Caves Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Reports
(Newcastle, Australia)
Caves Beach Spot ID
Type: beach
Reliability: fairly consistent
Best: Swell ESE | Wind WNW
Sea Temperature Today is: 22.6 °C
| Sun | Mon | |||
| 8PM | 11PM | 2AM | 5AM | |
| Wave (m) |
 ENE |
 NE |
 NE |
 NE |
| Period (s) | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 |
| Wind (km/h) |  |
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| Wind State | cross | cross | cross- off |
cross- off |
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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. Williamtown airport is the closest passenger airport, it is a 40 minute drive (more in peak times) from Caves Beach, most definitely no more than 70 Kms. Surf beach and the water is very rarely crowded.
Forecast Wave Energy (Power): 12hrs
Tide Times:
For Swansea, Australia, 3 km from Caves Beach.
| NEXT | IS AT (local time) | remaining |
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Caves Beach Tide Times and Tide Chart
Live Weather:
At Warners Bay, 14 km from Caves Beach.
calm km/h |  dry | Air temperature 22 °C |
Current weather near Caves Beach
Buoy Data:
At Sydney Waverider Buoy, 48 miles from Caves Beach.
| 1PM | 2PM | 3PM | 4PM | |
| Data Age | 5 hr | 4 hr | 3 hr | 2 hr |
| Wave height (m) |
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| Average period (s) | 7.28 | 7.85 | 7.56 | 6.79 |
Overall Caves Beach Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in March
Wind stats for Caves Beach: see the variation in direction and stength by month.
Surf photos from
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Visitor Reviews of Caves Beach
“Information on airports is wrong. Williamtown airport is the closest passenger airport, it is a 40 minute drive (more in peak times) from Caves Beach, most definitely no more than 70 Km.
Surf beach and the water is very rarely crowded.”
Sue sharp from AUSTRALIA - 02 Dec 2013
Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Caves Beach:
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Wave buoys nearest to Caves Beach:
- Closest wave buoy48 mi
- Second closest wave buoy101 mi
- Third closest wave buoy114 mi
- Fourth closest wave buoy195 mi
- Fifth closest wave buoy212 mi
Tide stations nearest to Caves Beach:
- Closest tide stationSwansea2 mi
- Second closest tide stationRathmines6 mi
- Third closest tide stationCharlestown11 mi
- Fourth closest tide stationGorokan14 mi
- Fifth closest tide stationNewcastle14 mi
Airports
- The closest passenger airport to Caves Beach is Newcastle Airport (NTL) in Australia, 39 km (24 miles) away (directly).
- The second nearest airport to Caves Beach is Richmond Airport (RCM), also in Australia, 98 km (61 miles) away.
- Third is Kingsford Smith International Airport (Sydney) Airport (SYD) in Australia, 103 km (64 miles) away.
- Sydney Bankstown Airport (BWU) in Australia is 110 km (68 miles) away.
- Camden Airport (CDU), also in Australia is the fifth nearest airport to Caves Beach and is 137 km (85 miles) away.
This is the Surf-Forecast page for Caves Beach, NSW - Newcastle. Use the tab navigation above to view Caves Beach sea temperature, Caves Beach photographs, Caves Beach detailed swell predictions, wind and weather forecasts, Caves Beach webcams, current wind from NSW - Newcastle live weather stations and Caves Beach tide predictions. The Australia swell maps link will open up the big picture showing Australia and the surrounding seas. These swell maps can be animated to show the different swell components, wave energy, wave period, wave heights, together with wind and weather forecasts, current weather and sea state observations from Australia wave-buoys, passing ships and coastal weather stations. Each of the forecast pages for this surf break feature a global and regional wavefinder tool to locate the best surf conditions in the area around Caves Beach.
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