Caves Beach surf break

Caves Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Monday 09 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 1.0°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 6PM is: 1.7m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.9m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 09). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Mar)7ft (2.1m)8s
Afternoon (09 Mar)6ft (1.8m)8s
Evening (09 Mar)6ft (1.9m)8s

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


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Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thu
12
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
2
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
SSE
1.6
SE
1.9
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.9
SE
1.7
SSE
1.6
SE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
0.8
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
1.5
E
1.2
E
2.1
ENE
1.7
E
1.7
E
Period(s) (?)888888777877788888999101012
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)52230041931040330628520718316414012110789103105136143150348230889627792
Wind
(km/h)
25
SE
20
SE
20
SE
20
ESE
20
SE
15
SE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
S
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
NE
5
N
5
NW
10
NNW
10
NNE
20
ENE
30
ENE
30
NE
20
NNE
15
N
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:58PM
0.89
1:29AM
1.14
1:44PM
0.79
2:17AM
1.10
2:47PM
0.73
3:14AM
1.08
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:21AM
0.37
6:54PM
0.37
8:16AM
0.43
7:32PM
0.44
9:21AM
0.45
8:21PM
0.49
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thu
12
Sunrise6:47-------6:48-------6:48-------
Sunset---7:20-------7:17-------7:16----
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
5544431111--------------
Temp. °C222323232222222222232424232221201923252523222121
Feels °C (?)202222222223232324242425252323222023232221212121
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