Caves Beach surf break

Caves Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Tuesday 24 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
24.6° C
(Which is 1.2°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 7PM is: 1.1m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 24). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Mar)4ft (1.2m)8s
Afternoon (24 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)8s
Evening (24 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)9s

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


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Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Fri
27
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
3
3
4
4
4
1
0
3
2
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
E
1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.4
E
1.7
E
1.8
E
1.9
E
2
E
2
E
1.9
E
2
E
1.9
E
1.8
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.6
ESE
Period(s) (?)8888899999910101212131312121212121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)172119156160173220225264270276288307379855980114512851225103911321013913777657
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
15
ENE
15
E
15
E
15
E
10
ENE
5
NNE
5
W
5
W
0
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
10
NE
5
N
10
NNW
5
NW
10
NW
10
N
20
ENE
30
NE
25
SW
25
NW
25
NW
20
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
glassglassoffglassononcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:10PM
0.97
1:28AM
1.35
2:22PM
0.88
2:38AM
1.30
3:54PM
0.85
3:58AM
1.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:18AM
0.26
6:52PM
0.39
8:30AM
0.31
7:56PM
0.46
9:51AM
0.32
9:13PM
0.50
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Fri
27
Sunrise6:58-------6:58-------7:00-------
Sunset---7:00-------6:59-------6:57----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
---------------------211
Temp. °C212323232221201919222323212019191924262522191918
Feels °C (?)212121222221222020242323212119201924242320161715
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