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Box Head surf Forecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Friday 19 Apr 2024 AEST
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Box Head surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Box Head sea temperature is 23.0°C (Statistics for 19 Apr 1981-2005 - mean: 22.1 °C max: 23.9 °C min: 20.2 °C)
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Box Head surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Box Head sea temperature is 23.0°C (Statistics for 19 Apr 1981-2005 - mean: 22.1 °C max: 23.9 °C min: 20.2 °C)


How big are the waves at Box Head today?

The current surf forecast for Box Head at 2PM is: 1.2m 7s primary swell from a South direction and 1.0m 7s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.5m 16s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00am April 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)6s
Afternoon (19 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)15s
Evening (19 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)7s

Table - waves today at Box Head. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Monday
22
Tuesday
23
Wednesday
24
Thursday
25
Friday
26
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
S
1
S
0.5
S
0.7
S
1.5
S
1.8
S
1.9
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.7
S
1.9
S
2.2
S
2.2
S
2.3
SSE
2.2
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.5
S
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.2
S
1
S
0.9
SSE
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.1
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.1
S
0.9
SSW
1.4
S
1.9
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
2.5
S
4
S
4
S
3.5
S
4
S
4
S
4
S
Period(s) (?)67161577877766777777767999999991211111110991010101010212119191946889887101110111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)80861202252103523993373112632352754695225324743452252091921501621351061061087953364341605733282833191818199332927831148413501471298223583356731842550354343394505
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
S
20
S
15
S
15
SSW
15
SW
20
SSW
15
SSW
20
S
25
S
25
S
30
SSE
25
S
25
SSE
20
S
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
10
S
5
SE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
NE
5
NNE
5
N
5
NW
5
WNW
5
WNW
15
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
20
N
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
15
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
20
SW
30
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
25
SW
30
SW
30
SW
35
SSW
35
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglassglasscross-
on
glassoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrossonononcross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
ononononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:41AM
0.85
6:30PM
0.73
6:22AM
0.86
7:02PM
0.80
7:00AM
0.86
7:34PM
0.87
7:36AM
0.85
8:05PM
0.93
8:12AM
0.83
8:36PM
0.98
8:47AM
0.80
9:08PM
1.01
9:24AM
0.75
9:43PM
1.03
10:02AM
0.70
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:14PM
0.15
12:05AM
0.26
12:45PM
0.13
12:53AM
0.22
1:15PM
0.11
1:36AM
0.19
1:44PM
0.11
2:17AM
0.16
2:13PM
0.11
2:58AM
0.14
2:43PM
0.11
3:40AM
0.12
3:13PM
0.13
4:25AM
0.12
3:45PM
0.15
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Monday
22
Tuesday
23
Wednesday
24
Thursday
25
Friday
26
Sunrise6:18-------6:20-------6:20-------6:22-------6:22-------6:22-------6:24-------6:24---
Sunset---5:27-------5:24-------5:23-------5:22-------5:22-------5:21-------5:20-------5:19
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C131719171717151616181919191818181819192020191818171920212019181816182221201917161722262420171513131620211613111012141717
Feels °C (?)11141714151512131414161515141415151616171817171716191921201918181618201918171615162024221714118911161698545799

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