Caves Beach, New South Wales

Caves Beach
Greater NewcastleNew South Wales
Caves Beach is located in the Hunter-Central Coast Region
Caves Beach
Caves Beach
Coordinates33°06′54″S 151°39′04″E / 33.115°S 151.651°E / -33.115; 151.651
Population4,016 (2021 census)[1]
 • Density93.4/km2 (241.9/sq mi)
Established1829
Postcode(s)2281
Area43 km2 (16.6 sq mi)
Location2 km (1 mi) SE of Swansea
LGA(s)City of Lake Macquarie
ParishWallarah
State electorate(s)Swansea
Federal division(s)Shortland
Suburbs around Caves Beach:
Swansea Swansea Swansea Heads
Pinny Beach Caves Beach Pacific Ocean
Pinny Beach Pinny Beach Pacific Ocean

Caves Beach is a locality on the Swansea peninsula between Lake Macquarie and the Pacific Ocean in Greater Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. It is part of the City of Lake Macquarie local government area. The locality is named for the large number of caves on the nearby coastline. It has a surfing beach which is popular with the local surfers. It is highly popular for spearfishing, with the premier target species being the elusive red morwong. The traditional custodians of the land were the Awabakal people.

Local businesses include a resort, restaurants, convenient stores, IGA, Cafés, butchers, gelato store.

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Caves Beach". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 21 July 2023. Edit this at Wikidata Material was copied from this source, which is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.