Caves Beach surf break

Caves Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Friday 19 Sep 2025 AEST
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Caves Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Caves Beach sea temperature is
19.1° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Caves Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Caves Beach at 6PM is: 0.5m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm September 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Sep)--
Afternoon (19 Sep)2ft (0.6m)9s
Evening (19 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)9s

Table - waves today at Caves Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Monday
22
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
1
2
2
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
1
NE
0.4
S
0.3
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.6
SSW
1.2
SSW
0.9
S
1.2
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.7
S
0.4
SSE
0.4
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
Period(s) (?)9996811111010101066699998121171010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)62583973222237355048302610065249159173119634538334830
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
20
NNE
5
NW
15
NNW
20
N
25
NW
30
WNW
20
WNW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
15
NW
15
WNW
0
NW
5
SE
10
WNW
15
WSW
10
W
10
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffglassonoffcross-
off
offoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:42PM
1.39
7:19AM
1.17
7:25PM
1.39
7:55AM
1.25
8:04PM
1.37
8:30AM
1.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:18PM
0.31
1:12AM
0.14
1:08PM
0.25
1:47AM
0.12
1:53PM
0.20
2:20AM
0.13
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Monday
22
Sunrise------5:47-------5:45-------5:43-
Sunset-5:46-------5:46-------5:47------
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----32------------------
Temp. °C222322181516172123221815131211161919171614121217
Feels °C (?)1919211612121317171714119971217171413119914
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Newcastle

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Caves Beach (calm at Warners Bay 14 km from Caves Beach). 0.7m 6s windswell from the ENE with a 0.6m 10s swell from the S. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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Actual: 30 min ago

0 km/h
NW
Clean
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