Caves Beach surf break

Caves Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 19 Mar 2026 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
23.8° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Caves Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Caves Beach at 1PM is: 0.6m 7s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 19). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Afternoon (19 Mar)2ft (0.6m)7s
Evening (19 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)6s

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


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Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sun
22
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
S
0.6
S
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.6
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.9
SE
Period(s) (?)897666876666666666666666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)19554330221818171381313204033343931302323272746
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
10
S
5
NNW
10
WNW
10
W
10
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
15
SSW
15
S
15
SE
10
ESE
10
E
5
ESE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
15
ESE
10
SE
15
SE
10
S
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
glassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:11AM
1.43
9:37PM
1.37
9:53AM
1.40
10:15PM
1.42
10:37AM
1.32
10:56PM
1.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:26PM
0.10
3:42AM
0.13
4:02PM
0.13
4:29AM
0.13
4:39PM
0.18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sun
22
Sunrise6:54-------6:54-------6:56-------
Sunset---7:07-------7:05-------7:04----
thunderstorm
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
157111111221-1-1121---12
Temp. °C212120202121202020212223222222212222232322222121
Feels °C (?)222222212222202021212223232324222323232322222121
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