The Castle Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.41° N 74.36° W

The Castle 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 16 Jul 2026 (local time)

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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) - 1ft (0.3m), 5s 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 1PM is: 0.3m 5s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am July 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jul)0.5ft (0.1m)8s
Afternoon (16 Jul)1ft (0.3m)5s
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 55mm), heaviest during Sat night. Warm (max 33°C on Thu afternoon, min 23°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (calm on Thu morning, fresh winds from the S by Sat night).

Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
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
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
ESE
8
0.1
SE
8
0.1
SE
8
0.3
S
5
0.4
SSW
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
0.2
ESE
8
0.1
SE
14
0.3
SSE
5
0.3
SSE
5
0.3
S
3
0.4
S
5
0.1
SE
14
0.5
SSE
3
0.9
S
4
1.1
S
5
0.1
SE
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
7
3
3
4
4
7
4
4
9
9
8
8
8
8
8
8
3
7
7
6
31
67
7
Wind (km/h)
5
NNE
5
N
5
SW
20
SSW
20
WSW
20
SSW
10
NNW
10
N
15
N
15
N
10
NE
20
E
15
SE
15
SSE
15
S
15
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
15
S
15
E
30
S
35
S
Wind State
cross-off
glassy
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
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
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
heavy rain
mod rain
<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
2
5
13
23
6
Temp °C
26
26
28
30
33
30
29
27
26
24
25
25
24
24
24
25
24
24
24
25
24
23
23
Feels °C
27
26
29
29
32
30
29
26
24
22
24
23
23
24
24
25
24
24
26
28
27
21
21
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