Caves Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 33.11° S 151.65° E

Caves Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 pm 15 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Caves Beach sea temperature is
18.1°C
0.5° 

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 (15 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (15 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 4s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (15 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 5s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Caves Beach at 10PM is: 1.7m 6s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm September 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Sep)--
Afternoon (15 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)4s
Evening (15 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Some drizzle, heaviest during Tue night. Warm (max 20°C on Fri morning, min 10°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the S on Tue night, calm by Fri morning).

Tue
15
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
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)
0
0
0
0
0
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0
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0
0
0
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0
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
SSE
10
0.7
SE
4
0.3
S
9
1.7
S
6
2.5
S
8
3
S
9
3
S
9
3
S
10
3.5
S
10
3.5
S
10
3.5
S
10
3.5
S
10
3.5
S
10
3.5
S
11
3.5
S
10
3
S
10
2.5
S
10
2.2
SSE
9
2
SSE
9
1.8
SSE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
61
15
14
172
763
1531
1726
1765
2299
2632
2210
2184
2291
2918
2363
1773
1380
809
645
488
Wind (km/h)
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
S
40
S
35
S
30
S
35
SSW
35
SSW
40
SSW
35
SSW
35
S
30
S
30
S
25
SSW
25
SW
25
SSW
20
S
15
SE
10
ENE
10
NW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
High Tide
10:50AM1.32m
11:09PM1.03m
11:31AM1.26m
11:51PM0.91m
12:14PM1.19m
Low Tide
5:19PM0.26m
5:05AM0.30m
6:09PM0.33m
5:41AM0.38m
7:06PM0.39m
clear
part cloud
clear
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:52
5:50
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:44
5:45
5:45
 mm
1
Temp °C
18
18
17
14
14
13
12
12
13
14
14
14
13
12
10
12
14
14
14
13
Feels °C
15
16
14
6
7
6
4
4
4
5
5
6
6
6
4
6
9
11
12
11
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