temperature is
24.9° C
2.3° 

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


How big are the waves at The Castle today (16 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 8s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 4s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 4s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for The Castle at 6AM is: 0.1m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am July 16). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jul)0.5ft (0.1m)8s
Afternoon (16 Jul)1.5ft (0.5m)4s
Evening (16 Jul)1.5ft (0.5m)4s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 34mm), heaviest during Sat night. Warm (max 33°C on Thu afternoon, min 21°C on Sat morning). Winds increasing (calm on Thu morning, fresh winds from the SW by Sat night).

Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 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
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
ESE
9
0.2
ESE
8
0.1
SE
8
0.1
SE
8
0.4
S
5
0.5
S
3
0.5
S
4
0.1
E
15
0.1
E
15
0.1
SE
15
0.1
SE
15
0.1
SE
15
0.1
SE
14
0.1
E
14
0.1
SE
14
0.3
SSE
5
0.3
SSE
5
0.4
S
5
0.1
SE
8
0.1
SE
8
0.1
SE
13
0.6
SE
3
0.7
S
4
0.8
SSE
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
7
7
3
3
7
5
6
4
4
9
9
8
8
4
8
8
8
8
3
3
7
7
17
33
Wind (km/h)
15
NE
5
NE
5
N
10
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
15
SW
15
NNW
15
N
15
N
15
N
10
NE
20
E
15
SE
10
SSE
15
S
15
SSW
10
SW
20
WSW
10
SE
15
SSE
10
N
30
SSW
35
SW
Wind State
cross
glassy
glassy
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
on
on
cross-off
cross
cross
High Tide
10:47AM1.20m
11:01PM1.47m
11:38AM1.21m
11:50PM1.37m
12:30PM1.21m
Low Tide
4:40AM-0.12m
4:37PM-0.06m
5:27AM-0.09m
5:31PM0.00m
6:17AM-0.05m
6:28PM0.08m
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
rain showers
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:43
5:43
5:43
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:22
8:22
8:21
 mm
1
4
4
6
12
1
Temp °C
26
26
26
27
29
33
30
29
27
26
24
26
25
25
24
25
25
24
21
23
22
22
23
23
Feels °C
26
27
27
27
27
32
31
28
25
24
21
25
23
24
24
25
25
24
20
25
22
24
22
21
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