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Caves Beach Surf Forecast
/ NSW – Newcastle (55 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /
Caves Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Wednesday 16 Jul 2025 AEST
How big are the waves at Caves Beach today?
The current surf forecast for Caves Beach at 9AM is: 1.2m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 16s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00am July 16). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (16 Jul) | 4ft (1.2m) | 9s |
| Afternoon (16 Jul) | 4ft (1.2m) | 9s |
| Evening (16 Jul) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 8s |
Table - waves today at Caves Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Wednesday 16 | Thursday 17 | Friday 18 | Saturday 19 | Sunday 20 | Monday 21 | Tuesday 22 | Wednesday 23 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | |
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| Period(s) (?) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Energy (?) | 196 | 220 | 212 | 242 | 273 | 230 | 180 | 142 | 114 | 90 | 89 | 109 | 100 | 72 | 65 | 93 | 92 | 96 | 75 | 66 | 89 | 200 | 272 | 306 | 261 | 194 | 129 | 164 | 73 | 51 | 39 | 33 | 36 | 24 | 28 | 70 | 51 | 100 | 114 | 204 | 153 | 143 | 143 | 133 | 161 | 167 | 226 | 325 | 278 | 268 | 327 | 307 | 383 | 472 | 1350 | 568 | 662 | 592 | 615 | 663 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | off | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- on | on | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross | on | glass | glass | off | off | off | glass | glass | cross | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 11:27PM 1.40 | 12:14PM 1.17 | 12:16AM 1.29 | 1:04PM 1.20 | 1:11AM 1.17 | 2:01PM 1.23 | 2:15AM 1.05 | 3:05PM 1.28 | 3:32AM 0.95 | 4:14PM 1.34 | 4:56AM 0.91 | 5:20PM 1.41 | 6:10AM 0.92 | 6:19PM 1.49 | 7:09AM 0.95 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 6:05AM 0.16 | 6:10PM 0.36 | 6:48AM 0.22 | 7:13PM 0.39 | 7:35AM 0.28 | 8:25PM 0.40 | 8:26AM 0.33 | 9:44PM 0.38 | 9:24AM 0.35 | 11:05PM 0.32 | 10:26AM 0.36 | 12:16AM 0.23 | 11:29AM 0.33 | 1:15AM 0.15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 16 | Thursday 17 | Friday 18 | Saturday 19 | Sunday 20 | Monday 21 | Tuesday 22 | Wednesday 23 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | 6:54 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:54 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:50 | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | 5:04 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:05 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:05 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:06 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:06 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:07 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:07 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 10 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 |
| Feels °C (?) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Newcastle
Continuing clean conditions at Caves Beach (light winds from the WNW at Warners Bay 14 km from Caves Beach). 0.9m 9s swell from the S with a 0.9m 9s swell from the S
1 h 34 min ago
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