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Caves Beach Surf Forecast
/ NSW – Newcastle (55 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /
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Caves Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 26 Mar 2026 AEDTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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
24.7° C
(Which is 1.4°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 4AM is: 1.6m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 26). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (AEDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (27 Mar) | 5ft (1.5m) | 11s |
| Afternoon (27 Mar) | 4ft (1.2m) | 11s |
| Evening (27 Mar) | 6ft (1.9m) | 8s |
Table - waves today at Caves Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 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 | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 1229 | 961 | 750 | 645 | 515 | 452 | 387 | 302 | 383 | 1847 | 15503 | 6680 | 6243 | 13228 | 11114 | 8442 | 7373 | 5834 | 5380 | 4967 | 2848 | 3107 | 2489 | 1981 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | off | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross | cross- on |
High Tide / height (m) | 3:58AM 1.29 | 5:24PM 0.90 | 5:17AM 1.31 | 6:26PM 1.00 | 6:22AM 1.36 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 9:13PM 0.50 | 11:09AM 0.29 | 10:36PM 0.48 | 12:12PM 0.24 | 11:51PM 0.41 | 1:01PM 0.20 | ||||||||||||||||||
Thu 26 | Friday 27 | Saturday 28 | Sunday 29 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | 7:00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:01 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:01 | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:55 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:54 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:52 |
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Rain (mm) | 3 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 21 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 20 |
| Feels °C (?) | 20 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 18 |
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