Caves Beach surf break

Caves Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Wednesday 25 Mar 2026 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
24.9° C
(Which is 1.5°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 12PM is: 1.3m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 25). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)9s
Afternoon (25 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)9s
Evening (25 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
0
0
2
3
3
4
4
4
1
1
2
3
2
3
3
1
1
0
0
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.4
E
1.6
E
1.8
E
1.9
E
1.9
E
2
E
2
E
2
E
2
E
1.8
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
2.3
SSW
5
SSW
Period(s) (?)999991010121212121212121211111111111010812
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2252642702762883073867389641056105411511141113610988516575724943662962416557694
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
5
W
5
W
0
S
15
ESE
10
E
5
N
10
N
5
NNE
5
NNW
5
NW
5
N
15
ENE
20
ENE
30
SW
15
WNW
25
NW
20
WNW
20
WNW
30
W
30
W
30
WSW
40
WSW
35
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassoffglassononcross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:28AM
1.35
2:22PM
0.88
2:38AM
1.30
3:54PM
0.85
3:58AM
1.29
5:24PM
0.90
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:30AM
0.31
7:56PM
0.46
9:51AM
0.32
9:13PM
0.50
11:09AM
0.29
10:36PM
0.48
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sunrise--6:58-------7:00-------7:00-----
Sunset-----6:59-------6:57-------6:55--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------2321-1--4-
Temp. °C201919212223222120191924272421181818161616161415
Feels °C (?)21202023222323222120192425231817151512981068
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