Abstract: A spray apparatus for a continuous casting machine for delivering spray water to all faces of a partially solidified metal casting as it emerges from the bottom of a tubular mold, in which the spray apparatus includes a water source, a water distribution ring around the outside of the mold, and downwardly extending water pipes, each pipe carrying a nozzle at its lower extremity, which nozzle is directed toward a face of the hot casting as it emerges from the mold. The invention is characterized by the entire spray apparatus being protected by the walls of the mold from the effects of the heat and breakout of molten metal.