The Castle surfForecast / New Jersey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Friday 20 Feb 2026 EST
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The Castle surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's The Castle sea temperature is
1.2° C
(Which is 2.2°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at The Castle today?

The current surf forecast for The Castle at 8AM is: 1.0m 6s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 20). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)6s
Afternoon (20 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)6s
Evening (20 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)6s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
1.1
E
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.1
ESE
1
ESE
0.6
SE
0.6
ESE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
1
E
1.5
E
2
E
2.5
E
Period(s) (?)556666676777766666664678
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)40536066911251301078836311311733333337165411845
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
E
20
E
10
E
10
WNW
10
WNW
20
WNW
25
W
25
W
20
W
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
5
N
10
NE
15
ENE
35
E
45
E
50
ENE
65
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:46PM
1.10
10:05AM
1.13
10:27PM
1.13
10:48AM
1.05
11:14PM
1.15
11:38AM
0.97
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:52AM
-0.13
4:13PM
-0.16
4:40AM
-0.09
4:56PM
-0.12
5:38AM
-0.05
5:45PM
-0.09
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise---6:43-------6:41-------6:39----
Sunset------5:38-------5:39-------5:40-
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
mod rain
light snow
light snow
Rain (mm)
1--483---------------6--
Temp. °C456777788754578654345221
Feels °C (?)-2012355530-2-2-123211-1-1-3-9-9-13
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