Caves Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 33.11° S 151.65° E

Caves Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 am 28 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Caves Beach sea temperature is
18.0° C
0.4° 

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


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) & DateWave HeightWave 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
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SSE
8
0.8
SSE
8
0.6
S
8
0.6
S
8
0.5
S
8
0.4
S
7
0.4
S
7
0.2
S
17
0.3
S
9
0.3
S
8
0.2
S
18
0.2
S
18
0.2
S
17
0.1
S
16
0.1
S
16
0.8
SSW
6
0.8
S
6
1.4
SSW
7
0.7
S
12
1.8
S
11
1.7
S
10
1.5
S
10
1.4
S
9
1.3
S
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy 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)
15
NNW
10
NW
15
NW
10
NW
15
NNW
20
NNW
15
NW
15
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
20
NW
20
WNW
30
WSW
25
W
20
W
20
WSW
15
W
10
W
10
W
10
WSW
10
S
15
SSE
10
SE
5
SSW
Wind State
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
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:48
6:47
6:46
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
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
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Caves Beach surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest