Caves Beach surf break

Caves Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Tuesday 02 Dec 2025 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
23.1° C
(Which is 1.8°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 8PM is: 2.4m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm December 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Dec)--
Afternoon (02 Dec)7ft (2.1m)9s
Evening (02 Dec)8ft (2.4m)9s

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

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Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
3
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
S
2.3
S
2.4
S
2.2
S
1.9
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.3
SSE
1.1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
SSE
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
1
E
1.1
ENE
1.4
NE
1.6
NE
0.6
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.4
ENE
Period(s) (?)999998888877799994567767
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)653885982783549349301264229138886451575739393864143213352418
Wind
(km/h)
30
S
30
SSE
25
S
15
S
10
SW
10
WSW
5
WNW
10
E
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
NE
20
NE
10
N
10
NW
5
NNW
10
E
25
ENE
30
NE
30
NE
15
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:54PM
1.19
7:20AM
1.55
7:52PM
1.17
8:08AM
1.63
8:47PM
1.15
8:57AM
1.68
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:54PM
0.33
12:43AM
0.31
1:54PM
0.24
1:31AM
0.30
2:51PM
0.17
2:20AM
0.30
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Sunrise------5:37-------5:37-------5:37-
Sunset-7:46-------7:47-------7:49------
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181818181614151920201918161517242324242422222533
Feels °C (?)121213151312141716151415151416231919202119182229
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