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Box Beach surfForecast / NSW – Newcastle / Australia
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Box Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Box Beach sea temperature is
20.9° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Box Beach today?
The current surf forecast for Box Beach at 7AM is: 2.3m 12s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00am May 27). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.
| Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (27 May) | 7ft (2.2m) | 12s |
| Afternoon (27 May) | 7ft (2.1m) | 12s |
| Evening (27 May) | 6.5ft (2.0m) | 12s |
Table - waves today at Box Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 105mm), heaviest during Thu night. Warm (max 21°C on Thu afternoon, min 17°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (calm on Wed night, fresh winds from the SSW by Fri night). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 27 | Thursday 28 | Friday 29 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | |
Swell Height Map | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | |
1684 | 1598 | 1569 | 1436 | 1308 | 1266 | 1132 | 1113 | 986 | 855 | 783 | 757 | 743 | 730 | 819 | 637 | 789 | 590 | 569 | 555 | 610 | 612 | 546 | 544 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
cross | cross | glassy | cross-off | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-on | glassy | cross-on | on | on | on | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-off | cross-off | cross | |
High Tide | 5:15AM1.35m | 5:54PM1.60m | 6:03AM1.31m | 6:32PM1.67m | 6:47AM1.27m | 7:08PM1.73m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 11:23PM0.59m | 11:19AM0.44m | 00:14AM0.53m | 11:55AM0.45m | 1:01AM0.48m | 12:30PM0.45m | ||||||||||||||||||
— | 6:41 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:41 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:41 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
— | — | — | — | — | 4:53 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4:53 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4:53 | — | — | |
2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | |
Temp °C | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 19 |
20 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 21 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 17 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | S 8 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 |
1684 | 1598 | 1569 | 1436 | 1308 | 1266 | 1132 | 1113 | 986 | 855 | 783 | 757 | 743 | 730 | 649 | 21 | 625 | 590 | 569 | 555 | 610 | 612 | 546 | 544 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | SSW 10 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 16 | S 8 | S 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | S 7 | S 10 | S 10 | SSE 7 |
21 | 21 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 30 | 41 | 39 | 38 | 35 | 35 | 34 | 46 | 31 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 19 | 18 | 18 | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 17 | S 17 | S 17 | S 17 | S 17 | S 16 | S 16 | S 16 | S 16 | SSW 4 | SSW 4 | S 4 | S 14 | S 17 | S 16 | SSW 4 | S 16 | S 16 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | SSW 5 | SSW 5 | S 10 |
6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 23 | 21 | 2 | 45 | 43 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 17 | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NNE 6 | NNE 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | S 3 | S 4 | S 4 | — | — | — | E 11 | E 11 | E 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | SSW 6 |
87 | 159 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 7 | 5 | — | — | — | 819 | 637 | 789 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 28 | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 41 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 148 | 148 | 148 | 54 | 34 | 34 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 34 | 47 |
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