Caves Beach surf break

Caves Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Sunday 01 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
25.8° C
(Which is 2.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Caves Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Caves Beach at 2PM is: 1.1m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Mar)4ft (1.2m)8s
Afternoon (01 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)8s
Evening (01 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)8s

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


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Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wed
04
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
1
SE
1
SE
1
SE
1
E
0.9
SE
0.9
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.6
E
1.9
E
1.7
E
1.8
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.2
E
1.1
E
1
E
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1
E
1
E
Period(s) (?)888888888897777777889999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)169151151114137111108140125125222267326290316203244156146133249268158154
Wind
(km/h)
15
E
10
ENE
15
E
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
20
NE
20
NE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
10
N
10
N
5
NNE
10
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:36AM
1.45
8:19PM
1.08
8:24AM
1.49
9:00PM
1.17
9:08AM
1.48
9:38PM
1.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:17PM
0.09
1:57AM
0.22
2:57PM
0.05
2:48AM
0.16
3:34PM
0.04
3:34AM
0.13
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wed
04
Sunrise6:41-------6:41-------6:41-------
Sunset---7:30-------7:28-------7:27----
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
121----------1---1------
Temp. °C222324242323232222242524242322222221242424232322
Feels °C (?)222424232222232221222322222221212322262625232422
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