Caves Beach surf break

Caves Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Tuesday 24 Feb 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
23.4° 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 7AM is: 0.6m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00am February 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)7s
Afternoon (24 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)4s
Evening (24 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)6s

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


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Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
ENE
0.7
S
0.8
ENE
0.7
S
0.6
S
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.6
NE
1.4
NE
0.7
ENE
0.8
E
0.9
ENE
1.2
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
E
1
S
0.9
S
1.3
S
1.7
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
Period(s) (?)666775666666777776667788
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)603646513798119938521316244567712484648166140287315294308
Wind
(km/h)
10
ENE
10
NE
15
NE
15
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
NE
25
NE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
5
ENE
15
E
10
E
15
E
5
E
5
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SE
20
SSE
15
SSE
5
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
on
onononglassglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:50AM
1.27
2:21PM
0.91
2:57AM
1.26
3:46PM
0.83
4:15AM
1.27
5:26PM
0.83
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:35AM
0.33
8:14PM
0.38
9:58AM
0.34
9:22PM
0.42
11:25AM
0.30
10:40PM
0.42
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Sunrise--6:35-------6:37-------6:37-----
Sunset-----7:36-------7:34-------7:32--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
light rain
thunderstorm
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
---------------333323663
Temp. °C232322252525242222212024242524232322212223222222
Feels °C (?)262523252423222023232125252726262623212324222224
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