Caves Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 33.11° S 151.65° E

Caves Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 am 03 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Caves Beach sea temperature is
18.5°C
0.1° 

Caves Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Caves Beach today (03 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (03 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 10s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 10s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 10s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Caves Beach at 7AM is: 0.5m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am September 03). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Afternoon (03 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Evening (03 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 29°C on Sat morning, min 13°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NW on Thu morning, calm by Fri morning).

Thursday
3
Friday
4
Saturday
5
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
S
10
0.5
S
10
0.5
S
10
0.5
S
10
0.5
S
10
0.5
S
10
0.5
S
10
0.5
S
10
0.4
SSE
10
0.9
SSW
6
1.2
SSW
6
0.7
S
12
1.1
S
11
1
S
10
0.8
S
9
0.7
S
8
0.4
SSE
14
0.4
SSE
11
0.5
S
11
0.7
S
10
0.6
S
10
0.5
S
9
0.5
S
9
0.5
S
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
50
50
50
50
51
51
51
51
33
61
90
134
269
186
94
64
67
42
55
98
65
41
41
41
Wind (km/h)
15
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
30
NW
20
W
10
WSW
20
W
20
W
15
WSW
15
SW
10
WSW
5
SW
10
ESE
15
ENE
20
NNE
10
NW
10
NW
15
NNW
20
NNW
20
N
20
NNW
25
NNW
25
NW
20
WSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
on
cross-on
cross
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
11:47PM1.06m
12:16PM1.29m
00:46AM0.93m
1:17PM1.27m
2:04AM0.84m
2:32PM1.27m
Low Tide
5:47AM0.30m
6:59PM0.31m
6:38AM0.37m
8:17PM0.34m
7:43AM0.43m
9:43PM0.32m
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:09
6:07
6:07
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:36
5:37
5:37
 mm
Temp °C
19
17
18
23
27
26
22
18
15
14
13
16
18
19
17
17
17
15
14
21
29
27
26
24
Feels °C
15
13
14
17
21
23
17
13
12
11
10
14
15
15
13
14
14
12
9
16
24
22
21
20
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