Caves Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 33.11° S 151.65° E

Issued: 4 pm 15 Nov 2026 (local time)

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Today's Caves Beach sea temperature is

21.5°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 (16 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Nov, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 6s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Nov, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 6s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Nov, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 7s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Caves Beach at 12AM is: 1.4m 6s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 18s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm November 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Nov)	5ft (1.5m)	6s
Afternoon (16 Nov)	5ft (1.6m)	6s
Evening (16 Nov)	5.5ft (1.7m)	7s

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

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 17mm), heaviest on Sun afternoon. Warm (max 20°C on Sun afternoon, min 16°C on Mon afternoon). Wind will be generally light.
	Sun 15				Monday 16								Tuesday 17								Wed 18
	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 10	E 10	E 10	S 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 7	S 7	S 8	S 9	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 7	S 7
Wave Graph
kJ	73	73	83	132	130	135	172	186	167	212	247	183	133	184	184	167	132	102	74	54	53	39
Wind (km/h)	S	S	SSE	S	S	SSE	SSE	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSE	SE	E	ENE	NE	ENE	ENE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide	12:44PM1.30m				1:55AM0.91m				1:28PM1.25m					2:49AM0.95m				2:18PM1.22m				3:44AM1.01m
Low Tide			7:52PM0.34m				7:08AM0.61m					8:36PM0.35m				8:08AM0.64m				9:20PM0.36m


	—	—	—	—	—	5:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:41	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:41
	—	7:31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:34	—	—	—	7:35
mm	1	3	2	1	1	1	1	2	3	1	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	20	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	16	17	17	17	16	16	17	18	19	18	18	17	17	17
Feels °C	18	15	16	15	16	15	15	14	12	13	13	14	14	14	16	16	17	15	16	16	17	17
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 11	E 11	E 9	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	S 7	S 8	S 9	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 7	S 7
kJ	73	73	73	75	55	55	43	46	48	31	31	183	133	184	184	167	132	102	74	54	53	39
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 12	S 14	S 14	S 18	S 18	S 17	S 17	S 17	S 17	S 17	S 15	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 5	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 5
kJ	11	4	4	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	45	36	34	27	23	17	30	17	17	29	8
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 11	S 10	S 13	S 19	S 18	S 17	S 17	S 17	NE 8	NE 8	S 15	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 7	ENE 7	E 7	E 7	SSE 15	E 10
kJ	10	8	3	7	6	22	22	23	3	2	17	31	17	17	31	17	4	9	3	3	23	29
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 4	S 5	S 5	S 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 7	—	—	—	—	—	ESE 5	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 5	—
kJ	18	43	83	132	130	135	172	186	167	212	247	—	—	—	—	—	16	14	13	12	12	—
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	15	111	99	20	20	20	150	18	236	150	20	18	1	1	1	15	15	265	200	12	31	31
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Rating (10 max)	1			1	2	2		2			2	2	2	2	2	2	1			1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	3	2	2	4	6	5	3	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	4	3	3	2	2	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	9	9	7	7	6	5	5	5	5	8	9	9	9	9	9	7	9	8	7	5	9	5

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