Caves Beach surf break

Caves Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Wednesday 08 Apr 2026 AEST
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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
23.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Caves Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Caves Beach at 12PM is: 1.0m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am April 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)3ft (0.9m)10s
Afternoon (08 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)9s
Evening (08 Apr)3ft (0.9m)9s

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


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Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
0
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
1.6
NE
1.2
NE
Period(s) (?)991010999910101010999910141414131367
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)79791711451461511249492889211510679798396107104136130130206147
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
SSW
15
SE
20
ESE
15
ESE
5
N
5
W
5
W
10
NNW
10
N
15
ENE
25
ENE
20
NE
15
NNE
15
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNE
10
N
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
ononglassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:46PM
1.23
12:26PM
0.82
12:30AM
1.18
1:30PM
0.79
1:24AM
1.15
2:47PM
0.81
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:46AM
0.39
5:49PM
0.52
7:42AM
0.42
6:45PM
0.57
8:41AM
0.41
7:54PM
0.60
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sunrise--6:09-------6:09-------6:09-----
Sunset-----5:39-------5:38-------5:37--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C211919222222212120181822242322212020212732302726
Feels °C (?)181618222120212321191822222121212019192529282624
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