Butterbox Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

Butterbox in Sydney North is an exposed reef break that has fairly consistent surf, although summer tends to be mostly flat. The best wind direction is from the west. Waves just as likely from local windswells as from distant groundswells and the best swell direction is from the south southeast. The left reef break is best, but there is a right reef too.. Best around mid tide when the tide is rising. Rarely crowded here. Watch out for urchins, rips, rocks, obstacles, sharks,seaweed.

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Overall Butterbox Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution

IMPORTANT: Beta version feature! Swell heights are open water values from NWW3. There is no attempt to model near-shore effects. Coastal wave heights will generally be less, especially if the break does not have unobstructed exposure to the open ocean.

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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Butterbox:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Little Makaha	0 mi
Second closest break	Collaroy	1 mi
Third closest break	Long Reef	1 mi
Fourth closest break	Long Reef Bombie	1 mi
Fifth closest break	Dee Why Point	1 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Butterbox:
Closest wave buoy	W Hawaii Buoy	4839 mi
Second closest wave buoy	SW Hawaii Buoy	4866 mi
Third closest wave buoy	NW Hawaii Buoy	5001 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	NW Hawaii Buoy	5057 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	N Hawaii 1 Buoy	5367 mi
Tide stations nearest to Butterbox:
Closest tide station	Camp Cove, Australia	7 mi
Second closest tide station	Sydney, Australia	9 mi
Third closest tide station	Sydney, Australia (2)	9 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Pittwater, Australia	10 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Little Patonga, Australia	12 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Butterbox:
Closest ski area	Selwyn Snowfields (Australia)	221 mi
Second closest ski area	Perisher (Australia)	247 mi
Third closest ski area	Charlotte Pass (Australia)	252 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Thredbo (Australia)	256 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Falls Creek (Australia)	314 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Butterbox:
Closest city location	Dee Why (Australia)	1 mi
Second closest city location	Curl Curl (Australia)	2 mi
Third closest city location	Narrabeen (Australia)	2 mi
Fourth closest city location	Freshwater (Australia)	3 mi
Fifth closest city location	North Narrabeen (Australia)	3 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Butterbox is Kingsford Smith International Airport (Sydney) Airport (SYD) in Australia, 26 km (16 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Butterbox is Sydney Bankstown Airport (BWU), also in Australia, 37 km (23 miles) away.
• Third is Richmond Airport (RCM) in Australia, 53 km (33 miles) away.
• Camden Airport (CDU) in Australia is 67 km (42 miles) away.
• Canberra Airport (CBR), also in Australia is the fifth nearest airport to Butterbox and is 262 km (163 miles) away.