Caves Beach surf break

Caves Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Saturday 21 Feb 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
22.8° C
(Which is 1.0°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Caves Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Caves Beach at 9PM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm February 21). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Feb)--
Afternoon (21 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Evening (21 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
1
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.7
NE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.7
E
1
ENE
0.7
E
1
ENE
0.8
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
Period(s) (?)998888999467888777667777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2523222121232424244011116013134662434899407158767660
Wind
(km/h)
20
SE
10
NE
5
NNW
5
SW
5
WSW
5
WNW
10
NNW
10
N
25
ENE
30
NE
10
NE
25
SSW
10
SE
10
WNW
10
NNW
10
NE
10
ENE
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SW
5
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossonoffcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:38AM
1.30
12:07AM
1.29
12:24PM
1.18
12:54AM
1.29
1:16PM
1.04
1:50AM
1.27
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:53PM
0.16
6:24AM
0.24
6:34PM
0.24
7:24AM
0.29
7:20PM
0.31
8:35AM
0.33
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Sunrise------6:35-------6:35-------6:35-
Sunset-7:38-------7:37-------7:37------
clear
thunderstorm
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-11--------------14-----
Temp. °C282623232222212627272723242324252523222222222224
Feels °C (?)282826262526232826252923272627272723222323232427
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