Caves Beach surf break

Caves Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 12 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
23.8° 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 2AM is: 1.4m 11s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 1.6m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)12s
Afternoon (13 Mar)7ft (2.2m)9s
Evening (13 Mar)8ft (2.5m)9s

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


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Thu
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
2
S
2.4
S
2.5
S
2.5
SSE
2.2
SSE
2
S
1.9
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.9
E
Period(s) (?)1111111212129999991010109991099899
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4764754925285465897058799879977907057845864923522872511501151109278119
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
30
S
35
S
30
SSE
25
SSE
20
SE
15
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
15
E
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NNE
5
NNW
5
NNW
10
NE
20
ENE
25
ENE
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
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
glasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:20AM
1.10
5:40PM
0.77
5:22AM
1.15
6:32PM
0.86
6:16AM
1.22
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:25PM
0.52
11:34AM
0.39
10:35PM
0.51
12:22PM
0.32
11:39PM
0.47
1:02PM
0.25
Thu
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Sunrise----6:50-------6:50-------6:52---
Sunset-------7:15-------7:13-------7:12
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222120202020202020202020202121212120191818202222
Feels °C (?)201918181818151414151617181919191918181819191919
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