The Castle Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.41° N 74.36° W

The Castle 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 18 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Castle sea temperature is
25.1° C
2.4° 

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 (18 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (18 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 3s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (18 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 4s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (18 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 6s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for The Castle at 9PM is: 1.3m 6s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm July 18). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jul)1.5ft (0.5m)3s
Afternoon (18 Jul)2.5ft (0.8m)4s
Evening (18 Jul)4.5ft (1.3m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 32mm), heaviest during Sat night. Warm (max 27°C on Sat afternoon, min 20°C on Mon morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the S on Sat afternoon, calm by Sun night).

Sat
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
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
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
S
3
0.6
S
4
1.1
S
5
1.3
S
6
1.3
S
6
0.1
SE
13
0.1
SE
13
0.1
SE
13
0.1
SE
13
0.1
SE
13
0.1
SE
13
0.1
SE
13
0.1
SE
12
0.1
SE
12
0.1
SE
12
0.1
SE
12
0.1
SE
12
0.1
SE
12
0.1
SE
12
0.1
SE
12
0.1
SE
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
8
10
53
105
122
7
7
7
7
7
7
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
Wind (km/h)
20
SSW
20
S
30
S
15
WNW
15
SW
30
SW
25
W
20
NW
15
NNW
10
NNW
5
ESE
10
E
0
NNE
5
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
10
NE
15
ESE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
off
cross
cross
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
12:30PM1.21m
00:40AM1.26m
1:21PM1.19m
1:29AM1.15m
2:10PM1.18m
Low Tide
6:28PM0.08m
7:05AM0.01m
7:26PM0.15m
7:52AM0.07m
8:22PM0.21m
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
heavy rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:45
5:46
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:21
8:21
8:20
 mm
1
2
1
24
3
1
1
Temp °C
25
26
27
22
23
23
23
23
25
27
26
25
24
23
21
20
23
24
24
24
24
Feels °C
24
28
26
24
25
22
23
24
25
26
26
25
25
23
20
18
22
23
22
23
22
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