Caves Point surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Monday 15 Sep 2025 AEST
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Caves Point surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Caves Point sea temperature is
18.1° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Caves Point today?

The current surf forecast for Caves Point at 11PM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm September 15). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Sep)--
Afternoon (15 Sep)--
Evening (15 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)9s

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

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Mon
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.4
NE
0.6
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.7
S
0.2
ENE
0.3
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
Period(s) (?)99997712128888888774711111177
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)505544403737362924466039262616145201127726811998
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
25
NW
25
NNW
20
N
15
N
10
NNW
15
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
15
ESE
10
SSE
10
W
15
SW
15
WSW
10
W
5
WNW
10
ENE
20
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offglassoncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:35AM
0.83
3:38PM
1.28
5:00AM
0.88
4:53PM
1.31
5:56AM
0.97
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:30PM
0.32
8:47AM
0.48
10:48PM
0.27
10:08AM
0.45
11:47PM
0.22
11:20AM
0.39
Mon
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Sunrise----5:52-------5:50-------5:48---
Sunset-------5:45-------5:45-------5:45
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222019181820242422202020192124211918151413161818
Feels °C (?)191716151516192019171817171923191816111010151514
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Newcastle

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Caves Point (calm at Warners Bay 13 km from Caves Point). 0.5m 9s swell from the S with a 0.3m 4s local chop from the NE and a 0.2m 10s swell from the E. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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Actual: 36 min ago

2 km/h
WSW
Clean
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