Box Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 32.74° S 152.19° E

Issued: 10 am 08 Nov 2026 (local time)

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Today's Box Beach sea temperature is

21.0°C

Box Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Box Beach today (08 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Nov, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 10s period with S swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Nov, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 9s period with S swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Nov, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 9s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Box Beach at 4PM is: 3.0m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am November 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (08 Nov)	10ft (3.0m)	10s
Afternoon (08 Nov)	10ft (3.0m)	9s
Evening (08 Nov)	10ft (3.0m)	9s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Mon morning. Very mild (max 19°C on Tue afternoon, min 12°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (near gales from the SW on Sun morning, light winds from the SSE by Tue morning).
	Sunday 8						Monday 9								Tuesday 10								Wed 11
	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	!	0	!	!	0	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	4	3	0	0	0	0	2	3
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 10	S 10	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	SSE 10	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 12	SSE 12	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10
Wave Graph
kJ	1765	1915	1637	1562	1699	1790	1690	1462	1532	1824	2860	2667	2915	2755	2147	1808	1546	1360	1260	1054	909	715	567	500
Wind (km/h)	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	S	S	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	S	S	SSW	SW	WNW	W	SSE	E	ENE	NE	NE	N	WNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off
High Tide		8:23AM1.75m				8:42PM1.41m				8:59AM1.79m				9:22PM1.35m				9:34AM1.80m				10:01PM1.28m
Low Tide				2:47PM0.37m				2:30AM0.39m				3:30PM0.35m				3:03AM0.42m				4:12PM0.35m				3:36AM0.46m


	5:47	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:46	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:45
	—	—	—	7:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:23	—	—	—	7:24
mm	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	1	2	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	14	14	15	16	16	16	15	15	14	15	16	17	16	16	15	12	13	16	17	19	19	19	17	16
Feels °C	5	3	7	6	6	7	7	8	7	7	9	10	11	13	13	9	11	15	13	13	14	15	16	15
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 10	ENE 11	ENE 11	E 11	E 11	E 10	E 10	E 10	SSE 11	E 10	SSE 12	SSE 12	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10
kJ	29	29	37	39	39	36	35	34	18	18	2382	18	2915	2755	2147	1808	1546	1360	1260	1054	909	715	567	500
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 16	S 16	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	E 10	E 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 11	ENE 11	ENE 11	ENE 11	E 11	S 13	ENE 11	E 10	S 12	NE 5
kJ	21	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	18	17	20	20	11	11	12	12	9	14	11	8	11	11
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 12	NE 13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	NNE 12	NNE 13	NNE 12	NNE 11	NNE 11	NNE 12	NNE 12	E 11	NE 12	NE 12	S 13	S 12	E 10	S 12
kJ	6	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	15	16	13	13	13	13	14	9	6	5	14	12	8	25
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 10	S 10	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	SSE 10	S 11	SSE 11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	ENE 3	NE 4	NE 4	NE 4	NE 5
kJ	1765	1915	1637	1562	1699	1790	1690	1462	1532	1824	2860	2667	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5	17	20	19	33
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Rating (10 max)	2	1	1	1	4	4	5	5	4	5	5	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	3	3	3	3
Distance (km)	485	663	713	713	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	476	205	47	7	7	0	41	692	259	171	12	1	0
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Rating (10 max)									4					4	4	4	4	4				3	3	3
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Rating (10 max)	5	2	3	2	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	3	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	3	3	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	8	9	9	7	5	7	6	5	5	5	4	5	4	4

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