Caves Beach surf break

Caves Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Monday 16 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
24.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Caves Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Caves Beach at 3PM is: 0.7m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.7m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Mar)3ft (0.9m)15s
Afternoon (16 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Evening (16 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)6s

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


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Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thu
19
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
1
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSE
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.4
NE
1.2
ENE
0.4
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.9
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
0.9
S
0.7
S
Period(s) (?)1615141466661112121111115666666666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4002832061951251091391064467666136353690100981151211501115533
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
10
NNE
20
ENE
25
ENE
30
NE
20
NNE
15
N
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
SSW
30
SW
20
SW
20
S
15
SE
15
SSE
15
S
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:03AM
1.31
7:48PM
1.08
7:46AM
1.38
8:23PM
1.19
8:29AM
1.42
9:00PM
1.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:38PM
0.18
1:24AM
0.31
2:14PM
0.13
2:11AM
0.24
2:50PM
0.11
2:56AM
0.17
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thu
19
Sunrise6:52-------6:52-------6:54-------
Sunset---7:10-------7:08-------7:07----
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
Rain (mm)
---------------11-121211
Temp. °C182224242221202021253026272423222222222222222220
Feels °C (?)182122221919202021242921242323222222222222232320
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