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Caves Beach surf break
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Caves Beach Surf Forecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Friday 29 Sep 2023 AEST
Forecast update in  hr  min  s Update imminent
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 18.7°C (Statistics for 29 Sep 1981-2005 - mean: 18.8 °C max: 20.5 °C min: 17.1 °C)
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
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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 18.7°C (Statistics for 29 Sep 1981-2005 - mean: 18.8 °C max: 20.5 °C min: 17.1 °C)


How big are the waves at Caves Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Caves Beach at 10AM is: 0.4m 16s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.8m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.5m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 09:00am September 29). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Afternoon (29 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)11s
Evening (29 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Update imminent
Friday
29
Saturday
30
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
0
0
1
1
1
1
2
2
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
0
1
2
2
0
0
1
2
2
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
2
3
4
3
3
2
0
0
2
1
2
0
0
0
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
S
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.8
E
0.4
SSE
0.6
S
1.1
NE
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.7
ENE
1.5
S
1.7
S
1.7
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
1
S
0.8
S
0.6
S
0.4
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
1
E
2.5
NE
2.1
NE
1.9
NE
2.3
NE
2.2
NE
1.1
ENE
1.2
ENE
3.5
NE
4
NE
2.4
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.3
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.7
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.5
S
1.7
S
2.2
S
Period(s) (?)8881111111110999101211610101010101095788999881111109588999101099910111091099997791010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)10180575756565544634342133458510198949496707073120278336432495406153884640554741458046345148467472182632058247691369035319180946966474654178363580957
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
10
NNW
10
E
20
E
10
SE
5
SE
10
SSE
5
SSW
10
WSW
5
ESE
20
ENE
30
ENE
25
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
20
NW
25
NW
20
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
30
SSW
30
SSW
15
SSW
10
S
10
SE
15
E
20
ENE
20
N
10
NNW
10
N
15
N
15
N
15
N
20
NE
25
ENE
20
NE
15
NNE
15
N
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NE
30
ENE
35
ENE
30
NE
25
NNE
30
NNE
35
WNW
35
NW
35
NNW
35
NNW
25
WNW
25
W
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
W
20
W
15
SSW
10
SSE
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
on
ononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrossononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrossoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:56AM
1.37
8:13PM
1.49
8:37AM
1.44
8:58PM
1.43
9:18AM
1.48
9:42PM
1.34
10:00AM
1.48
10:27PM
1.21
10:43AM
1.44
11:15PM
1.08
11:29AM
1.38
12:07AM
0.95
12:20PM
1.30
1:11AM
0.85
1:19PM
1.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:58PM
0.13
2:27AM
0.10
2:47PM
0.10
3:05AM
0.13
3:36PM
0.10
3:44AM
0.19
4:27PM
0.14
4:23AM
0.26
5:20PM
0.20
5:03AM
0.34
6:17PM
0.28
5:48AM
0.42
7:21PM
0.34
6:40AM
0.50
Friday
29
Saturday
30
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sunrise5:33-------5:33-------5:31-------5:30-------5:28-------5:28-------5:26-------5:24---
Sunset---5:52-------5:53-------5:54-------5:54-------5:55-------5:57-------5:57-------5:58
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C172328222020181717202222212120202428333531221717161819181818222022292926262423202026242222202218141522251915131314171715
Feels °C (?)152125192021181817212019182019181922283128161215141717151617201719252522232119161622191718171711671418128669131412

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