Caves Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 33.11° S 151.65° E

Issued: 3 am 28 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Caves Beach sea temperature is

18.0° C

Caves Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Caves Beach today (28 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with S swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 7s period with S swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 17s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Caves Beach at 6AM is: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am July 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (28 Jul)	2ft (0.6m)	8s
Afternoon (28 Jul)	1.5ft (0.5m)	7s
Evening (28 Jul)	0.5ft (0.2m)	17s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 20°C on Tue afternoon, min 8°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WSW on Wed morning, calm by Thu night).
	Tuesday 28								Wednesday 29								Thursday 30
	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	3	1	0	1	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 8	SSE 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 7	S 7	S 17	S 9	S 8	S 18	S 18	S 17	S 16	S 16	SSW 6	S 6	SSW 7	S 12	S 11	S 10	S 10	S 9	S 9
Wave Graph
kJ	112	79	44	42	28	16	16	22	13	12	25	24	23	5	5	47	54	175	132	716	557	426	334	276
Wind (km/h)	NNW	NW	NW	NW	NNW	NNW	NW	WNW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	WSW	W	W	WSW	W	W	W	WSW	S	SSE	SE	SSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	glassy
High Tide				7:39AM0.90m				7:33PM1.39m				8:15AM0.96m				8:08PM1.43m				8:50AM1.02m				8:44PM1.45m
Low Tide		1:46AM0.19m			12:55PM0.34m					2:19AM0.13m				1:37PM0.30m				2:51AM0.09m				2:18PM0.28m


	—	6:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:47	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:46	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	5:12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:13	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	14	12	12	14	19	20	18	15	12	11	11	14	17	17	14	11	9	8	8	10	12	13	13	13
Feels °C	12	10	9	11	14	14	13	11	8	6	6	8	10	10	8	6	5	4	4	6	8	9	10	11
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 8	SSE 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 7	NE 7	ENE 6	S 6	SSW 7	S 7	S 11	S 10	S 10	S 9	S 9
kJ	112	79	44	42	28	16	16	8	13	12	5	5	5	1	2	4	54	73	124	716	557	426	334	276
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 16	SSE 8	SE 8	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 6	S 17	S 16	S 16	S 16	ENE 6	NE 6	S 12	NE 6	E 6	E 6	S 17	SSE 12
kJ	10	7	28	19	13	14	7	7	7	7	2	2	23	5	5	5	4	2	132	2	1	1	6	198
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 11	SE 16	SE 16	SE 14	SE 15	SE 15	SE 14	S 17	SE 14	SE 14	S 18	S 18	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	E 6	S 16	S 16	NE 6	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 13	E 8
kJ	3	10	10	7	8	8	8	22	8	8	25	24	2	2	1	1	5	5	2	3	3	3	3	1
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 3	—	—	NW 2	NW 2	NW 3	NW 3	NW 3	NW 2	NW 3	NW 3	NW 3	WNW 3	WSW 4	WSW 3	SSW 6	WSW 3	SSW 7	—	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	1	—	—	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	7	7	47	3	175	—	—	—	—	—	—
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	2	2	2
Distance (km)	0	0	0	0	12	10	5	2	66	439	304	198	304	198	198	48	0	0	0	0	15	15	15	0
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