Caves Beach surf break

Caves Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Saturday 13 Sep 2025 AEST
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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
18.3° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Caves Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Caves Beach at 5AM is: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 1.0m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00am September 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Sep)2ft (0.6m)15s
Afternoon (13 Sep)3ft (0.9m)9s
Evening (13 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)10s

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

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Saturday
13
Sunday
14
Monday
15
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
S
0.9
S
1.3
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
1
S
0.9
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.7
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
S
1
S
0.8
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)911111515101010101616141311111111111010101099
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)32018439615716118114623918126632420335015289641491101007068474240
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
ENE
15
ENE
20
NE
15
N
10
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
N
20
N
15
N
15
NW
10
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
20
N
20
NNW
15
N
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:39PM
1.08
12:02PM
1.35
12:39AM
0.95
1:03PM
1.31
1:56AM
0.85
2:16PM
1.27
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:35AM
0.31
6:49PM
0.28
6:26AM
0.39
8:05PM
0.32
7:30AM
0.45
9:30PM
0.32
Saturday
13
Sunday
14
Monday
15
Sunrise--5:56-------5:54-------5:52-----
Sunset-----5:43-------5:43-------5:44--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151312151818171614131317212220181716151823242220
Feels °C (?)131110131615141413111115181816151413111418201917
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Newcastle

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Caves Beach (calm at Warners Bay 14 km from Caves Beach). 1.5m 9s swell from the S with a 0.7m 8s swell from the ESE and a 0.7m 11s groundswell from the S. 3 swells combining so expect closeout sets.

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Actual: 53 min ago

2 km/h
WNW
Clean
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