Caves Beach surf break

Caves Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Wednesday 18 Feb 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
23.6° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Caves Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Caves Beach at 2AM is: 0.6m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.8m 5s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm February 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Feb)3ft (0.9m)6s
Afternoon (19 Feb)3ft (0.9m)9s
Evening (19 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)9s

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

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Wed
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.7
E
0.9
E
1.1
ENE
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.7
E
Period(s) (?)991010669999998885555551096
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5046585770671356539423836211720253555342721292631
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
10
S
5
ESE
20
E
25
E
20
E
20
E
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
10
E
10
E
20
ENE
20
NE
15
NNE
5
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
5
WNW
30
SSE
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:09PM
1.20
10:15AM
1.45
10:46PM
1.25
10:55AM
1.40
11:25PM
1.28
11:38AM
1.30
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:57AM
0.18
4:40PM
0.06
4:42AM
0.17
5:16PM
0.10
5:31AM
0.19
Wed
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunrise----6:31-------6:33-------6:33---
Sunset-------7:40-------7:39-------7:38
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
--------1--------1-----1
Temp. °C242322222223242422222222222223232323222122292524
Feels °C (?)262523232426242321222122222324232425262223312426
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