Caves Beach surf break

Caves Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Monday 23 Mar 2026 AEDT
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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
23.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Caves Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Caves Beach at 7PM is: 1.2m 7s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Mar)3ft (0.9m)6s
Afternoon (23 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)7s
Evening (23 Mar)4ft (1.2m)7s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thu
26
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
3
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
ESE
1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.3
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.6
E
1.8
E
1.9
E
Period(s) (?)6777777778888999999910121313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)729611811313113112716612014415616117322022522522522526827626278410211200
Wind
(km/h)
5
NE
5
ENE
15
E
20
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
20
NE
15
NE
10
NE
15
ENE
15
E
15
E
10
E
10
NE
5
NW
5
W
5
WSW
5
S
15
SE
15
E
10
NE
5
NNE
5
NW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
crossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
glassononcross-
on
glassglassoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:12PM
1.09
12:30AM
1.40
1:10PM
0.97
1:28AM
1.35
2:22PM
0.88
2:38AM
1.30
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:15AM
0.20
6:02PM
0.32
7:18AM
0.26
6:52PM
0.39
8:30AM
0.31
7:56PM
0.46
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thu
26
Sunrise6:58-------6:58-------6:58-------
Sunset---7:00-------7:00-------6:59----
rain showers
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1-1---------------------
Temp. °C202222232222212121232323222120191921222322212019
Feels °C (?)212322222222202121222221222222202023222323232220
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