Caves Beach surf break

Caves Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Tuesday 04 Nov 2025 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
20.8° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Caves Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Caves Beach at 12AM is: 0.8m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm November 04). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Nov)--
Afternoon (05 Nov)--
Evening (05 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)8s

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

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Tue
04
Wednesday
05
Thursday
06
Friday
07
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.9
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.9
E
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.5
NE
1.6
NE
1.4
NE
0.8
E
0.8
E
1.5
ENE
Period(s) (?)888888888888888855667886
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)868484636144446110449516969686811366831612231588282150
Wind
(km/h)
20
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
W
10
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
10
ENE
10
NNE
10
NW
5
NW
10
E
20
ENE
30
ENE
30
NE
25
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
10
N
15
NE
20
NE
25
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:08PM
1.33
8:28AM
1.59
8:58PM
1.30
9:12AM
1.65
9:48PM
1.24
9:58AM
1.67
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:03AM
0.24
2:55PM
0.16
2:45AM
0.25
3:48PM
0.13
3:28AM
0.28
4:42PM
0.13
Tue
04
Wednesday
05
Thursday
06
Friday
07
Sunrise----5:50-------5:50-------5:48---
Sunset-------7:22-------7:22-------7:23
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191614131419221918181616161920201918171516222322
Feels °C (?)131198814191515161515161716151414161415202019
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