Caves Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 33.11° S 151.65° E

Issued: 9 am 13 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Caves Beach sea temperature is

18.1°C

Caves Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Caves Beach today (13 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (13 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 9s period with S swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 10s period with S swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 10s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Caves Beach at 12PM is: 0.8m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 16s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am September 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (13 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	9s
Afternoon (13 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	10s
Evening (13 Sep)	2.5ft (0.7m)	10s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 24°C on Mon morning, min 11°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the WNW on Tue morning, strong winds from the SSW by Tue night).
	Sunday 13						Monday 14								Tuesday 15
	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 9	SSE 9	S 9	S 11	S 10	NE 6	S 10	S 10	S 12	S 12	S 11	S 11	S 11	NE 6	NE 6	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	S 10	ESE 4	S 9	S 4
Wave Graph
kJ	113	115	113	143	141	141	100	75	134	132	89	85	83	95	75	32	31	31	16	16	14	67
Wind (km/h)	N	NNE	ENE	NE	NE	NNE	N	NNW	NNW	N	NE	NE	NNE	N	N	NNW	NW	WNW	SE	SE	S	S
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross
High Tide		9:32AM1.37m				9:49PM1.29m					10:11AM1.36m				10:29PM1.16m				10:50AM1.32m
Low Tide				3:45PM0.14m				3:57AM0.16m					4:31PM0.19m				4:31AM0.22m				5:19PM0.26m


	5:56	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:54	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:52	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	5:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:44	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	13	18	20	20	18	17	16	16	16	21	24	23	22	21	20	19	19	23	20	18	16	14
Feels °C	11	16	16	14	13	13	13	13	13	18	19	19	19	18	17	16	16	21	17	17	13	7
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 9	SSE 9	S 9	S 11	S 10	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	S 12	S 12	S 11	S 11	S 11	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	S 9	S 9	ENE 7
kJ	113	115	113	143	141	80	42	34	134	132	89	85	83	52	34	22	19	11	11	15	14	9
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 5	ENE 5	SSE 16	SSE 17	E 13	S 10	S 10	S 10	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	E 12	E 12	S 10	S 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	S 10	ENE 7	ENE 7	E 14
kJ	12	8	52	29	13	102	100	75	20	13	10	3	3	56	51	32	31	31	16	5	5	4
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 18	SSE 18	E 13	ENE 13	—	E 13	E 13	SSE 12	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 10	E 10	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 13	E 13	E 14	E 14	—
kJ	109	61	13	17	—	3	3	52	13	13	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 5	NE 5	ENE 5	ENE 4	ENE 6	NE 6	NE 6	—	—	—	ENE 6	ENE 4	ENE 5	NE 6	NE 6	—	—	—	SE 2	ESE 4	ESE 4	S 4
kJ	31	22	7	52	100	141	95	—	—	—	21	14	39	95	75	—	—	—	2	16	10	67
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	8	57	252	130	56	0	0	0	0	56	56	53	0	0	0	0	0	734	46	20	248
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	1			2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1		1	1
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Rating (10 max)	9	9	9	8	7	6	5	6	5	5	6	6	5	6	6	6	9	5	5	5	5	5

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