Caves Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 33.11° S 151.65° E

Issued: 9 am 28 Jul 2026 (local time)

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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 1PM is: 0.5m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am July 28). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 2s is not directed at the surf break. 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 afternoon, light winds from the SSW by Thu night).
	Tuesday 28						Wednesday 29								Thursday 30
	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	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	S 15	S 6	S 6	S 12	S 10	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 12
Wave Graph
kJ	44	42	28	16	16	22	13	12	6	24	23	5	5	5	25	36	407	484	427	327	276	262
Wind (km/h)	NW	NW	NNW	NNW	NW	WNW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	WSW	WSW	W	WSW	WSW	SW	WSW	W	SSE	SSE	SE	SSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	cross-off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross
High Tide		7:39AM0.90m				7:33PM1.39m				8:15AM0.96m				8:08PM1.43m				8:50AM1.02m				8:44PM1.45m
Low Tide			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	12	15	19	20	18	15	12	11	11	15	17	17	14	11	10	9	8	9	12	13	13	13
Feels °C	9	12	14	14	13	10	8	6	6	9	10	10	8	5	5	4	4	6	8	9	10	11
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	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	S 6	S 12	S 10	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9
kJ	44	42	28	16	16	8	13	12	5	5	5	1	2	4	25	36	407	484	427	327	276	185
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 8	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 6	S 17	SE 6	S 16	S 15	ENE 6	S 14	NE 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	SSE 12	S 12
kJ	28	19	13	8	7	7	7	7	2	2	23	2	5	5	4	14	2	1	1	1	52	262
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 16	SE 14	SE 15	SE 15	SE 14	S 17	SE 14	SE 14	S 18	S 18	SE 6	S 16	S 7	SE 6	S 16	NE 6	E 13	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 13	NE 7
kJ	10	8	8	8	8	22	8	8	6	24	2	5	1	1	5	1	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NW 2	NNW 2	NW 2	NW 3	NW 3	NW 3	NW 3	NW 3	NW 3	NW 3	WNW 3	W 3	W 3	SW 4	W 3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	3	4	5	10	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2
Distance (km)	0	0	12	10	5	2	66	506	439	506	505	265	198	250	143	18	0	0	15	15	15	1
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1									1	4	3	2	2	2	3
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	3	3	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	7	6	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	7	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

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