Caves Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

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Surf Break: Caves Beach

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Surf Break: Caves Beach

Caves Beach in Newcastle is an exposed beach and point break that has quite reliable surf. Autumn and winter are the best times of year for waves. Offshore winds are from the west. Most of the surf here comes from groundswells and the ideal swell angle is from the southeast. The beach breaks offer lefts and rights Surfable at all stages of the tide. It's sometimes crowded here. Beware of rocks and locals..

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Overall Caves Beach Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution

IMPORTANT: Beta version feature! Swell heights are open water values from NWW3. There is no attempt to model near-shore effects. Coastal wave heights will generally be less, especially if the break does not have unobstructed exposure to the open ocean.

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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Caves Beach:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Frenchmans Reef	0 mi
Second closest break	Swansea Beach	0 mi
Third closest break	Blacksmiths Beach	1 mi
Fourth closest break	Crabbs Creek	1 mi
Fifth closest break	Caherine Hill Bay	4 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Caves Beach:
Closest wave buoy	W Hawaii Buoy	4794 mi
Second closest wave buoy	SW Hawaii Buoy	4822 mi
Third closest wave buoy	NW Hawaii Buoy	4954 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	NW Hawaii Buoy	5010 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	N Hawaii 1 Buoy	5322 mi
Tide stations nearest to Caves Beach:
Closest tide station	Swansea, Australia	1 mi
Second closest tide station	Newcastle, Australia	13 mi
Third closest tide station	Gosford, Australia	29 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Ettalong, Australia	35 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Little Patonga, Australia	40 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Caves Beach:
Closest ski area	Selwyn Snowfields (Australia)	267 mi
Second closest ski area	Perisher (Australia)	294 mi
Third closest ski area	Charlotte Pass (Australia)	298 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Thredbo (Australia)	303 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Falls Creek (Australia)	360 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Caves Beach:
Closest city location	Belmont (Australia)	4 mi
Second closest city location	Catherine Hill Bay (Australia)	5 mi
Third closest city location	Rathmines (Australia)	6 mi
Fourth closest city location	Redhead (Australia)	6 mi
Fifth closest city location	Dora Creek (Australia)	9 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Caves Beach is Richmond Airport (RCM) in Australia, 99 km (61 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Caves Beach is Kingsford Smith International Airport (Sydney) Airport (SYD), also in Australia, 105 km (65 miles) away.
• Third is Sydney Bankstown Airport (BWU) in Australia, 111 km (69 miles) away.
• Camden Airport (CDU) in Australia is 138 km (86 miles) away.
• Tamworth Airport (TMW), also in Australia is the fifth nearest airport to Caves Beach and is 237 km (147 miles) away.