Caves Beach surf break

Caves Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Sunday 29 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
25.2° C
(Which is 2.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Caves Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Caves Beach at 8PM is: 2.4m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm March 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Mar)--
Afternoon (29 Mar)8ft (2.5m)11s
Evening (29 Mar)7.5ft (2.3m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
!
0
1
2
1
2
3
2
2
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.4
SSE
2.2
SSE
2
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.5
S
0.9
SE
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.7
S
0.7
S
Period(s) (?)11101010101010999999888168161616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)178014891186990788688517452385326280238202150140114139911271268790257251
Wind
(km/h)
25
S
20
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
S
10
S
0
SSW
5
S
10
SE
10
ESE
15
E
10
ENE
5
NNE
5
NW
5
W
5
E
10
ESE
15
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassoffglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:13PM
1.11
7:16AM
1.39
7:53PM
1.22
8:02AM
1.40
8:32PM
1.31
8:44AM
1.38
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:01PM
0.20
12:53AM
0.33
1:43PM
0.16
1:46AM
0.25
2:20PM
0.15
2:34AM
0.20
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Sunrise------7:03-------7:03-------7:03-
Sunset-6:52-------6:52-------6:51------
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202120201919192020202020191818212122212020191821
Feels °C (?)161818181818192019191919191818222021191920191821
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