Caves Beach surf break

Caves Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Sunday 05 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
23.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Caves Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Caves Beach at 12AM is: 1.0m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.9m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm April 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)--
Afternoon (06 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)9s
Evening (06 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)9s

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


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Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
1
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SSE
0.8
SSE
Period(s) (?)8999910999999999999999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)17315015316416818324523720820216917314013210110176808567818168103
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
5
SE
5
W
5
WNW
5
N
10
E
10
ENE
10
NNE
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
15
NW
15
NW
5
ENE
15
E
15
NNE
10
N
5
WSW
20
WSW
15
SSW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onglassglassoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:16AM
1.07
10:31PM
1.35
10:54AM
0.97
11:07PM
1.29
11:36AM
0.88
11:46PM
1.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:05PM
0.31
5:09AM
0.30
4:36PM
0.38
5:55AM
0.35
5:09PM
0.45
6:46AM
0.39
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Sunrise------6:07-------6:07-------6:09-
Sunset-5:44-------5:43-------5:42------
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C201919181816151819191817161617252927232221192022
Feels °C (?)171616151715141817171615141415232825222221172022
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